Tianzi Mountain
Hunan · China
Guide will meet you up in your hotel lobby at 9:00am(we will inform you if any change on pick up time according to local weather or other situation) , take you to zhangjiajie national forest park, you will take the park green bus get to Tianzi cable car station, visit imperial brush, Xihai stone forest, fairy lady present flowers. Take shuttle bus get to Laowuchang area , Laowuchang (sky garden),it is an undeveloped part of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, between Yuanjiajie and Tianzi Mountain. It is best reached by local hired van from Yuanjiaje, as it is well off the ordinary travel route.The scenery in the area is incredibly beautiful and overwhelming. Sun rise in Laowuchang is considered by photographers to be the must-shoot scene in Zhangjiajie.We can also see the 'Sky Field Garden' (Kongzhong Tianyuan 空中田园) is a small area of paddy fields, seemingly hanging on an outcrop surrounded by Zhangjiajie’s typical peaks. The paddy fields are farmed by local ethnic people.
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7 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Tianzi Mountain
Welcome to Tian-zi Mountain, the highest and perhaps most ethereal section of the Zhang-jia-jie National Forest Park. Often referred to by scholars and poets as the 'Monarch of the Peak Forest,' this area represents the pinnacle…
Listen in the app2The Aerial Ascent via Cable Car
For many, the journey to the summit of Tian-zi Mountain begins with the cable car, an experience that provides an unparalleled analytical perspective on the region's carst-like topography. As the gondola lifts off from the lower…
Listen in the app3The Summit Plateau and Stone Forest Views
Upon arriving at the top of Tian-zi Mountain, you step onto a vast plateau that serves as one of the park's primary viewing areas. The paths here are well-paved, but the terrain is more undulating than the Yuan-jia-jie plateau,…
Listen in the app4Cultural Syncretism: Temples and Commerce
As we walk deeper into the summit area, we encounter a fascinating intersection of the sacred and the secular. Tian-zi Mountain is home to a significant Buddhist temple complex, which stands as a reminder of the mountain's…
Listen in the app5The Path of Eight Thousand Steps
For the physically adventurous, Tian-zi Mountain offers one of the most challenging hiking descents (or ascents) in Zhang-jia-jie. The main walking path consists of between 7,000 and 8,500 individual stone steps, depending on the…
Listen in the app6Ten-Mile Gallery: Looking Up from the Valley
At the base of the Tian-zi Mountain descent lies the Ten-Mile Gallery, a narrow valley that offers a ground-up perspective on the peaks we just explored. Despite its name, the path is actually only about 2 to 2.9 kilometers long,…
Listen in the app7Closing
As we conclude our journey through Tian-zi Mountain, I invite you to reflect on the name 'Enlarged Bonsai'. It is an evocative term that perfectly captures the paradoxical nature of this landscape: it is at once massive in scale…
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What is Tianzi Mountain?
Tianzi Mountain is a place in Hunan · China with 7 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Hunan · China |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 7 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 29.3793, 110.4636 |
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