Just like all the attractions in ZhangJiaJie, the scenery is beautiful. Everything is natural, untouched by civilization. The lake cruise is calming and you get to listen to local folk songs along the way. The hike to the lake can be a little difficult for elderlies as it's an upward climb. However, you can hire local men to take you up. You will sit in this chair that has 2 poles, two man (one in front, the other in the back) will lift the chair on the poles and take you up.
excellent views
Tianzi (Son of Heaven) Mountain Nature Reserve
Located in the northern part of Wulingyuan, Tianzi Mountain rises 1,262 meters
You can take a cable car to see these charming sights.
In order to protect the natural environment, tourists can take environmentally friendly buses in some parts of the Scenic Area.
I wish you have a good trip in Zhangjiajie.
Zhangjiajie City located in the abdomen of Wuling Mountain, at the northwest of Hunan Province.
The mountain behind your head is the famous Tianmeng Mountain. I believe you have the memory about the wonderful scenery when the planes flied through the Tianmeng Cave in 1998.
This river you are seeing is Lishui Brook, originate from the Badagongshan Mountain in Sangzhi County, the hometown of Marshal Helong. The river at last arrive in Dongting Lake after winded about hundreds kilometers. You can drifting in Lishui River and, you will enjoy her wonderful view.
Our first station is Wulinyuan Scenic Zone in Zhangjiajie. It is best known for its quartz-stand stone peak forest and ravines.
Huangshi village
Welcome to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.
This is the gate of the park. On july28, 1992, the officials of UNESCO high praised this gate when they past it because they considered the gate is a perfect combination of cultural sights and natural scenes.
You will regret about that you never visited Zhangjiajie if you do not visit the Yellow Rock Village.
Yellow Rock Village is the most important sight in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Zhang Liang, a high official of Han Dynasty and he is very famous in Chinese history. He had visited Zhangjiajie when he retired. Huangshidgong, Zhangliang's master, saved Zhangliang's life when he was besieged by official soldiers. Huangshi/Yellow Rock village is named after this story.
A Quiet Way In China Fir Woods. There is a single road to climb Huangshi This road was made by manpower more than ten years before.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is the first national forest park in China.
From then on, just 100 years past, there are more than 1200 National Park in 100 countries. National Park became a very important policy to protect our environment.
This is the first sight spot of Yellow Rock Village. There is a headman of Tujia nationality in Zhangjiajie, his name is Xiang Dakun, once rose up at the Stream Winding Around Four Gates because he do not satisfied official press of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty, sent General Yangjing, General Dengyu lead five hundred thousands soldiers to put rise down and Xiang King sacrificed at Shengtang Gulf at last. Dianjiang Platform is a King Xiang's parade-ground place.
TREASUE-BOX FOR CLESTICAL BOOKS. Look! There is a wonderful rock on the top of the peak, do you think it like a opened box? In the local folklore, this is a book box of King Xiang he had treasured up his tactics books presented by Zhangliang. That is said who can get this book who will be the king of the world. Zhangliang present him with this book. he wish him become a good king of the ancient China. But he just read several pages, a Tortoise stolen his books. Then, nature's mystery had been revealed, king Xing destined to fail.
Here have so many scenic sight spots like TREASUE-BOX FOR CLESTICAL BOOKS in Wulingyuan scenic zone, so you can use your imagination give them some interesting name by yourself.
SEA-SUPRESSING NEEDLE.
南天门SOUTH HEAVEN GATE. South Heaven Gate is 30 meter high, 4 meter wide, like a Door General guard the heaven.
SOUTH-HEAVEN PILLAR.南天一柱 There is a 200meter high peak. There are trees on it's top, but bareness at middle part. It named after South Heaven Gate because it stand close to South Heaven Gate.
Wang Guangmei Poet. On December 30, 1983, Wang Gungmei, the former president of China, Liu Shaoqi's wife, ascended Zhangjiajie accompanied by some high officials of Hunan Province. She is one of the celebrities who visited Zhangjiajie at the early time. She was shocked by Zhangjiajie' beauty, then she wrote a poem to commemorate Liu Shouqi. The poem said: wonder rock, the first of the world, green pine and China fir, how beauty they are!
