Fanjing Mountain is the World's UNSCO Heritage located in Tongren City of northeastern Guizhou Province. With an altitude of 2572 meters, as well as a total area is 567 square kilometers, it is the main peak of the Wuling Mountain Range.
Fanjing Mountain was originally named "Three Valleys" and was named after "Brahma Pure Land". Buddhism here was founded in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty, making it a famous Buddhist mountain with a long history. In addition, Fanjing Mountain also has abundant wild animal and plant resources, including rare species such as Guizhou golden monkey and dove tree.
What to see?
The primitive flood and wasteland are the landscape features of Mount Fanjing, with majestic mountains and towering peaks, crisscrossing streams, and overhanging waterfalls. Its iconic attractions include: Red Cloud Golden Summit, Moon Mirror Mountain, Ten Thousand Meters Sleeping Buddha, Mushroom Stone, Ten Thousand Scrolls of Scripture, Nine Dragon Pool, Phoenix Mountain, etc.
Red Cloud Golden Summit
The Red Cloud Golden Summit, also known as the New Golden Summit, is as stone peak located in the Fanjing Mountain scenic area. Reaching a height of 94 meters, it looks like a huge towering stone pillar rising from the ground. It faces the Moon Mirror Mountain from north to south, forming a situation of two peaks facing each other. The scenery of the Red Cloud Golden Summit is extremely spectacular.
The Golden Summit Stone Peak faces a deep ravine below, and when viewed from a hundred miles away, it looks like a jade shoot piercing into the sky. Its top is often shrouded in clouds and mist, and under the shining sunlight, the clouds are brilliant and gorgeous, hence it is called the "Red Cloud Golden Summit", which sounds like the "Golden Summit of Good Fortune".
Moon Mirror Mountain
The Moon Mirror Mountain, also known as the Old Golden Summit, is located in the Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area. With an altitude of 2493 meters, it is the second highest peak of Fanjing Mountain.
Due to the frequent appearance of images of Maitreya Buddha preaching to sentient beings on the stone walls under moonlight, it is called the "Moon Mirror Mountain".
Cheng'en Temple
Cheng'en Tmeple, with its original name Shangcha Temple, is located between the New Golden Summit and the Old Golden Summit. It was first built in the early Ming Dynasty(1368-1644), and it was rebuilt on the basis of the original site in 2009. It was completed in 2011, and it is the main temple building of the Fanjing Mountain.
Fanjing Mountain is the main peak of the Wuling Mountains, located at the junction of Jiangkou, Yinjiang, and Songtao counties. The mountain is vast and majestic, with towering clouds connecting to the sky. As early as the early Ming Dynasty, it was revered as the Emperor of Mingyue and is a famous Buddhist holy land. In addition, Fanjing Mountain also has a vast area for viewing red leaves. Every autumn, the forests are stained and the red leaves complement the temples on the mountain. Here, you can sit on a cable car to overlook the continuous red leaves, or stroll in the mountains, feeling the red leaves on both sides and above you like fire.
Mushroom Stone
Mushroom Stone is one of the wonders of Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area. The upper part of this stone peak is large, while the lower part is small. It looks like a huge mushroom, hence its name. Mushroom stone is about ten meters high, standing tall and graceful. It seems to tilt at a touch, but in fact, it stands firm and motionless. According to research, it has been standing here and has been swaying in wind, frost, rain, and snow for over 1 billion years.
Some people say that this mushroom stone is an unparalleled magical realism classic sculpture by its creator. In fact, many painters and photographers have created countless artistic masterpieces based on it as their subject matter.
Mushroom Stone is the intersection of the main attractions on Mount Fanjing. Standing here, visitors can enjoy a distant view of the surrounding mountains, as well as nearby attractions such as the Old Golden Peak, Red Cloud Golden Peak, Cheng'en Temple, and the Ten Thousand meter Sleeping Buddha. Of course, tourists can also take photos with Mushroom Stone.
Ten-thousand Meaters Sleeping Buddha
Ten-thousand Meaters Sleeping Buddha refers to Fenghuang Mountain which is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains, with an altitude of 2752 meters. It is even higher than Fanjing Mountain. When viewed from the sky or from the cotton wool ridge, it looks like a giant Buddha sleeping there, so Fenghuang Mountain is also called Grand Buddha Mountain.
Before the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), it was oriented towards Fenghuang Mountain, which could be reached by riding horses and sedan chairs. However, after the Buddha statue flew over Fanjing Mountain, this place declined, and now there are temple foundations and stone tablets on the mountain.
Take a sightseeing car from the entrance of the scenic area to the cableway, then take the cableway up and walk forward to the top to get to the famous "Mushroom Stone". It is like its name, large in size and small in size, resembling a mushroom. It is about ten meters tall and has stood on the mountain for one billion years. On the left side of the mountain top is the Red Gold Cloud Top, and on the right is the Old Gold Top, which is very spectacular.
Travel Tips
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