Any recommendations for a one-day trip to Mount Tai?

The most fascinating thing about Mount Tai is that it is the only famous mountain in Chinese history that has been granted Zen status by an emperor. At the same time, Mount Tai is also a place where Buddhism and Taoism flourish, and it is a mountain worshiped by emperors of all dynasties. Wherever the emperors of past dynasties went, they built temples, statues, carved stone inscriptions, and left behind many cultural relics. Celebrity masters from past dynasties also admired Mount Tai and visited it one after another. There are more than a thousand poems and songs praising Mount Tai in the past dynasties. There are four wonders to see when visiting Mount Tai: Sunrise on Mount Tai, Jade Plate in the Sea of ??Clouds, Sunset Glow, and Golden Belt of the Yellow River.

Bus No. 3 in Tai'an City: Tianwai Village (starting point for hiking on Taishan West Road), Dazhong Bridge, Medical College, Hardware Station, Qianjin Hotel, Central Hospital, Longtan Hotel, Railway Station, Taishan Shopping Mall, Caiyuan Street , Xiahe Bridge, Department Store, Dai Temple, Municipal Party Committee, Daizongfang, Hongmen (starting point for climbing Taishan Middle Road)

Taishan Tourist Bus Line 1: Railway Station--Tianwai Village---Zhongtianmen, The ticket price for going up the mountain is 13 yuan, and the ticket price for going down the mountain is 11 yuan.

Taishan Tourist Bus Line 2: Railway Station - Taohuayu - Taohuayuan Cableway, uphill fare: 13 yuan, downhill fare: 11 yuan.

Travel guide:

1. There are currently four official ticket-selling entrances to Mount Tai, namely: the entrance to Hongmen Palace, the entrance to Tianwai Village (Tiandi Square), and Taohuayu Entrance to the mountain pass, Tianzhufeng entrance to the mountain pass.

2. When visiting Mount Tai, try to avoid taking a tourist bus up and down or taking the cableway to and from. If your physical strength allows, it is best to climb the section from Zhongtianmen to Nantianmen to feel the magical charm of Mount Tai.

Tour routes:

Taishan now has four regular routes:

1. Article 1: The most classic middle line of the Hongmen Road hike is actually the middle line of the Dengfeng Royal Road.

It refers to starting from Dai Temple (Dongyue Temple) → Tianmen → Confucius’s landing place → Red Gate → Zhongtian Gate → Nantian Gate → Jade Emperor Summit

2. The second one is the mountain ring road that goes up the mountain by car.

Tianwai Village (Tiandi Square) → Huanshan Road → Zhulin Temple → Huangxi River Reservoir → Zhongtian Gate → Nantian Gate → Yuhuangding

3. The third one is from the mountain pass on the northwest side, the entrance to Taohuayuan, which is a road around the mountain.

Entrance of Taohuayu → Mountain Ring Road → Colorful Stone Creek → Red Phosphorus Fish Sanctuary → Taohuayuan Cableway → Nantianmen → Yuhuangding

4. The fourth is the direction of the mountain pass on the northeast side, which is generally called Tianzhu Peak, which is the back mountain.

Because many people finish climbing from the front mountain, if you go down this road, you can also go up the mountain from this side and go down from the front.

Tianzhu Peak → Impression of Mount Tai (Performance Venue of the Zen Ceremony) → Carp Back → Big and Small Tianzhu Peaks → Shihe → Yao Guanding → Beitianmen → Riguan Peak → Jade Emperor Peak

Ticket price:

(Ticket price) Peak season (February 1st - November 30th) 127 yuan; low season (December 1st - January 31st of the following year) 100 yuan.