Someone said the poem have double meanings.
HUANGSHI VILLAGE. This is Yellow Rock Village.
Yellow Rock Village, with an area of 250mu, 1200meter high (altitude). Yellow rock Village is the biggest scenic watch platform in Zhangjiajie, and here is the best place to see sun rising in Zhangjiajie too. You can also see Tianmeng mount when it is a sunny day.
摘星台PICK STAR PLATFORM. You can pick star at here. Can you imagine how high is this Platform. For the sake of your safety, to be care for when you enjoy so nice scenic spot. In the early days of the Park, Zhangjunfu, a official of Committee of sate and his pluralism is Committee of national economy, have visited Zhangjiajie. One day, at the early morning, there are several star in the sky, he climbed up this platform, face to hundreds of rock peak, he chant a poem freely: Who is the most beautiful peak? Who is the most beautiful wood? Can you tell to me? I can not tell better from them. Here is not the sky. Here is not the world. Where am I? At the end, he named this place "PICK STAR PLATFORM".
六奇阁SIX QUEER CABINET. Please guess what are the queers of the Six Wonder Pavilion?
SKY POND. This pond named Sky Pond, it has so many stories in spite of it is very small.
So long ago, Zhangling wandered famous mountains and big rivers followed Chisongzi, and it happened quite by chance he come to Tianmeng Mountain, Qingye Mountain (now we called Zhangjiajie) and Yellow Rock Village. The Queen of the Han Dynasty very feared him, so he ordered to raid him in the whole country. The Procurator of Wuling Town sent three thousands army to surround them. Zhangliang and his tens disciples have no food to eat, so they are very hungery. One day, zhangliang find a old man come down from the heaven sky, he realized the old man is Huangshigong, so he get his knee down quickly and said: Your disciples have difficulty and I beg your help. Hungshigong just smiled, and then disappeared in clouds. At this time, Zhangliang hear somebody crying: Master, Master, we are saved! We are saved! Zhangliang waked, and he asked his disciples: "what is matter with you?" The little disciples said: we found three big fishes in the pond, we have enough food in ten days! But Zhagliang said: Do not eat! Put them down to enemy! His disciples do not understand why Zhangliang throw away their delicious food to enemy? Because they are all very hungered. But they must obey Zhangling's order. So they throw away their fishes to official soldiers and singing: Yellow Rock Village, you can't concurred it for ever!
¡¡Next day, official soldiers withdrawn because they thought Zhangliang have big fishes but they not prize them so they must have enough food. They considered there is no significance to continue to besiege them.
At last, Zhangliang told his prentices the man who saved them is his master, Hungshigong.
FIVE FINGER PEAK¡¢FRONT GARDEN¡¢BLACK FIR. My dear friends! Every rock peak here is an ancient artwork, every rock peak here hidden so many mysteries of nature. Facing to the sceneries of the beautiful rock peak forest, a woman writer who come from northeast of China, once sigh with strong emotion several years ago. At first she said: When you saw the beauty of Zhangjiajie, you ought to die. But then she said again: When you saw the beauty of the Zhangjiajie, you will have a good reason to live. The first sentence tell us we must be content when we see the perfect scenes of Zhangjiajie, but the second sentence talk about the importance of life and we must be very fond of it more when you saw the beauty of Zhangjiajie. Do you agree with she?
¡¡Dinmang, the famous poet, face to The Front Garden full with emotion in the heart and he recite freely: If you never come to Zhangjiajie in your lifetime, Can you be called old man in spite of you are one hundred years old.
BLACK FIR. Now please look the opposite stiff, there is a forest with an area of 60 mu, four sides are all cliffs and 300 meter high, there are so many old pines. Tujia Nationality call them black fir. There is nobody who can go there and baked safely. In 70's, an old worker of forestry center head three men climb up the tip of the peak, they saw snake' s skin and so big tree. When they want to go in the forest find out the mystery of the peak, it is storm suddenly. That is out of their mind so they slip down hurriedly. They do not give up their risk and prepare to explore the peak enthusiastically. But when they climb up to the middle of the peak the weather is stormy again. So there is a no-man-touched-place with it's mystery until today.
