Wudang Mountain Travel Guide Wudang Mountain Attractions Recommendations

Wudang Mountain Scenic Area is the top Taoist holy land scenic area in my country. Its cultural attractions and natural scenery are unparalleled. It attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world to visit every day and feel the vast atmosphere of Wudang Mountain. With its extraordinary magnanimity, it is an excellent place. I will share with you the specific travel guide below.

Wudang Mountain, also known as Taihe Mountain, is located in Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province. It is a famous Taoist resort in China, one of the first batch of national key scenic spots, and a world cultural heritage. Wudang Mountain stretches for 800 miles, and its natural scenery

is mainly majestic, with multiple features such as danger, wonder, secludedness, and beauty.

Since the Yuan Dynasty,

there have been 72 peaks, 36 rocks, 24 streams, 11 caves, 3 pools, 9 springs, 10 stones, 9 wells, 10 pools, and 9 platforms. wait. The main peak, Tianzhu Peak, is 1,612 meters above sea level. It looks like a pillar made of gold and jade, standing majestically in the sky and standing on the top of the peaks.

The mountains surrounding it tilt towards the main peak from all directions, forming a unique natural wonder of "seventy-two peaks facing the top, and twenty-four streams flowing long". Main attractions

Golden Summit

The Golden Summit is located on Xiaolian Peak in front of Tianzhu Peak. It was cast in the 11th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1307), with a height of 3 meters and a width of 2.8 meters. It is 2.4 meters deep and has a cantilevered roof. All components are cast in separate pieces and assembled with mortise and tenon.

Each casting has text indicating the installation location. On the skirt panel of the lattice fan is cast the inscription "This hall was founded by Dade in the Yuan Dynasty." Cast in Wuchang Meiting Wan's Workshop in the 11th year, it is the earliest existing copper-cast wooden structure in China.

Qiongtai Temple

Qiongtai Temple is located about 10 kilometers southeast of Tianzhu Peak, with a vertical distance of 1,350 meters. It is divided into upper, middle and lower views. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "Qiongtai Palace". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 24 Taoist temples and hundreds of temples were renovated and expanded. In the sixth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1856), it was destroyed by war. Some temple buildings have been restored. This is the starting point of the Wudang Mountain Passenger Ropeway. It has become an important tourist gathering place

Nanyan

Nanyan is called by Taoism the "holy place" where Zhenwu attained the Tao and ascended. It is the most beautiful place among the 36 rocks in Wudang Mountain. Nanyan Palace was built from the 22nd year of the Yuan Dynasty to the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (1285-1310), and was expanded in the 10th year of the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty (1412). Located at the foot of Duyang Rock, the mountain looks like wings hanging down from the sky. It is famous for its beautiful peaks and mountains. There are 21 existing buildings with a construction area of ??3,505 square meters and an area of ??90,000 square meters

meters. There are proposals for the Tianyi Zhenqing Palace Stone Hall, Liangyi Hall, Huangjing Hall, Bafeng Pavilion, Dragon and Tiger Hall, Dabei Pavilion and Nantianmen buildings. The main building, Tianyi Zhenqing Palace Stone Hall, was built before the third year of Yuan Dynasty (1310). It is 11 meters wide, 6.6 meters deep and 6.8 meters high. It has beams, columns, doors, The windows are all carved from bluestone. The top

The front slope is in the style of a mountain with a single eaves, and the back slope is in the style of a hanging mountain, leaning against the rocks. The buckets under the eaves are made of two jumps, which is the practice of building buckets in Liao and Jin Dynasties. The faucet incense is 3 meters long and only 0.33 meters wide. It is jutted out across the sky and faces the deep valley. A small incense burner is placed on the faucet. The shape is extremely steep and has high artistic and scientific qualities.

Purple Xiao Palace

Purple Xiao Palace, also known as "Taiyuan Zixiao Palace", is a Ming Dynasty palace building located in Wudang Mountain in Danjiangkou City, Shiyan City, Hubei Province. Zixiao Palace is located under Zhanqi Peak in the northeast of Tianzhu Peak, the main peak of Wudang Mountain.

It covers an area of ??about 274,000 square meters. Facing the back wall, Santai, Wulao, Candle, Luomao and Incense Burner peaks, the Leishen Cave is on the right, and Yujichi and Baozhu Peak are on the left. The surrounding mountains naturally formed a treasure chair with two dragons playing with pearls. Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty named it the "Purple Sky Blessed Land".

