Tianmenshan National Forest Park

Tianmenshan National Forest Park

Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park, located in the southern suburb of Zhangjiajie City, is a mountain type natural scenic spot. The total area of the park is 96 square kilometers, and the peak area is 2 square kilometers. The main peak is 1518.6 meters above sea level, which is a typical karst landform. Tianmenshan National Forest Park was approved as a National Forest Park in July 1992, which is a national 5A tourist area.

Practical information

Opening Hours

During the peak season (March 1 - November 30), tickets will be sold from 8:00 to 18:00 (16:30). During the off season (December 1 - February 28), tickets will be sold from 8:30 to 18:00 (16:00).

Ticket information

258 yuan in peak season (March 1 to November 30) and 225 yuan in off season (December 1 to the end of February). Children under 1.3 meters in height are free of charge; elderly people over 70 years old are 100 yuan (certificate); children 1.3-1.5 meters in height, elderly people 60-69 years old (certificate), active servicemen (certificate), retired officers (certificate), retired sergeants (certificate), full-time students under 24 years old (certificate) have preferential sales prices: 183 yuan in peak season and 150 yuan in off-season. Tickets include: Scenic tickets, ropeway and green car. Tickets are available for me to enter and leave within four days.

Traffic information

External traffic

Take No.4, no.6, No.10 bus in Zhangjiajie City to get to the next station of Tianmenshan cableway.

Internal transportation

Cableway: it is divided into the next station, middle station and upper station, and the cost is included in the ticket of the scenic spot. The middle station of cableway is closed at 17:30 every day. If you want to go to Tianmen cave, you must arrive at the middle station before this time.

Green car

The middle station of the cableway, Tianmen cave, is included in the ticket of the scenic spot. It will be closed during snow and ice period.

Forest cable car

There is an additional charge of 25 yuan per person (one way) for the cableway station Tianmenshan temple.

geographical environment

Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park is about 8 kilometers away from the south of Zhangjiajie City. The peak is 1.93 kilometers wide from north to South and 1.96 kilometers long from east to west. It covers an area of 2.2 square kilometers and has an altitude of 1518.6. It is a platform shaped isolated mountain surrounded by cliffs, which is different from Wulingyuan's sandstone peak forest landscape by its well-developed karst landform.

Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park is surrounded by precipices, magnificent. It is a rare Davidia involucrata community in the world. Tianmen Mountain has a profound cultural heritage. There are a large number of poems praising Tianmen Mountain and many legends about it. It is known as the "soul of Zhangjiajie". Tianmenshan temple on the top of the mountain has enjoyed great popularity since it was built in the Tang Dynasty. Outside the temple, there are seven levels of Fu Tu, which are reflected in the green branches and leaves. It is ancient and elegant. When believers enter the temple to worship Buddha, bells ring through the sky, drums vibrate the mountains, and cigarettes curl like clouds. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Nanyue monks preached scriptures and gave precepts here. From then on, they became famous. Worshippers in the mountains reached more than ten counties in four surrounding counties. Believers spread all over Northwest Hunan. Therefore, Tianmen Mountain became "the first holy mountain in Western Hunan". Tianmen Mountain is surrounded by clouds all year round, and the scene of cloud sea is changeable. Among the mountains, there are many karst hills, stone buds, rare stones, beautiful trees, rare birds and animals, as well as waterfalls and springs. Tianmen Mountain combines peak, stone, spring, stream, cloud and forest into one. It is known as the primitive garden in the sky, which integrates masculinity, wonder, beauty, danger and seclusion. Tianmen cave, Tianxiu Duxian, Wuzhi Mountain and Jiangjun stone are famous peak forest landscapes, and the mysterious thousand Buddha cave is waiting for you to explore. Hanjiagou in the mountains is a village with rich Manchu customs. Dozens of Manchu farmers living here for a long time still keep their Manchu customs in language, diet, clothing, residence, wedding and funeral, which is a rare folk culture Tourist destination.

Tianmen Mountain

In the sixth year of Wu Yong'an in the Three Kingdoms (263 A.D.), the cliffs of Songliang mountain suddenly opened at a height of 1000 meters, and the cliffs were as dark as the door. The Emperor Wu and his grandchildren did not see the auspicious omen. The theory of Tianmen opening spread all over the world. Songliang mountain also changed its name to Tianmen Mountain and demolished Wuling county to Tianmen county. Tianmen Mountain, with its steep terrain, is known as the natural picture screen of Zhangjiajie. The Tianmen Mountain Uplift started from the Yanshanian movement, and then went through the Himalayan orogeny. The mountain body rose more than 1000 meters violently. The surrounding area was deeply cut by fault joints. Coupled with the karst process of long-term wind and rain erosion, it formed a rugged and high karst platform landform. The top of the mountain is relatively flat, with intact primary secondary forest and many precious and unique plant species. The forest coverage rate reaches 90%. Among them, the ancient trees are towering, the vines are twining, the mosses are everywhere, the stalagmites and the stone buds are everywhere. They are like natural bonsai. They are praised as the most beautiful sky garden and fairyland in the world.