NATURE BRIDGE PIERS¡¢FLY CLOUDS CAVET. Here are six rock peaks more than 200 meter high, like remains of piers that bridge was fall down. On your left, there is a cave named Fly Clouds Cave.
Zhangjiajie's primitive vegetation preserved very well because Wulingyuan been discovered so late. Zhangjiajie is a great treasury of biology and be called a natural museum or a natural vivarium. Botanist considered that is because Zhangjiajie locate in the center of the sub-tropic zone so it has preserved the primitive scenes of Paleozoic vegetation in the Cangjiang River Valley. Zhangjiajie is the place that area of covered with forest occupaied 85%. Zhangjiajie have 751 kinds of trees such as Chinese Dove Tree, gingkgo. These are very rare in the whole world. But the most wonderful tree is Wuling pine and it usually grow at rock peak.
GOLDEN TORTOISE IN THE FOG SEA. This stone tortoise is carved vividly and it is very rare in the scenic zone of Zhangjejie. There is no other scenery can match it. This tortoise stole the book of Xiangwang King but it can not got away from Yellow Rock Village because Zhangliang convent it into rock and it will be a gate guard of Hou Ka Gate for ever.
HOU KA GATE. That is Hou Ka Gate and it is the only way that go to Yellow Rock Village. In Mar, 1995, Jiangzeming, Secretary-general of Chinese Communist, also go through this way. When have a rest at Tianzi Seat, he plaid Chinese Violin to accompany the local singer. At the top of Yellow Rock Village, he singed BEAT TIGER ASCENDING MOUNTAIN in the CIRCUNVENT THREATEN TIGER MOUTAIN of Peking Opera enjoy the happiness with tourists.
CABLEWAY STATION. We will down the mountain by the cableway. The cableway of Yellow Rock Village began build in 1995 and completed in 1997, invested by TAI WAN JI XIN LTD. AND ZHANGJIAJIE PARK MANAGET OFFICE. This is the first cableway in Zhangjiajie and filled in the blank of Zhangjiajie' sightseeing cableway.
WAITING WOMAN PEAK. That is said there is a Tujia hunter was arrested by Qingshi Emperor and be sent to build Great Wall, his wife stand at the top of the mountain waiting his husband come back everyday. At last, her husband never came back, she also become into a stone peak. The local folk song said: she is a good elder brother's wife of farmhouse, she is a good sister of mountain village, stand at the high mountain waiting her husband. When winter went and spring is coming, when north wild goose flying to south, she do not know what time her husband will back.
Couple Peak. I sincerely introduce the famous sight that is Couple Peak to you if you have interest about it. There are two peak on the opposite like a man and a woman talking about love, whispered some secret about them affection. In the folk, Couple Peak is the avatar of Eros.
TWO. Golden Whip Brook
Let us begin visit Golden Whip Brook. Golden Wipe Brook named after Golden Wipe Rock on it's bank. Golden Whip Brook's full path is 7.5 km, it will take you 3 hours to visit it. You will see some famous sight spot in this way such as Guanying Present Son, Golden Wipe Rock, Wenxing Rock, Violet Grass Pond, Dating of Love, Jumping Fish Pond, Stream Winding Around Four Gates.
So many tourists considered that Golden Wipe Rock is the most beautiful canyon in the world.
LOBERSTER FLOWER. Do you notice the flower on each side of the road, that is the famous flower: longxiahua.
Kwan-yin Presenting Son. There is a little peak on your left like a woman cherished a child looking far away. The local residents called it Kwan-yin Present Son. It is said if a couple want to have a child you just sincerely give a promise here, your promise must come true soon.
GOLDEN WHIP ROCK. HAWK PROTECTING THE WHIP. If you ask what is the symbol scenery of the Zhangjiajie, the answer is ready, Golden Wipe Rock. Golden Wipe Rock is a 300m-high stone peak, stands northeast of the Gold Whip. As its top is shaped like a hawk's beak and the whole craggy body resembles a hawk with half -spread wings guarding the whip. This place is called hawk protecting the whip.
