Tianmen Mountain is famous for its unique natural miracle - the Tianmen Cave; The door-alike cave was created after the cliff collapsing in ancient time. Tianmen Mountains is rich in Chinese culture, it is regarded as the Top 1 Heaven Mountain in the west part of Hunan province.
This place has absorbed the essence from the nature for thousands years, therefore visiting the holy temple on the mountain – Tianmen Mountain Temple has become a popular way to pray for a safe and healthy life. Particularly, the four scenery spots, such as Tianmen Cave, Tianmen Mountain Cableway, Bongsai Garden, Heaven-linking Avenue, are regarded as the "Four Wonders of Tianmen Mountain".
Tianmen Cave (means the Heaven's Gate in Chinese)
The cave is on the precipices and is over 1260 meters elevation, the height of the cave is 131.5 meters and the width is about 50 meters, the unusual grotto is grand and magnificent. The cave is like the door to heaven; it looks like the junction of common world and the place where god lives.
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Under the Tianmen Cave it is the 999 Steps Stairs. Here, visitors may need to walk up or down the 999 steps to reach or go away the cave, it will be tried but lucky, because '9' is the biggest number in Chinese culture and 999 means an eternal/forever life. The highlight of Tianmen Cave is the mystic views of fog and cloud. Watching the changing of clouds and fogs, the feeling is like traveling in a place with profound questions asked by the god.
Tianmen Mountain Cableway
Tianmen Mountain Cableway is the longest mountain cableway in the world, the hypotenuse length of the cableway is 7455 meters, starting from the city center of Zhangjiajie to the 'Hanging Garden' on the peak. Guests may feel how hard when it was built once sitting in the cable car. The amazing man-made project will bring you a memorable experience seeing the changing of mountain views and landscapes.
Tianmen Mountain Express Cableway runs from the entrance gate of the Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area to the vicinity of Tianmen Cave Square. With a total length of 1209 meters, it needs a running time of only 4 minutes.
Actually , the Heaven-linking Avenue is the twisting mountain road from the foot of the mountains to the 'Heaven Ladders' of Tianmen Cave. The mountain road is only less than 11 kilometers but the elevation rises rapidly from 200 meters to 1300 meters. Ninety nine turnings decorate the holy road and it was built with over a hundred million of Chinese Yuan investment together with a 5 years hard working. The twisting road is like a white dragon lying on the mountains, this road is regarded as the most amazing mountain road in the world. This road is used for mountain bike cycle races, definitely it is interesting and exiting to ride bicycle at Tianmenshan, and bicycle lovers focus more on the beautiful sceneries along the road and the challenge to conquer such a mountain distance.
Bonsai Garden (Hanging Garden)
As an national forest park, on the peak of Tianmen Mountains locate big primeval forests, the main area being protected is named Bi ye yao tai scenic areas (in the east of the peak areas). The whole area looks like a natural bonsai and over 20 attractions can be seen there, it is the biggest one of the four scenic areas of Tianmen Mountains.
In addition to the four wonders, Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area also has many cultural and natural landscapes that attract tourisit to have a visit. More Read about Tianmen Mountain. Tanks & Best Reagds!