Huangguoshu Waterfall

Huangguoshu is part of a river landscape in the Pearl River drainage. The large fall, nearby cascades and the cave behind the water make several distinct scales of observation possible.

A broad curtain of white water drops over a dark cliff at Huangguoshu, with mist rising below and no visitors in view.
Water falls in a broad curtain at Huangguoshu, with mist gathering at the base. Photograph by Kcx36, 31 July 2026; CC BY-SA 4.0.

Huangguoshu Waterfall

A broad curtain of white water drops over a dark cliff at Huangguoshu, with mist rising below and no visitors in view.

The river before and after the fall

Huangguoshu becomes more than one famous view when the Baishui River, the cave behind the water and Xu Xiake’s writing enter the picture.

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  1. Water falls in a broad curtain at Huangguoshu, with mist gathering at the base. Photograph by Kcx36, 31 July 2026; CC BY-SA 4.0.Kcx36 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ The display image was proportionally reduced and converted to WebP, without enlargement, cropping, or retouching.