There is so many interesting stories about Golden Whip and The Hawk Protecting Whip. The famous is that in the way of Qinshi Emperor driving mountains to fill in the sea he was trapped by Longxia Fairy and lost his Diving Mountain Wipe.
DRUNK ARHAT. Let us have a rest and some enjoy folk songs of Tujia Nationality. Do you considered this inclined peak like a drunk arhat.
HUA GUO MOUNTAIN. WATERFALL SHADE CAVE. This is Sunwukong's Huaguo mountain and Shuilian Cave. When the Director and stars of XIYOUJI arrived here they said Zhangjiajie is the best place that adapt to that play surely.
Do you think that peak is very like Luxun's head portrait on you left? Luxun is a grand star in the literary of the world, so we called this peak Literary Star Rock/ Wenxing Rock. Lu Xun is the most famous and greatest litterateur, thinker, and national hero. The famous poet, Zangkejia, had wrote a poem to admire Luxun, he said: Someone is died when he alive, Someone still live in spite of he is died. Chinese people will never forget his dedication for his country.
VIOLETGRASS POND. This is the famous Violet Grass Pond. The water is very clear so you can see the bottom of the pond.
Please observe this stone bridge carefully. Can you guess who made this bridge, God or human power? There is a local poem about this bridge: God sent ten general with golden whip, they just singed "YOUHUO" then the bridge completed. This bridge is 2 meter wide, 4 meter high, 6 ton weight. This bridge was build by ten stone workers from Sanzhi County in 1983. they just used some very simple implements.
The brook on the left named Shadao Stream. There is a big canyon beside the brook.
There is no man lived there. From this way you can see Inclined Shadow of Stone Tower, Little Heaven Gate and so on. You can also go to Yuanjiajie and Tianzi Mountain from this way.
DATING OF LOVE. Where is your girlfriend? Where is your boyfriend? For the sake of your sweet can you throw off all other things and conquer any difficulties to see her or him? Can you imagine what had happened about them? But them come here to meet each other.
King Xiang retreat to Yuanjiajie from the slope on your left. They ambuscaded official soldiers here and beat them escape on any directions. Lunchuan Slope is named after this story. From here, you can go to Yuanjiajie, Back Garden, The no.1 Bridge of The World. Please look up now, there is a isolated peak named Goat Village and there is covered with virgin forest.
KIDNEY VILLAGE. From this stone road you can go to Kidney Village. The famous sights include The Mouth of Glede, Rabbit Looking Moon, and so on.
Jump Fish Pond. When the spring is coming all kinds of fish jumped so the local residents named this pond: Jump Fish Pond. The meaning is carp jump dragon gate.
¡¡¡¡There is a kind of fish named giant salamander, the biggest kind of amphibian creature in the whole world and country are protecting them very carefully now. Giant salamander' formal name is DA LI, it just live in China, Japan and America. Sanzhi County is the famous hometown of giant salamander.
NANMO PING. This place named Nanmo Level Ground. There are sixteen species of nanmo tree in Zhangjiajie. Some of them had presented to the Emperor or high officials in the time of feudalism.
¡¡¡¡Now, my friends, the tripe of Golden Wipe Brook is end.
SREAM WINDING APOUND FOUR GATESGolden Wipe Brook meet Longwei Brook, Tianzi Brook, Kuangtong Brook here, and they made a beautiful gulf, that is Tianzi Gulf.
SREAM WINDING APOUND FOUR GATES is a very good place in Chinese superstition, Zhangliang was buried here in the local story. The mountain on your left is the remains of Zhangliang's tomb.
¡¡¡¡In May, 1992, one of two officials of UNESCO who be sent to review Zhangjiajie, Doctor Sangseer said: "So clear water, so beauty vegetation, to some extent that is so rare in Asia.
