Changbai Mountain Waterfall

　　The north side of Heaven Lake in Changbai Mountain has a significant gap between Tianhuo Peak and Longmen Peak. This gap serves as the outlet for the lake. The water from Heaven Lake rushes out through this opening. Over time, the river has been scoured and eroded along the fault zone, continuously deepening and widening the riverbed, forming an enduring river known as the "Chengcha River," also called the Tongtian River.

　　The icy cold river first meanders gently through a stretch of about 600 meters of relatively flat terrain, flowing leisurely as if dancing to soft music. But then the terrain suddenly steepens to the north, and the once calm river instantly becomes impassioned—furious, surging, and roaring with untamed ferocity. Along its course, it leaps and bounds. About 1,250 meters from Heaven Lake, the river is split by the massive Funiu Rock, dividing it into one large and one small stream. These plunge off a cliff, cascading 68 meters down from the rocky precipice. Framed by the natural barriers of the Jade Wall and Golden Wall, the scene resembles two jade dragons descending from the heavens. During their descent, the two dragons intertwine, intensifying the force of the water as it fiercely devours protruding rock shelves and crashes into the deep pool below, sending up waves several zhang high and mist that rises dozens of zhang into the air—creating the spectacular Changbai Waterfall.

　　It surges through rugged gorges, thundering down thousands of miles of rapids and waterfalls, majestic and overwhelming, shaking the earth and sky, with clouds churning and rain pouring, sounding like thunderous drums and bells. Resembling a dragon plunging into the sea and a charge of ten thousand horses, over hundreds and thousands of years, the waterfall has carved out a pool at its base, nearly 20 meters deep. The splashing waters scatter like petals from heaven, converging to form the Erdao Bai River, the main source of the Songhua River.