Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot Scenic Spot, located in Jundiping, Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot District, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, consists of Suoxiyu, Tianzi Mountain, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Yangjiajie and other scenic spots.
Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot Scenic Area covers an area of 369 square kilometers, with more than 3000 strange mountains and peaks, including 243 at an altitude of more than kilometers. The large limestone karst landform in the northern part of the scenic area has undergone billions of years of river changes, erosion and dissolution, forming countless caves, sinkholes, skylights, and springs. Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot is located at the junction of quartz sandstone and limestone. The large limestone karst landform in the northern part of the scenic area has undergone billions of years of river changes, erosion and dissolution, forming countless caves, sinkholes, skylights, and springs. The forest coverage rate of Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot Scenic Area reaches 67%. There are over 400 species of wild animals and more than 850 species of woody plants, including 3 first-class protected animals such as leopards, clouded leopards, and yellow bellied pheasants, and 25 second-class protected animals such as giant salamanders, macaques, and pangolins. There are 5 national first-class protected plants, including Gongtong, Boleshu, and Southern Taxus, and 16 second-class protected plants, including Pinus massoniana, Eucommia ulmoides, and Magnolia officinalis.
Many literati wrote “Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot” in their works. Wang Wei wrote that “people live together in Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot, but also from outside the countryside”; Li Bai also wrote, “Go to Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot after success, and return to Wulingyuan”; Wang Anshi, a litterateur of the Song Dynasty, wrote in “Jing Nuan”: “When I came back, I doubted that it was Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot.” Their “Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot” is synonymous with the transcendental paradise. The landscapes mentioned in Wang Wei’s poem “A Journey to the Peach Garden”, such as streams, caves, canyons, villages, and woodcutters, are closest to the present Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot.
Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot Scenic Area is composed of Suoxiyu, Tianzi Mountain, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Yangjiajie and other scenic spots, covering an area of 369 square kilometers, with more than 3000 strange mountains and peaks, including 243 above 1000 meters above sea level. The large limestone karst landform in the northern part of the scenic area has undergone billions of years of river changes, erosion and dissolution, forming countless caves, sinkholes, skylights, and springs.
Main scenic spots
zhangjiajie national forest park
Zhangjiajie, also known as Qingyan Mountain, covers an area of 130 square kilometers and is the first national forest park in China. It is located in the Wuling Mountains. Zhangjiajie has a unique landform with over 2000 stone peaks of various shapes, lush trees, and a forest coverage rate of 88%. The most famous ones are Huangshizhai, Shadaogou, Jinbian Rock, and Jinbian Creek. There are seven main tourist routes including Huangshizhai, Jinbianxi, Yaozizhai, Pipaxi, Shadaogou, Chaotianguan, and Houhuayuan.
Tianzishan Scenic Area
Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area is located in the north of Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot, and is adjacent to Zhangjiajie and Suoxiyu mountains and waters.
Suoxiyu Scenic Area
There are over 2000 peaks, 19 ravines, and 6 streams in the Suoxiyu Natural Scenic Area. The main attractions include Shili Gallery, Yuanyang Waterfall, Nantianmen, Huanglong Cave, etc.
Southern sky column
A pillar in the southern sky, 300 meters high, supports the clouds on one end and firmly sticks to the earth on the other end, standing tall and solid like a Optimus Prime stone. Nantian Yizhu is located in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, along the Huangshizhai tourist route. Passing through the South Heavenly Gate, a stone peak rises into the sky from an unfathomable valley, as thick and thin as a guardian of the mountains. Vigorous and elegant, extraordinary and refined. There are many strange rocks in Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot, which is a typical example. When weathering makes the rocks dissolve and break, and water erosion makes them collapse along the fracture surface, it forms isolated stone pillars.
