Decrypting the No. 1 Sacred Mountain in Northeast Asia—Changbai Mountain

The Changbai Mountain System is the highest mountain system in Northeast Asia. Changbai Mountain Tianchi is the highest and largest volcanic lake in my country and the deepest inland lake in the world. Changbai Mountain has been an unshakable sacred mountain for many hunting peoples in the north since ancient times. It is also an intermittent volcano with the most disastrous volcanic eruptions on the earth.

Changbai Mountain was first seen in written records in China more than 4,000 years ago. The "Book of Mountains and Seas" called it "Buxian Mountain", the Northern Wei Dynasty called it "Tutai Mountain", the Tang Dynasty called it "Taibai Mountain", and the Jin Dynasty called it "Changbai Mountain". ". The Changbai Mountains are the source of the Yalu River, Songhua River and Tumen River. It is the birthplace of the Manchu people in China and the holy mountain of Manchu culture. The word "Changbai" in the Changbai Mountains also has a beautiful meaning, that is, staying together until the end of time, which represents people's yearning and praise for loyalty and happy love.

Main Peaks

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Baiyun Peak: It is the main peak of the Changbai Mountains. It stands on the west side of Tianchi, with an altitude of 2691 meters. It is the highest peak in the Northeast and also It's called "layer rock".

Tianwen Peak: Commonly known as Yingzui Peak, it is located north and east of Tianchi. Because the Changbai Mountain Tianchi Weather Station was built on the east side of the peak in 1958, it was renamed Tianwen Peak. Tianwen Peak is 476 meters above the water and 2,670 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak on the east side of Changbai Mountain and the third highest peak in the Changbai Mountains.

Yuzhu Peak: To the west of Tianchi, one thousand meters northeast from Baiyun Peak, also known as Qingshi Peak, this peak is 2664 meters above sea level.

Tiyun Peak: There is a peak with an altitude of 2543 meters on the southwest side of Changbai Mountains. The rocks are exposed and shaped like a ladder. This peak is 1.5k meters away from Yuzhu Peak in the north, and it is 400 meters from the edge of Tianchi to the top of this peak. Tihe Waterfall flows from the top of the peak. Legend has it that this peak leads directly to the Heavenly Palace and is a ladder connecting heaven to the human world, so it is called Tiyun Peak.

Guan Mian Peak: Guan Mian Peak is also known as Yuxue Peak. It is 2525.8 meters above sea level, 370.8 meters from Tianchi to the peak. It is located due south of Tianchi and faces Tianhuo Peak and Tianchi Waterfall.

Luming Peak: Luming Peak, also called Zhipan Peak, is located in the northwest of Tianchi, with an altitude of 2,603 ??meters. There is a meadow on the top of the peak, which is round like a plate. In the severe winter season, other peaks are covered with snow, but this peak is still exposed outside the white snow.

Huagai Peak: Huagai Peak is also known as Huangyan Peak. It is 2640 meters above sea level, 446 meters from Tianchi to the peak, connected to Zixia Peak in the south and 350 meters southeast of Tianwen Peak. Also known as Huangyan Peak.

Longmen Peak: Longmen Peak is one of the sixteen peaks in Changbai, with an altitude of 2595 meters. It is on both sides of the Chengcha River, opposite Tianhuo Peak. Because of its shape like a door, it is named Longmen. According to legend, Dayu once visited here when he was controlling floods. There is a tadpole-shaped pillar next to it, which is called the sacred monument.

Crouching Tiger Peak: Crouching Tiger Peak, 2660 meters above sea level, 411 meters from Tianchi to the peak. Located in the west of Tianchi. It faces Crown Peak in the south and is 1,925 meters away from Tiyun Peak in the north. It is the boundary peak between China and North Korea.

Tianhuo Peak: Tianhuo Peak, 2620 meters above sea level. On the east bank of Erdaobai River, it confronts Longmen Peak. Because "the sunrise peak of Changbai Mountain has two peaks with a line in the middle, which makes it suddenly open and unbelievable", it is named Tianhuo Peak. It is said that the gap in Tianhuo Peak was cut by Dayu to control floods. The peak rocks are red and look like two dragons entrenched. Under Tianhuo Peak, there are lakeside landscapes such as Two Swallows Watching the Sky, Hump Rock, and Black Bear Looking Up to the Sky.

Zixia Peak: Zixia Peak, 2618 meters above sea level. It is located on the east side of Tianchi, opposite to Huagai Peak in the northwest; and across Jiguan Peak and Lone Falcon Peak in the south.

Jinping Peak: Jinping Peak, 2590 meters above sea level. Located in the west of Tianchi. Jinping Peak is located between Zhipan and Guanri Peaks. It starts from Longmen in the east, passes through Guanri and Zhipan in the west, and ends in the middle of the large horseshoe-shaped inner wall of Baiyun Peak (commonly known as the Big Dustpan) in the south. There is a peak on the north and south of the peak, decorated with five-color emerald stones. There are steep cliffs in front of the peak and behind the peak, hence the name.

Iron Bi Peak: Iron Bi Peak, 2560 meters above sea level. Located on the north side of Tianchi Center. It is connected to Tianwen Peak in the east and faces Tianhuo Peak in the west across Weaver Girl Peak. The strange rocks on Iron Wall Peak are rugged and black in color, like an iron wall, hence the name. Climb up along the west side of Iron Wall Peak. It is the second best place to view Tianchi from the north slope.

Guanri Peak: Guanri Peak, 2670 meters above sea level. Located in the southeast of Tianchi. It is connected to Gu Falcon Peak to the west and Baektu Peak to the east. There is a hole on the top of Sanqi Peak that leads directly to Tianchi.

Gu Falcon Peak: Gu Falcon Peak, 2611 meters above sea level. It is located between Zixia and Sanqi Peak in the southeast of Tianchi. There are Jiguanyan, Fairy Island and other scenic spots below. The top of Gu Falcon Peak is sharp and steep, leaning out to the west, shaped like a proud falcon.

Zhinu Peak: Zhinv Peak, 2558 meters above sea level, separated from Iron Wall Peak in the east. Legend has it that when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met on the seventh day of July every year, they used to watch the lake and moonlight here, so it was named Weaver Girl Peak. Zhinv Peak is also one of the peaks around the pool. Standing on the top of the peak, you can have a panoramic view of Chengcha River and Niulang Ferry.

The main characteristics of Changbai Mountain’s tourism resources are: magical and spectacular volcanic landscapes and landscapes; typical and complete mountain forest ecosystems; a wide variety of animal and plant resources; the unique and bizarre ice and snow scenery of the North; There are widely distributed volcanic mineral springs, waterfalls, rivers and lakes; unique cultural landscapes, historical relics and folk cultural customs.

Rich resources make Changbai Mountain one of the ten most beautiful forests in China and one of the five most beautiful lakes in China. Rich, profound and cultural tourism resources.