China Pictures of Wolong Natural Reserve in Aba
Wolong Natural Reserve is located in the southwestern part of Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. It is on the southeastern slope of Qionglai Mountain, 130 kilometers from the city of Chengdu, which is the provincial capital, and the transportation here is very convenient. As one of the earliest comprehensive state-level natural reserves in China, Wolong Natural Reserve was set up in 1963, covering an area of 200,000 hectares. It is now also an important base not only provincially but also nationally for science popularization and patriotism education. There are now 5,343 people living inside the reserve, of which the agricultural population accounts for 4,550.
In this area there are several scenic spots that belong to the list of World Natural Heritage, such as the Wolong Panda Reserve, Siguniang Mountain, and Jiajin Mountain, which in total cover an area of 9,245 square kilometers. Twelve counties from four cities including Chengdu, Aba, Ya’an, and Ganzi are covered by the three natural heritages. More than thirty percent of the wild pandas in the whole world inhabit in this area, and it is also the biggest panda habitat as well as one of the areas on earth with the most abundant species of plants next to the tropical rain forest.
Known as the hometown of pandas, a precious biological gene bank, and a natural zoo as well as arboretum, Wolong Natural Reserve enjoys high popularity and fame all over China as well as the rest of the world. Besides the abundant species of animals and plants, mineral resources are also widely distributed here. More than one hundred pandas now inhabit in the reserve, accounting for about ten percent of the total number in China.
These China pictures are about Wolong Natural Reserve in Aba.
