A Chinese couple pose for their wedding photographs at the popular alpine beauty spot of Heavenly Lake.
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4283 x 2851 px | 36.3 x 24.1 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
September 2011Location:
China, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 45 km east of Urumqi, Tianchi (Heavenly Lake).More information:
Heavenly Lake is an extremely popular location for newly married Chinese couples to have their wedding photographs taken where the photographers take several couples at a time who line up for their turn and are "placed" in various poses. Tianchi is an alpine lake in Xinjiang, Northwest China, the name literally means "Heaven Lake" or "Heavenly Lake" and can refer to several lakes in mainland China and Taiwan. This Tianchi lies on the north side of the Bogda Shan range of the Tianshan Mountains, about 45 kilometres east of Ürümqi. It is an alpine drift lake shaped in the Quaternary Glacier period. Formerly known as Yaochi (Jade Lake), it was named Tianchi in 1783 by Mingliang, the Qing Commander of Urumqi Command and is 2, 000 metres above sea level, covering 4.9 square kilometres and 105 metres at the deepest point.