Mount Heng - China Travel

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Mount Heng is located in the south of Hunyuan County, Datong City, and is the northern mountain among the "Five Sacred Mountains". Hengshan Scenic Area includes Tianfengling Scenic Area, Cuiping Peak Scenic Area, Qianfoling Scenic Area, etc. Hengshan is not only beautiful, but also an important birthplace of Taoism. There are many Taoist temples on the mountain. According to legend, Zhang Guolao, one of the "Eight Immortals", practiced Taoism in Hengshan.

When visiting Hengshan, you usually first visit the Xuankong Temple, a thousand-year-old temple hanging on the mountainside under Cuiping Peak, and then go to Tianfengling to visit the Taoist buildings, and climb to the top of Tianfengling for a long-term view. The tour route of Hengshan is roughly as follows: Dazi Bay - Hufengkou - Sheshen Cliff - Fei Grottoes - Hengzong Hall - Tianfengling Peak, and it takes about 3-4 hours to go back and forth after climbing the mountain. It should be noted that due to the uncertain opening time of the top of Tianfengling Mountain, most of the time you can only go to Hengzong Hall. Tourists who want to climb to the top can confirm with the scenic spot in advance.

Entering the Tianfengling ticket office is a section of Panshan Road leading to the Hengshan parking lot (Tingzhiling). Looking up from the parking lot to the east, you can see the vigorous "Heng Zong" character engraved on the cliff of Daziwan. This is also a more distinctive stone carving on Mount Heng, and is regarded as a symbol of Mount Heng.

If time is tight, you can take the cableway from the parking lot to the temple group area, or you can climb up. Go up along the hiking trail to Guolaoling, where there is a nearly 90-degree straight bend, and the mountain wind is very strong, which is called "Hufengkou". There are many ancient pines on Mount Hengshan, and the "hanging root pine" in the mouth of several tigers is special. Its roots are all exposed, and it is located in the mouth of the wind. The sound of the wind and trees are intertwined, like the roar of a tiger. In addition, the cliff on the east side of Guolaoling is also a good place to watch the sunset on Mount Heng.

Continue to go up and come to a wooden archway with "North Pillar of Human Heaven" written on it, which is the gate of Hengshan Temple Group. Entering the square courtyard, you can see the Xuanjing Pavilion, where there are two side-by-side wells called "Bitter Sweet Wells". The well in the north is as sweet as nectar, but the well in the south is extremely bitter, which is very magical. Here you can also see Taoist buildings such as the Temple of the Horse, Baixu Temple, and Jieguan Pavilion, where you can offer incense and pray for blessings.

Climbing up again, you will come to Fei Grottoes full of inscriptions by poets of all ages and Hengzong Hall (Beiyue Temple), the main temple of Mount Heng. The Hengzong Hall is the highlight of the Hengshan Temple Group. It is built between the cliffs on the mountainside and has a large scale. In the main hall, Beiyue the Great is enshrined, and above the throne is the four characters "Hua Chui Chang Jiu" in Kangxi's imperial pen. It is worth mentioning that there are 103 steep steps in front of the mountain gate. The steps are inclined forward at about 30 to 40 degrees, and you have to use your hands and feet to climb up. In front of Hengzong Hall, you can overlook the scenery of Mount Heng, with a good view.

To the west of Hengzong Hall is Huixian Cliff, and Huixian Mansion (Jixian Cave) on the mountainside has many wall carvings, the most striking of which are "Grand View of Heaven and Earth" and "Wall Standing on the Wall". This is also the tallest building in Hengshan, surrounded by Yuhuang Pavilion, Yubei Pavilion, Qinqitai, Tongyuan Valley and other landscapes. From Tongyuan Valley to the top of Tianfengling, the main peak of Hengshan Mountain, you can feel the magnificence of "seeing all the small mountains at a glance". Take photos at the top of the mountain and enjoy the scenery. After rest, you can go down the mountain and return to the parking lot through Chunyang Palace and Jiutian Palace.

opening hours

September 1-October 31 08:00-17:30 (last admission 17:30); November 1-March 31 next year 08:30-16:00 (last admission 17:00) :30)

Preferential treatment policy

child:Free for children under 6 years old (inclusive) or under 1.2 meters in height (inclusive)

elder:60 years old (included) and above, with my ID card, free of charge

minor:6 years old (not included) to 18 years old (included), half price

student:Half-price for full-time undergraduate and below degree students with their ID card and student ID card

Soldiers/Disabled/Fire Rescue Personnel/Fire Rescue School Students:Active-duty soldiers, disabled revolutionary soldiers, disabled persons, on-the-job, retired, disabled fire rescue personnel, and students of fire rescue schools are free of charge with their valid certificates.