Xiaoyao Valley

Xiaoyao Valley is commonly known as Macaque Valley. There are many kinds of animals in the valley, and they often appear in the jungle. Wonderful sights such as "Golden Monkey Jumping in the Stream" and "Macaque Monkey Offering Peach" have appeared. It is the most representative scenic spot among the "Eight Moving Scenes" of Wudang Mountain. Today,

Wudang Mountain is lined with green trees, birds singing and flowers fragrant, and groups of macaques. Here, if tourists bring food, the monkeys will take it unceremoniously and politely hand it over in thanks; if they don’t bring food, some naughty monkeys will stop them and "ask for it" like children. When feeding the monkeys, tourists can also hold hands with the monkeys and take photos. It is really "human and monkey have fun together."

Taizi Slope

Taizi Slope is also known as Fuzhen Temple. The ancient building on the 60-degree steep slope of Lion Peak in Wudang Mountain is praised by today's architects as a classic work of using steep slopes for construction.

Fuzhen Temple is backed by Lion Mountain and has Tianchi Waterfall on its right. , connected to the 18-pan plank road on the left, it looks like a hibiscus emerging from the water from a distance, and looks like a gorgeous city from a close distance. The ancient architectural masters cleverly used the mountainous topography to not only create an area of ??16,000 square meters. Moreover, more than 200 palaces were built, and famous landscapes such as "four gates in one mile", "Nine-bend Yellow River Wall", "one column and twelve beams", "Ten Miles of Osmanthus Fragrance" and so on were constructed.

Mozhenjing

Taoist temple is located next to the hiking trail about ten kilometers away from Xuanyuemen in Wudang Mountain in Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province.

It is said that in the past, the prince of King Jing received the enlightenment from Yuqing Saint Zixu Yuanjun and went to Wudang Mountain to practice Taoism. Because of his weak will, he wanted to leave the mountain and return to secular life. When he came here one day, he met an old lady sitting by the well, grinding. The prince felt very strange about the iron pestle, and stepped forward and asked: "What is the use of sharpening the iron pestle?" He said: "Grinding a needle." The prince was surprised and said: "Isn't that difficult?", yes. He said: "The iron pestle is used to grind the embroidery needle, and the work will be done naturally. "The prince suddenly realized something, so he turned back and continued to practice. His merits were perfected, and he became an immortal. Later, people called this the Needle Well and built some buildings here. Travel Information

Address: Hubei Wudang Mountain Special Economic Zone, Shiyan City, Province

Time: Monday to Friday 07:30-17:30 Saturday and Sunday: 7:00-17:30 Ticket Price

Wudang Mountain Scenic area adult ticket: Wudang Mountain ticket 235 yuan (130 yuan ticket + 100 yuan scenic spot transportation fee + 5 yuan insurance)

Golden Summit small ticket: 27 yuan (cannot be reserved for attraction purchases)

Ticket ticket for Zixiao Palace: 15 yuan (cannot be reserved for attraction purchases)

Ropeway fare: up: 90 yuan, down 80 yuan, round trip 170 yuan

1. Below 1.4 meters. Children are free of charge, and those under 18 years old can purchase student tickets with their ID cards. Seniors aged 60-69 enjoy a half-price discount of 65 yuan for scenic spots

2. Seniors over 70 only need to purchase half-price fares and insurance

3. Full-time students (with student ID cards) enjoy a half-ticket discount of 170 yuan for scenic spots (including insurance)

4. Visitors holding Shiyan’s “Travel Card” are free of charge on all tickets< /p>

On February 20, 2020, Hubei announced that all A-level tourist attractions will provide free admission for medical team members assisting Hubei for five years. Transportation Guide

① Aviation. : Wudang Mountain Airport to Wudang Mountain Scenic Area Special Bus Line 2, the whole journey is direct to Wudang Mountain Scenic Area, one way takes about 40 minutes, the fare is planned to be 15 yuan/person[34]

②Railway: Take the train. You can reach it by taking bus 202 at Wudangshan Station or Shiyan Station.

③ Highway: There is an expressway (Fuyin Expressway) to Wudangshan Town. In addition, the Hanshi Highway runs through the foothills of Wudang Mountain.