The Chiaming Lake (Jiaminghu) is a lake in Haiduan Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. It is the second highest lake area in Taiwan.
This oval-shaped lake is located along the Southern Cross-Island Highway. The lake surface is 120 meters long and 80 meters wide at an elevation of 3,310 meters. It is surrounded by emerald green forest plantation and wildlife.
In Bunun language, Chiaming Lake is called “cidanumas buan”, meaning “Mirror of the moon”; in Taiwan, it is traditionally referred as “Angel’s teardrop” or, due to its deep blue color, “God’s lost sapphire”.
The area surrounds the lake has lodges and hiking trail with a length of 13 km.
This’s the trip of Taiwan’s mountain (Jiaming Lake) with club.
Taitung County, Taiwan
Video Source: 嘉明湖 Jiaming Lake 4K feat.文藻山野社 Cinematic video from 葉騏 EDrene on Youtube ⁄ CC BY