[2025 Xinlong Attraction] Travel Guide for Cuoka Lake (Updated Mar)

Cuoka Lake, located in Marixiang, Xinlong County, Ganzi Prefecture, is known as "a fairyland on earth, a jade pool in the sky". Cuoka Lake is locally known as Cuoka Haizi, also known as Zanduo Conama, which in Tibetan means black seawater in the midst of rubble. The lake water is as clear as jade, collecting like a kaleidoscope, the figures of the blue sky, white clouds, green trees, and green mountains. Surrounded by green mountains and shrouded in white clouds, it seems to place people in a fairyland. It has the most dreamy reflection, heaven and earth, mountains and lakes, all naturally formed. It's like a fairyland, both real and illusory. In winter, the surface of Cuoka Lake is covered with a layer of hazy white gauze overnight, and the reflection on the lake can be vaguely seen. When the weather is fine, it is the scene of ice melting and snow reviving, the remaining snow is white, as if heralding the warm spring light of the coming days; when the weather is gloomy, the sky hangs up a vast curtain of snow, like a secret realm shuttle.

Cuoka Lake in Chuanxi, A dreamlike realm of thousands of years at a glance. The clear and mirror like lake water is unbelievably blue, like a huge sapphire embedded in the mountains. The sky, white clouds, green mountains, and ancient temples are all reflected in it, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, so beautiful that it is suffocating. A gentle breeze blows by, creating shimmering waves on the lake surface. The interplay of light and shadow creates a wallpaper for every frame. Strolling along the lake, the surroundings were so quiet that only one could hear their own footsteps and the sound of the lake gently tapping the shore. The distant sound of reciting scriptures, ethereal and sacred, instantly purified the soul. Here, time seems to stand still, and all worries are thrown into the clouds.

Cuoka Lake is located in Xinlong County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, at an altitude of over 4,000 meters. The lake is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and the water is as green as jade, like a natural ink painting. It gives people a sense of tranquility and mystery of the plateau. It is open from April to October every year. The lake is like a kaleidoscope, reflecting the beautiful scenery of blue sky, white clouds, green trees, green mountains, and red temples. It has a unique landscape of "a mountain, a temple, a village, a lake, a water, and a lotus platform." Cuoka Township, where Cuoka Lake is located, is at an altitude of 2,800 meters at the foot of the mountain and 3,900 meters at the lake. Standing by the lake, you will be deeply shocked by the beautiful scenery. The snow-capped mountains and trees are reflected on the lake, forming a beautiful oil painting that makes people linger.

🍁 From Yaqing Temple to Litang, you will pass by Cuoka Lake, the "Lost Horizon." The road is uphill, with steep slopes and sharp turns. After 140 sharp turns, you will be amazed by the golden roof of Cuoka Temple shining in the sun. At an altitude of 3,800 meters, the temple is surrounded by mountains, and in front of it is the clear and green Cuoka Lake. The lake and the temple together create a fairyland on earth. 🍁 Cuoka Temple is built on a mountain and is a Tibetan Buddhist temple with a history of hundreds of years. Padmasambhava once blessed Cuoka Temple. The temple is composed of a group of large and small temples, which look solemn and mysterious. 🍁 Although Cuoka Lake is not very large, the water is crystal clear. With the temple, blue sky, white clouds, green mountains, and tall trees as a backdrop, the lake becomes even more beautiful and charming. 🍁 When you see Cuoka Lake, you will be so excited that you want to scream, but in the end, you will just stand quietly by the lake, unwilling to break the peace and beauty.

Embarking on a journey, once again came to western Sichuan, and started again. The snow-capped mountains are pure white, the lakes are clear, and the beautiful scenery of western Sichuan will hear the love songs sung to you by the world. Embarking on a journey, once again came to western Sichuan, and started again the story of meeting those mountains, those lakes, and those people. Lake Coka, it's the third time to come. The sun shines on the fragmented waves of Lake Coka, the reflection of the sky, the reflection of the trees, and the reflection of the temple, swaying with the slight waves. Lake Cuo Pu is like a colorful pearl, embedded in the valley of Zajin Jabo Mountain. Under the sunlight, Lake Zima Yong is full, as if it is covered with a layer of shining silver. The Gato Temple hidden in the lush greenery, the crimson courtyard wall, the apricot yellow roof, all bathed in the breeze and drizzle. Looking up, the mountain is the sky, the sky is the mountain, where you go, the front, back, left, and right are all mountains, as if you can touch the mountain peak with your hand.