¡¡ SREAM WINDING APOUND FOUR GATES is joined with other scenic zone or scenic sight, it is very convenience to go to Zhangjiajie City, Ten Li Gallery, Tianzi Ropeway station, Jundiping, Yellow Dragon Cave, and Baofeng Lake and so on.
PINE FRUIT MOUNTAIN. This is Yuanjiajie. That place in front is Pine Fruit Mountain. That is said Pine Fruit Mountain is the site of the capital that King Xiang set up. But at last select Steam Winding Around Four Gates later, so here is King Xiang's second capital.
PUZZLING TERRACE. The terrace can accommodate over ten people to have a sight seeing. It is always covered by dense fog. The terrace makes the visitors puzzling and do not know where they are. So it is called pulling terrace.
THE FIRST BRIDGE IN THE WORLDThis is the First Bridge In The World. Did you saw two peaks are linked together by natural corridor? Now you can see this wonder is true in the world. The bridge is 20 meter long, 357 meter high. You can not see the bottom of the bridge and that is very danger if you walk on it. You can see the billows of the mirage, you can hear the howl of the pine, you can feel the tremble of the bridge. This is a wonder of the nature. Can you agree with me?
THE BACK GARDEN. There is a Front Garden in Yellow Stone Village, Yuanjiajie have a Back Garden too. The two gardens are the places that King Xiang hunting and lie fallow.
This brook is Shadao Brook, there is Bailiao Garden sight spot. When the winter coming, so many birds come here to escape the cold weather. So here is a heaven of the birds for its warm air every winter.
THIRD. Tianzishan Mountain.
We are going to Tianzi Mountain scenic zone (by bus). Tianzi Mountain, 1262.5 meter high (altitude), named after Xiang Dakun, he is a king of Tujia Nationality. There are four wonders of Tianzi Mountain: peak forest, clouds sea, sun rising, snow in the winter. I hope Tianzi Mountain's beauty will stay in your memory when you back. Can you forget so many spectacular and attractive visions? No, I believe you will regret when you have to leave here.
General Rock. Look! That is General Rock! It is the avatar of King Xiong in the local folklore. Did you see his golden corselet? He stand here for hundreds years like a General who command thousands soldiers. The famous writer, Mo Yingfeng, had wrote a poem to admire him. He said King Xiang died, but this stone general stay here to tell you King Xiong's mien.
QUZI CHANT. Qu yuan is one of the famous historic men in Wulingyuan folklore such as Chisongzi, qingshihuang, Zhangliang, King Xiang and so on. Quyuan is a high official of Zhu country in the Zhanguo Time, he was exiled by the emperor and other high officials. The stone peak that is 30meter high like a man is named Quzixinying, it is a famous sight spot in Tianzi Mountain Scenic zone.
Clearing In The Sky. This platform face deep pool in three sides and there are more than ten Mo farm field like a heaven out of the world.
GOD'S SOLDIERS JOIN FORCESFrom Immortal Bridge to Old House Field, there are hundreds of rock peaks like a group of soldiers stand in rank just like waiting to fight.
TEABOARD. There are some sight spot such as Daguangtai, Yibunanxing, Immortal Bridge, Sweet Tryst and so on.
BIG VIWE PLATFORMThis is a big view platform. You can see hundreds of rock peaks from this high platform. It has been estimated that there are 3303 rock peaks in Wulingyuan.
IMMORTAL BRIDGE. Immortal Bridge is 24 meter long, 2 meter wide. Yudongbin walked through this bridge and then become a immortal, Chang e walked through this bridge and then become a immortal too. And now, who want to be a immortal? I hope there is nobody intent to be for the sake of your safety.
There are two mysterious forbidden areas in Wulingyuan, one is Yellow Stone Village, another is Shengtan Gulf. You never went to Tianzi Mountain if you did not go to Shengtan Gulf. When it is rain you can hear some odd voice like fighting. In local folklore that is said King Xiang is not die and he is training his army so there is that odd voice. But expert said that is because the geomagnetism in Shengtan Gulf has the function of record.
DIANJIANG FLATFOM. There are many place name is connect to King Xiangwang, such as SHENGTAN GULF, GENERAL ROCK, DIANJIANG PLATFORM, YUBI PEAK and so on.
