China Travel Guide

“kind filial does not have the second way in the world, the first township is splendid Jiangnan “. Tangyue gateways is rare in the world. It is located in Ta County, 26 kilometers from TunXi and about 5 kilometers from Ta County. There are altogether seven Tangyue gateways; three in the Ming Dynasty and four in the Qing Dynasty.

Name: Huangshan Tangyue Gateways (Tangyue Paifangqun)
City: Huangshan
Address: She County, Huangshang
Admission: CNY50

Hundred-step Cloud Ladder is located on the northwest cliff of the Lotus Peak. There are two big stones not far away from “the lotus stem”. One of them looks like a turtle while the other looks like snake. The two stones are parallel. 100 levels of precipitous steep steps is caved on the cliff, passing through two stones. You would feel as though leaning on the cliff on the long ladders, with deep abyss when you look down from opposite the Aoyu Hole.

Name: Huangshan Hundred-step Cloud Ladder (Baibu Yunti)
City: Huangshan
Address: Yellow Mountains
Admission: Free
Hours: 6:00 am -17:30 pm
Tel: 0086-0559-5585138

Yingke Pine (Receiving Guests Pine) is on the left of the Yuping building next to the lion stone. The height is 10 meters and the chest diameter is 0.64 meter. The age of the tree is at least i800 years. One of the branches stretches out like a person’s outstretching arms welcoming the visitors from all places and the posture is exquisite. It is Yellow Mountains’ symbolic landscape.
There is Yellow Mountains’ Yingke Pine’s giant iron picture in the Great Hall of the People Anhui hall. The party and the national leader take a group photo with the foreign visitors many times in front of the iron picture. Yellow Mountains’ Yingke Pine not only symbolizes Yellow Mountains’, but also symbolizes the Chineses’ warm hospitability. In 1994 the Great Hall of the People East hall also hung the traditional Chinese painting “Yingke Pine”. The author was the Yellow Mountain nationality painter Liu Hui.

Name: Huangshan Yingke Pine (Yingke Song)
City: Huangshan
Address: Yellow Mountains
Admission: Free
Hours: 6:00 am -17:30 pm
Tel: 0086-0559-5585138

The hot spring scenic area is the first scenic area upon entering Yellow Mountains from the south gate. It is located among the elevation of 600-700 meter group peaks and canyons. Beautiful spring and clear water is a unique characteristic of the hot spring scenic area. The hot spring is one of the famous “Four Views of the Yellow Mountains” and famous spring in china. There are hot spring bathroom and hot spring swimming pool in the room for the visits to clear away fatigue, cure diseases and exercising. From time to time the running water that looks like jade flow the entire boundary of Peach Blossom Brook, the White Clouds Brook and the Tangquan Brook. The Peach Blossom Pool, Blue Dragon Pool and White Dragon Pool in the brook resemble jadeite. The Renzi waterfall and the Baizhang waterfall flow straight and earn loads of praise. The Sandie Springs, the Mingxian Spring and the Luoxing Spring are mysterious. The brook, the spring and the waterfall are like a huge musical instrument playing wonderful music. The multitudinous springs and waterfalls add infinite vitality for the entire scenic area.

Name: Huangshan Yellow Mountains Hot Spring (Huangshan Wenquan)
City: Huangshan
Address: Yellow Mountains
Admission: Free
Hours: 6:00 am -17:30 pm
Tel: 0086-0559-5585138

Peace Lake lies on the gold traveling line. It is rich in traveling resources with the advantage of the lake and mountain scenery, uninterrupted green hill, graceful water and limpid and blue lake. The islands scattered like pearls and it has the reputations of “the Yellow Mountains lover”, “the Chinese jadeite”, “the world pearl” and “the Eastern Geneva Lake”. The renowned poet Su Wang praises: “The Tianchi Pond does not possess the kindness, Tai Lake does not possess the serenity, the San Xia equals the green jade, the Lijiang River does not possess the cloud, the Fuchun River does not possess the grand tallness and cold, West Lake does not possess this mind, Qian Long does not possess the bless of seeing the rare sights, Jiangnan does not possess such water”.

