long sky plank road - China Travel

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The Long Sky Plank Road is located on the east side of the south peak of Huashan Mountain. It was built by the master of Huashan School, He Zhizhen Taoist Master in the Yuan Dynasty, who inlaid stone piles and paved wooden boards on the cliff to stay away from the mortal world and become an immortal. Walking to the end of the plank road, you can see the "Hezu Cave" where the head of He is self-cultivating.

The whole plank road is divided into three sections, the whole journey is about 50 meters. The upper section is from Nantianmen Shifang to the west of Chaoyuan Cave. The road is cut out according to the cliff, about 20 meters long and 60 cm wide. The volley hanging ladder, tourists have to go down step by step with iron chains, which is called "chicken under the shelf", which is the middle section; turning west is the lower section, which is the more thrilling west section, where road builders cut stone holes on the cliff. Stone piles are wedged into the holes, and wooden boards about 40 cm wide are laid between the stone piles. Tourists who pass here must stick to the cliff wall, hold iron chains in hand, step on the wooden boards, and move forward slowly sideways.

After walking through the plank road, there is a small mountain flat. There is a stone cave dug on the cliff of the flat land, which is the "Hezu Cave". According to legend, this is the place for self-cultivation opened up by Taoist priest He Zhizhen. Above the "Hezu Cave" there is a huge rock that hangs in the air, and in the depression parallel to the ground at the bottom of the rock, there are three characters "Quanzhen Cliff" engraved.

It should be noted that: "Long Sky Plank Road" is a dead end road! If you go the same way, you have to go back the same way, which is equivalent to two adventures. This plank road is just a way of adventure, not a must-go way for mountaineering. It is recommended that tourists with fear of heights, heart disease and poor psychological quality should not take risks lightly. There have been real incidents where tourists fell from heart attacks because of fear. death event! As for those who cried bitterly and had their legs limp due to fright on the way, there were not a few of them!