¡¡¡¡It is said that when King Xiang failed he lead 3000 soldiers retreat to Tianzi Mountain and build a Shengtang Village continue to fight with official soldiers. This place is the remains that the site King Xiang had trained his army. After the last battle, King Xiang jumped down from here and sacrificed his life for his dream.
¡¡¡¡I want to tell you a wonder phenomenon now. One day of Apr, 1991, the sun shines again after rain at the afternoon. When a group of tourists who come from Shanghai, arrived Dianjiang Platform, a so wonder scenery shocked everyone: in the center of the Shentang Gulf, seven fairies fly down to a peak's platform from color clouds, they drinking tea, playing violin, and dancing for 40 minutes. They think that be a hallucination, but when they look carefully, it is true! Three fairies wear green cloth, four wear red, long hair, graceful and lightness. When seven fairies disappeared, no one dare to break the silence. When the news spreaded, someone believe it, someone think it is a rumor. In fact we can explain this odd phenomenon in science. That is so often in great desert that tourist see oasis, villages, and cities.
BRONZE STATULE OF MASHAL HELONG. Helong, one of the ten marshals of new China, the founder of People's Republic of China and the founder the People's Liberate Army, was born in a peasant family in Hongjiaguang, Sangzhi County, in west of Tianzi Mountain. In Heong's hometown there are so many stories about him and he was full with legend in his lifetime. Tianzi Mountain is the place that Helong, Renbishi, Xiaoke, Wangzhen had battled. One day, Helong had been besieged by enymy but a local residence saved him.
¡¡¡¡The Bronze Statue of Helong is 6.5meter high, 9.3ton weight, and it is the biggest one-man statue made from bronze in the whole country. The statue and the rock peak blend into one integral whole so it is a treasure of the world.
FAIRY STREWING FLOWERS. That is a solemn and stirring folklore. King Xiang jumped into Shengtan Gulf when his army was beat by official army for the honor of the Tujia people. After a while, a girl of Tujia Nationality who deeply love him tramp over hills and dales arrived Tianzi Mountain. She want to find out the remains of the King Xiang and his officers and soldiers but there is nothing but mountains and brooks. So she presented to King Xiang and Tujia heroes with flowers that she picked from mountains to express her love and respect to Tujia heroes. At last she become a stone statue stay here accompany King Xiang.
KING'S WRITING BRUSHES. Three rock peaks of different height stand side by side. With the trees on the top they look like three Chinese writing brushes. As the legend goes, these peaks were writing brushes used by King Xiang. Shrouded with mists and clouds, they seem to be floating in the sea. This place is called Jewelled Palace in Elfland' hills.
Tianzi Pavilion. The stele of Tianzi Pavilion is write by Guang Shanyue, the famous master of traditional Chinese painting when he ascended Tianzi Pavilion. On may 20, 1998. When he back home he painted a famous long painting about Zhangjiajie that was shocked Hongkong when it was showed in Hongkong.
THE TERRAIN MODEL OF WULINGYUAN
My good friends, the travel about Tianzi Mountain is end now, there are three road you can choice: First is take ropeway, the second is go to Ten Li Gallery via Lie Dragon Mountain, the third is go to South Heaven Gate. South Heaven Gate is a wonder of the nature, and very near to bus stop.
Sky Platform. This is the Sky Platform under our feet that is the place that Quyuan, the famous poet in Chinese History, asked questions to God, so we named it Ask God Platform.
¡¡¡¡When Quyuan was exiled he heard there is a platform in Wulingyuan that is a way that immortal go to heaven from a fisher accidentally, Quyuan is very angry at that time so he decided to go to that platform, he said he have so many things to ask God. When he arrived the platform with Chanjuan guide by the fisher, he shouted to the sky: God, my God, I have a lot of things that I can not understand. If you are here please answer my questions. Then he asked: Who said the world begin from Sui? Who can check it?......God have no words to answer it, so he ordered close the gate of the south heaven, and sent clouds and stormy to threat Quyuan, but Quyuan take his courage on both hands so he fear nothing and he continue to asked his question. After three days letter, he had asked 180 questions.
