Mount Sanqingshan National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Mount Sanqingshan National Park
The mountain has three major summits and its name indeed translates to "Three Pure Ones". The highest one,🌍Yujing (玉京峰), is 1819.9 m above sea level. The mountains are one of the 72 sacred Taoist "sites of happiness". The mountain features spectacular rock formations and massive pillars, covered with twisted pine trees and ancient rhododendrons, and has several loops of broad concrete trail, in many cases attached to the side of a cliff. It's somewhat less crowded than similarly spectacular mountains, for the time being. The park's total area is 229.5 km². The mountain has been a place of Taoist worship for over 1500 years, and its remoteness protected it from the turmoil of the 20th century. The first ropeway was built in the 1990s, and the second about a decade later. It became a Nati
Mount Sanqingshan National Park Travel Guide Sections
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