The best time and place to enjoy maple leaves in Yuelu Mountain

Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area has always been a very famous place for viewing maple leaves. Now is the best time to see maple leaves. Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area also holds a Red Maple Festival every year, attracting countless tourists to visit and appreciate the beauty of red maple leaves.

Guidelines for viewing red leaves in Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area

Highlights: Red is rising little by little, and green is fading little by little. Mid-November is a good time to see maple leaves. There are many varieties of maple leaves in Yuelu Mountain, including maple, hairy maple, ingot maple, Japanese red maple, North American maple, autumn flame, October red, Norway maple, sunset red, autumn flame, ingot maple, etc. In the golden autumn, the canyon is covered with red leaves, and the sky is intoxicating.

The best viewing route: Yuelu Academy - Yuelu Mountain - Aiwan Pavilion - The True Face of Lushan Mountain - Yunlu Palace - Yuelu Mountain Birdsong Forest. The red maples in front of Aiwan Pavilion are always the first to turn red. Suitable for taking pictures; outside Lushan Temple, the tall liquidambar is half red, half yellow and half green, and the leaves on the top of the tree change color more.

The best places to appreciate maple leaves:

1. Aiwan Pavilion: It is designed for viewing maple trees. Looking back, I can see the entire mountain.

2. Crossing Shipo: Passing through Shihu and Shipo Pavilion, you can have a panoramic view of the red leaves.

Best viewing time: The best time to view the maple leaves in Yuelu Mountain is from mid-November to early December, which is the best time. There is a thin layer of mist on the maple leaves in the early morning, and through the eyes, there is a fairyland beauty.

Yuelu Mountain Red Maple Festival: Autumn is getting thicker, where is the most beautiful scenery? There is Xiangshan Mountain in the north and Yuelu Mountain in the south. In the golden autumn, Yuelu Mountain is "full of dyes", and the beauty of the autumn scenery makes people forget to leave. On November 1, 2016, the 10th China (Changsha) Lushan Red Maple Festival with the theme of "Romantic Maple Love, Comfortable Life" will officially kick off and meet the general public. During the two-and-a-half-month Red Maple Festival, eight exciting activities will be held one after another. It is expected that 3 million citizens will come to Yuelu Mountain to climb mountains, gaze into the distance, and enjoy chrysanthemums and maple leaves. This year’s Red Maple Festival will be the most lively and popular tourism, cultural and leisure event in Changsha at the end of this year.

Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area

Ticket: Free

Opening hours: 06:00~23:00

Transportation Guide

Yuelu Mountain self-driving route:

1. Start due west from Changsha Railway Station and turn onto Wuyi Avenue.

2. On the left side of Yuanjialing Overpass.

3. Turn left into Fenglin Road from the direction of Juzizhou Bridge/Xiangjiang Middle Road.

4. Enter Lushan Road and turn to Lushan South Road.

5. Go straight onto Gaodeng Road and arrive at Yuelu Scenic Area, Changsha, Hunan.

Driving route of Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area:

1. East Gate of Yuelu Mountain - Cableway Jim Villa Wang Yu Monument Corridor Gu Xiangyin New Stone House Lushan Temple White Crane Spring

2. The South Gate of Yuelu Mountain, the Five-wheel Pagoda, the Mid-level Pavilion, and the True Face of Mount Lu, Baihequan, Cai’e Tomb, Huangxing Tomb, Corridor, Jim Mountain Villa Cableway

Yuelu Mountain Bus Route:

1. South Gate : Take the "No. 3" bus, get off at the terminal "Dongfanghong Square", and then walk along Gaodeng Road for about 10 minutes.

2. East Gate: Take Route 63, Route 106, Route 132, Route 202, Route 305, Route 309, Route 315, Route 318, Route 325, Route 902, Route 903, Route 908, Take the Lishan Special Line and the First Team, get off at the "Shisisiyuan" station and walk west for about 5 hours.

3. Take bus No. 6; No. 2; No. 18; No. 63; No. 33; No. 39; No. 32; No. 34; No. 35; No. 35; No. 02; No. 03 Cross-section line; get off at Xuwanzhen Station on Route 98.