Dalian
Dalian is an important and best-known summer resort and tourist city in the north of China. With a mild climate and distinctive seasons, it attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world.
Tiger Beach
There is a touching folklore about Tiger Beach. It is a love story about a hunter and a beautiful girl. They fell in love at first sight. A tiger demon lusted after the charming of the girl and possessed her. The hunter vowed to take his lover back. After a fierce battle, the hunter killed the tiger, but he lost his fair lady forever. Now in Tiger Beach Park, people still could find tiger cave and sharply-cut rocks.
Swallow Nest Hill
It is named after a group of black swallows. By the sea stands many precipitous rocks and sheer cliffs, on which black swallows settle their nests. On top of the hill, you may enjoy the view of vast sea and azure sky and diverse shapes of rocks, while listening to swallow's chirping and the sound of whitecaps. Isn't it a wonderful nature?
Star-Sea Park
Star-Sea Park is a 800-meter long, bow-shaped bathing beach. Black reefs scatter over the bay, appear indistinctly as the tide waves leap. It is a good place for bathing, swimming, diving, camping, boating, fishing and barbecuing.
Ice Valley
Ice Valley attract visitors with its unique landscape. The charming scenes are as intriguing as the famous Stone Forest and as delicate as Guilin Scenery with hills and waters. Legend tells Lee Shimin, a Tang Dynasty emperor, led his expedition and stopped in the valley in spring time. He was surprised to see that outside the valley was a world of GREen woods and colorful flowers whereas inside the valley was a space of ice and snow. The emperor named the place of wonder "Ice Valley".
Notes:
1. Tiger Beach 虎滩
2. Star-Sea Park 星海公园
3. Ice Valley 冰峪沟