Service Facilities

PARKING LOT:[Scenic Parking Lot] Reference price: ¥15/time; Address: Entrance of the scenic spot; Storage space: 100

Park traffic:Reference price: round-trip 160 yuan/person; address: scenic spot ticket office

must see tips

1. The 103 steps of the Hengzong Hall are too steep and can only go up. You have to walk down the hall next to it. Safety comes first.

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Mount Heng is very beautiful, and its height is suitable for ordinary tourists to climb. You can choose the cableway or hike up and down the mountain. You need to take a minibus to go up the mountain. After arriving at the cableway point, you can choose to climb the mountain or cableway. The scenery is really beautiful, and the time to go in summer is better.

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亮点liangpoint

Among the five mountains in China, Beiyue Hengshan does not have a strong sense of presence. The other four mountains are all national 5A-level tourist areas, but Beiyue is 4A. The end point of the traffic vehicle in the scenic spot is the Hengshan parking lot (Stop Zhiling), and the tour route of Hengshan is roughly as follows: Zhenwu Temple - Guolaoling - Sheshen Cliff - Chunyang Palace - Hengzong Hall - Tianfengling Mountain Top - Qinqitai - Bittersweet From Jing to Dazi Bay, it takes about 3-4 hours to go back and forth after climbing the mountain. Take the small traffic car in the scenic spot in the parking lot, and the small traffic car going down the mountain can sit directly at the entrance of the scenic spot.

在奔跑中

Hengshan is located in Hunyuan County, Datong City, next to Xuankong Temple, with a large parking lot, which is convenient and fast. The scenery on the mountain is good. You can go up and down by cable car or climb up the mountain. We climb up the mountain and go down the cable car. It is full of fun. If you have good physical strength, you can climb up and down. It is really a feeling of seeing all the small mountains at the top of the mountain. It is highly recommended.

Among the five mountains in China, Beiyue Hengshan does not have a strong sense of presence. The other four mountains are all national 5A-level tourist areas, but Beiyue is 4A. grand.

zhangfeifei

The main scenic spot of Mount Heng is composed of Cuiping Mountain Scenic Area, Tianfengling Scenic Area and Yongan Scenic Area. Among them, the main scenic spot of Cuiping Mountain Scenic Area is Xuankong Temple, and Tianfengling Scenic Area has many scenic spots such as Hengshan Temple Group, Hengshan Cableway, Yuemen Bay and so on. It has its unique advantages - natural scenery, cultural landscape, myths and legends, famous allusions, customs and so on.

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Hengshan contains two concepts, narrow sense and broad sense. Mount Heng in a narrow sense is the so-called "Beiyue Hengshan", also known as "Taiheng Mountain". It was called Xuanwu Mountain, Nao Mountain, Gaoshi Mountain, Xuanyue, etc. in ancient times. Located 10 kilometers south of Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province, the main peak, Tianfeng Ridge, is 2016.8 meters above sea level. In a broad sense, Mount Heng, or Hengshan Mountains, is the general term for a series of peaks between the southeast of Datong City in Shanxi Province, the southeast of Zhangjiakou City in Hebei Province, and between the Sanggan River and the Hutuo River. It extends roughly from southwest to northeast, and is about 300 kilometers long from east to west. , about 80 kilometers wide from north to south, and the highest peak is Mantou Mountain at the border of Dai County and Ying County, with an altitude of 2426 meters. Mount Heng lies between the plateau in the north of Shanxi Province and the Jizhong Plain. Because of its steep natural mountains and geographical location, it has become a battleground for military strategists. Daomaguan, Zijingguan, Pingxingguan, Yanmenguan, and Ningwuguan in the valleys between the mountains are dangerous, and they are the throats from the plateau outside the Great Wall to the Taiyuan Basin and the Jizhong Plain. Many emperors and famous generals fought here, and many ancient battlefield relics such as ancient passes, castles, and beacon towers have been preserved. Since the Ming Dynasty, it has been listed as Beiyue. In the early Qing Dynasty, the national sacrifice of Beiyue gradually moved from Quyang, Hebei to Hengshan, Hunyuan, and the culture of the five mountains was integrated into the Hengshan culture. Hengshan Taoism began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Northern Wei Dynasty, becoming the mainstream Quanzhen sect holy place.