¡¡ At last, God was moved by Quyuan's courage so he opened the gate and sunshine come back Wulingyuan again. Quyuan wrote down his 180 questions that is TIANWEN, the famous poem in Chinese history.
South Heaven Gate. You will admire the nature's power when you saw the Gate of South Heaven. The gate is 10 meter wide, 15 meter high. Quyuan had went from this way to ask God so the gate's another name is TongTian Gate in local folk story, the meaning is you can go to heaven via this gate.
RELIGIONAL AND CUTURAL TORRISM ROUTE
ONE. HEAVENLY GATE MOUTAIN
The mountain is the famous Tianmeng Mountain, I believe you have the memory about the wonderful scene when the planes fly through the Tianmeng Cave.
¡¡ Tianmen Mountain, 8km away from Zhangjiajie, 1.93km wide, 1.96 km long, with the area of 2.2 sqkm, 1856 meter high(altitude).
¡¡ In 263 AD, Congliang Mountain, we call it Tianmeng Mountain now, a big collapse took place, a huge cave come into being, that is called Heaven Gate Cave now, when Dayong belong to Wu country, one of the Three-country-Time. Sunxiu, a emperor of Wu Dynasty, considered that is a sign of lucky, so he decided change Songliang Mountain's name into Tianmeng/Heaven Gate Mountain and set up Tianmeng Province have four county.
¡¡¡¡ For the sake of expediting open up Zhangjiajie, the longest cableway in the world is preparing to construct in Heaven Gate Mountain.
Heaven Gate Cave. There is a cave on the 1264 meters high cliff of the Heaven Gate Mountain, 131.5 meters high, 37 meters wide.
Heaven Gate Mountain Temp. Tianmen Mountain Temp first founded in the Tan Dynasty. In Ming Dynasty the temp transfer from the east top of the mountain here.
Dragon's Head Rock. This is the Dragon's Head Rock. There is a dragon head on the rock before. It is said if you embrace the dragon circled the cliff, God will help you in your lifetime.
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In the 50's of 20th century, several hunters chased a wild pig. At last, the wild pig run into Sheng Tang Gulf. A hunter died when he jump down to Sheng Tan Gulf to seek the wild pig. When he died, he said he find a very big snack. That is the snake driven him into mad and he died for this disease.
In the 70's, an expedition of PLA with tommy guns and dogs went into Sheng Tan Gulf. Suddenly, a white thing flew out of ancient woods. One of the soldiers shot at the white thing and died. It is a very big white rat! They was shocked by this rat so they decided come back.
In the summery, 1982, a local writer invited three comrades to explore Sheng Tan Gulf because he intent to collect some data of folk literature. They just arrive the gate of the Gulf, suddenly, there is stormy and so much wog come out, so the come back.
¡¡ Only one mouth later, they went to Sheng Tan Gulf again, it is storm too. They was puzzled by this very strange phenomilon, are there any power we can not know helped Sheng Tan Gulf?
¡¡ In the summer of 1986, a press-photographer who come from Beijing go to Sheng Tan Gulf intent to find the mystery of Sheng Tan Gulf guide by tour guide. He here some strange voice and it was storm, he was feared so he gave up his plan and said he will never go to Sheng Tan Gulf again.
In the last of 80's, a professor led his several students went to Sheng Tan Gulf, he felt faint, so his students come back with him. They failed too.
At the same year, the Department Of The Farm sent a well weaponed team to find the mystery of ShengTan Gulf, but they also have no means to come to the bottom of the gay. So they came back too.
¡¡¡¡There are so many mysteries in Shen Tan Gulf, in spite of she is very beauty and charm. Somebody said Shen Tan Gulf is a big magnetic field so he can record the battle voice and released in suit weather. Somebody also said the fog in Shen Tan Gulf is the malaria so everyone who had entered the gulf all died. No one escaped.
¡¡¡¡The mystery of Sheng Tan Gulf is waiting for you to make them out if you have enough courage.
