China Travel Guide

Laoshan National Forest Park is situated at north shore of Yangtze River, east of Changjiang Bridge of Nanjing and west along the Chuhe river of Anhui. The mountain range fluctuates, ancient wood is green and a great number of Xiu bamboo.

The park occupied 8,000 square meters and forest cover rate is 80%. There is large expanse of virgin forest; the wild plant reaches as many as 586 types, also some 200 kinds of ornamental trees, differing in thousands of pleasant ways not forgettable. In Laoshan are the pangolin, the hedgehog, the hare, the fox, 20 types of wild animals, and also hundred kinds of birds. In the garden is the temple, the grave, the spring, the cave, the natural landscape and the humanities landscape merge into one organic whole. This is a good destination for hunting, barbeque and camping. The Laoshan sierra extends from Anhui and the county to within the boundaries of Jiangpu, Pukou. The mountain is not high with average about 300 meters.

In September 1991, the Ministry of Forestry authorized the approval to construct the Laoshan forest park. The existing Laoshan forest covers nearly 100,000 Chinese acres, the leaf foliage forest and the evergreen forest mixed together, the seasonal variation is obvious. Laoshan is also distributed with many strange and mystery caverns, like natural tunnel, courtyard cave, big Goddess of Mercy cave, small Goddess of Mercy cave, founder cave, Bai Xiaoling cave and so on. Among which the dragon cave and the courtyard cave are the most dangerous.

Name: Nanjing Laoshan National Forest Park
City: Nanjing
Address: east of Changjiang Bridge of Nanjing
Admission: Free