Landscape setting

Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park takes sightseeing as the main line, deeply excavates the cultural connotation, and fully embodies the "magic", "mysterious" and "sacred" atmosphere and main style of the first holy mountain in Western Hunan. It is divided into four major scenic spots, including "Tianmen dongkai", "Tianjie Buddha Kingdom", "Biye Yaotai" and "xianqijing", including "Tianmen dongkai", "Tianjie Buddha kingdom" and "hanging ladder floating haze" ”"The love of wood and stone", "flying in the sky", "rainbow and dragon" Ten scenic spots, such as "hidden immortals on Xuanbi", "winding road to heaven", "cloud dream creeping peak" and "Danzao flying smoke", and more than 50 cultural and natural scenic spots, such as Tianmen Mountain cableway, Tongtian Avenue, Tianmen cave, Shangtian ladder, Tianmen Mountain Temple, Guigu cave, maneuver, Tianmen academy, Li Na cottage, Lingquan courtyard, Yunmeng xianding, etc. Tianmen cave is 131.5 meters high, 57 meters wide and 60 meters deep. It opens from north to South and is full of clouds all the year round. It has three wonders: "Tianmen spits fog", "Tianmen Lingguang" and "Meihua Piaoyu". In 1999, the world's aerobatics flew through Tianmen cave, causing a sensation in the world, and Tianmen cave has attracted worldwide attention ever since. In 2006, the Russian Air Force's Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain aerobatic performance upgraded the suspense of Tianmen cave and once again became the global focus. Tianmen cave is a holy place for local people to pray for blessings, and it still follows the folk custom of "climbing to heaven to pray for blessings".

Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park - a cultural wonder

There are two cultural wonders in Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, namely, Tianmen Mountain cableway and Tianmen Mountain winding highway. With a total length of 7455 meters and a horizontal elevation difference of 1279 meters, Tianmen Mountain cableway is one of the most spectacular Cableways in the world. It starts from the city garden in the center of Zhangjiajie and reaches the original sky garden at the top of the mountain through folk pastoral scenery. It is like a rainbow flying across the "world" and "sky". With a total length of 10.77 kilometers and an elevation difference of more than 1300 meters, the Tianshan mountain highway has 99 bends, which is named "Tongtian Avenue" because it goes directly to Tianmen cave. On both sides of the avenue, there are deep valleys, which are stacked by the mountains. Like a giant dragon circling through the sky, it is known as "the first highway wonder in the world".

Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park - Tianmen peak

When you go to Tianmen Mountain for sightseeing, you have to go to the top of Tianmen Mountain. The top of Tianmen Mountain, known as "cloud dream summit" in ancient times, is the commanding height of Tianmen Mountain. Standing on the top, you can have a broad view. You can see the sunrise in the morning, the red mountain in the morning and the sunset in the evening. You can have a panoramic view of all the scenic spots. On the top of cloud dream, climate change is different throughout the year, and its natural landscape is also very different: in spring, vegetation sprouts, and mountain flowers are brilliant; in summer, the mountains are green, and the sea of clouds turns waves; in autumn, the frost dyes red leaves, and the sky is high and the clouds are light; in winter, the snow covers the top, and the mountains dance with silver snakes, like a northern scenery. The tourism development of Tianmen Mountain scenic spot is also in tense progress.

The forest sightseeing cable car on the top of Tianmen Mountain starts from yunmengxianding, the main peak of Tianmen Mountain, and ends at cherry bay square in front of Tianmen Mountain Temple. The total length of the cable car is 800 meters. The one-way operation is about 10 minutes. It is an uncovered double chair type with a capacity of 600 people per hour.

Main attractions

Tianmen cave

On the 1264 meter high cliff of Tianmen Mountain, there is a natural gate cave that passes through the north and south. From the bottom of the cave to the top of the cave, it is 131.5 meters wide, 37 meters wide and 30 meters deep. On the top edge of the north side of the cave, there is an inverted dragon head bamboo with roots like dragon head and leaves like phoenix tail, so it is also called Phoenix Tail Bamboo. On the east side is a trench more than 200 meters high, with spring water flowing from above and falling plum blossom rain. It is said that anyone who can open his mouth to receive 48 drops of plum blossom rain can become an immortal. At the entrance of Tianmen cave, you can often see rock swallows flying and mountain Eagles circling. With the change of weather, Tianmen cave sometimes breathes clouds, sometimes it is clear like a mirror, which forms a cyclic and ever-changing meteorological landscape.

99 world aerobatics competition is held here. There is also a Tiancao above Tianmen cave, where there is no water in the pond. At the top of Tianmen cave, there is water without a pond. You can see the water coming out of the cave at a glance. When you look up at the top of the cave, you can see the water coming out of your eyes. At the beginning, it looks like a column, swirls like a flower, and looks like a plum blossom. Therefore, it is called "plum blossom water" among the people. Therefore, visitors come here and open their mouths to pick up the "plum blossom water", which is a symbol of auspiciousness. The more drought there is, the bigger and red the water is.

Tongtian Avenue

In May 2005, the "Tongtian Avenue" of Tianmen cave from Zhangjiajie City to Tianmen Mountain was completed. Tongtian Avenue has 99 bends, with a total length of more than 10 kilometers. The altitude has risen from 200 meters to more than 1200 meters. There are 180 degree sharp turns in many corners

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