Name: Huangshan Peace Lake (Taiping Hu)
City: Huangshan
Address: north of Huangshan
Admission: CNY52

Xidi County,located at the south part of Anhui Province, 41 kilometers from Huangshan Scenic Area. It was built at Huangyou Time, The North Song Dynasty and has a history of over 950 years. Xidi was named as Xichuan or Xixiin ancient time.

Xixi was named to indicate the three streams in the village flowing from east to west. Due to the Xidi store ever founded at the west of the village, it was renamed to Xidi. There were 300 local dwellings with tremendous brick, wood and stone carvings scattered.

At present, the places available for visitors are the memorial archway for feudal prefectural governor Hu Wenguang, Jiang’an Hall and Zhuimu Hall, two temples of Hu’s, Dafudi, Ruiyu Hall and Lvfu Hall.

Xidi village, contributed to its long history, primitive simplicity, elegance and beautiful scene, was listed into the “World Cultural Heritage Sites” by UNESCO in 2000.

Name: Huangshan Xidi Village (Xidi)
City: Huangshan
Address: Yi County, Huangshan
Admission: CNY80
Hours: 07:00 am -06:00 pm
Tel: 0086- 0559-5541158

Qiyun Mountain is so named because of “the stone is as high as the sky and the cloud”. It is a mountain scenic spot with the Taoism culture and Danxia landform characteristics. In history, it has the reputation of “the first Baiyue Huangshan Mountain in Chiangnan”. Qiyun Mountain was built with mountaineering cable way where the journey for tourists to ascend the summit and descending the mountain on foot along the cable way takes only half a day.

Name: Huangshan Qiyun Mountain (Qiyun Shan)
City: Huangshan
Address: Xiuning Town, Huangshan Mountain, Anhui Province
Admission: Free

The lotus peak is located on the north of Yuping building and is the highest peak in the East China area. It is also the first peak of Yellow Mountains with an elevation of 1,864 meters. The distance from the lotus flower range to the Lotus Peak is 1.5 kilometers. There are flying dragon pine along the way, hanging upside down pine, some famous pine and the Yellows Mountains cuckoo. The fragrance gilt well is located on mid of the peak. You could ascend on higher ground to get a broad view of the peak; overlooking the Tanmu Mountain on the east, Mount Lushan on the west, Jiuhua Mountain and Yangtze River on the north.
Note: The Lotus Peak is much the same as other mountain crest, with various types of locks hanging all around the wire rope; a symbol of young lovers or spouses locked hand in hand for eternity.

Name: Huangshan Lotus Peak (Lianhua Feng)
City: Huangshan
Address: Yellow Mountains
Admission: Free
Hours: 6:00 am -17:30 pm
Tel: 0086-0559-5585138

Name: Lianyungang Sumawan Beach Resort (Sumawan Haibin Yuchang)
City: Lianyungang
Address: 20km east of Lianyungang
Admission: CNY30
Tel: 0518-2601100/2656897

Qiankou Residence is also known as “rosy cloud Villa”. The distance is 24 kilometers away from Tunxi. The residence was built in the village entrance of Qiankou village of Huizhou District.

It was listed under the key state protection unit. The total area occupied by the entire villa is 16,000 square meters and it displayed the reemergence of the villa with Ming Dynasty style.

The layout of the villa is refined and exquisite and the environment is quiet and elegant. It was reputed as the Ming Dynasty ruined museum building construction and it plays an important role in the study of the history of China.

Huashanmiku scenic area is located in the eastern suburb of Tunxi, Huangshan Mountain City. It is famous of its ancient rock cave sites. The rock cave has rich and unique historical research and viewing value.

Name: Huangshan Qiankou Residence, Qian County Huashanmiku (Qiankou Minzhai and Qianxian Huashan Miku)
City: Huangshan
Address:
Admission: Free