(Ropeway) Zhongtianmen-Nantianmen price is 80 yuan/person one way, round trip 140 yuan/person

Taohuayu-Nantianmen price is 80 yuan/person one way. Round trip double One-way trip: 140 yuan/person

The price of Houshiwu-Nantianmen is 20 yuan/person for one way and 40 yuan/person for round trip

(ticket discount)

1. Students and senior citizens over 60 years old can enjoy discounts of 60 yuan/person and 50 yuan/person in peak and off-peak seasons respectively;

2. For active military personnel, revolutionary disabled soldiers, and disabled people, , children (under 1.2 meters), and seniors over 70 years old enter the mountain for free;

3. Teachers, model workers at provincial and ministerial level or above, heroes, and moral models enjoy discounted tickets, 100 yuan per person in peak season, and 100 yuan per person in off-season 80 yuan per person.

Arrival method:

Bus lines: No. 3 (ordinary bus) fare is 1 yuan; K3 (air-conditioned bus) fare is 2 yuan; these two buses, the starting station The terminals are Hongmen and Tianwai Village respectively. They are both hiking routes. Hongmen is a walking route and Tianwai Village is a car route.

In addition, there are also No. 4, K4, No. 9 and K9 which are all directly accessible.

Gifts available for purchase:

Local specialties: Taishan’s Four Famous Medicines (Taishan Polygonum multiflorum, Taishan Four-leaf Ginseng, Taishan Lithospermum, Taishan Polygonatum); Taishan’s Four Treasures (Taishan Red Ganoderma lucidum) , Taishan ginseng, Taishan Polygonum multiflorum, Taishan Pangolin); Taishan mushrooms; Taishan pancakes; Taishan strange stones; Taishan peach wood products (peach wood swords, peach wood walking sticks, etc.) Taishan walnuts, Taishan bulk hawthorn, Taishan red jade apricot, Taishan beauty pear, Feicheng peach , Taishan chestnut, Ningyang jujube, Taishan daughter tea.

Special delicacies: Taishan pancakes, Taishan Fanzhen donkey oil fire, Taishan red scale fish, Taishan three beauties (cabbage, tofu, water).

Opening hours:

Open all day, but the ropeway opening hours are different.

(1) Zhongtianmen and Taohuayuan ropeway: (April 16 to 10 (October 15th) 8:30-17:30; (October 16th to April 15th) 8:30-17:00.

(2) Houshiwu Cableway: (April to October) 8:30-16:00, (November to March) closed during the winter fire prevention period; the one-way operation time of the ropeway is 8-15 minutes; in addition, the operating hours of the ropeway will be affected by the weather, please The actual operating hours of the ropeway ticket office shall prevail.

Best time to visit:

May to November is the best time to visit Mount Tai, and autumn is the best time to watch the sunrise. The sunset at Daiding is more attractive than the sunrise. When the weather is good, it is said that you can see the Yellow River. The scenery is amazing only when it snows in winter. Don’t give up climbing easily on rainy days. At this time, you will often encounter the wonders of the sea of ??clouds on the mountain. You will be even luckier if you catch the sunrise and the sea of ??clouds.

Notes:

1. When going to Taishan, you should buy a return ticket as early as possible. Tai'an is a small city after all, and there are many passing cars, so it is difficult to buy a ticket.

2. If you are not very interested in cultural monuments and just want to climb mountains, it is recommended to start climbing from Hongmen.

3. The mountain road is relatively flat at first, and there are many temples and steles along the way. It is recommended not to spend too much time and save some energy and time later.

4． When climbing mountains, you must keep your feet on the ground and don't go too fast. This consumes the least amount of energy. The Eighteen Pans are known as the Ladder to Heaven, with a vertical height of 400 meters. Looking from a distance, it looks like a belt hanging under the Nantian Gate, which is a great wonder of Mount Tai. Although there is a cable car from Zhongtianmen to the end, if you miss this section, you will lose a lot of the fun of climbing Mount Tai.

5. If you are not in good physical condition, it is recommended to take the cable car down the mountain to Zhongtianmen.

6． Be sure to bring a few extra changes of clothes when climbing Mount Tai. You sweat a lot while climbing and the top of the mountain is a bit cool. Put on clean clothes to avoid catching a cold.