Shanxi Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
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Top Places to visit in Shanxi:
Yungang Grottoes, Hengshan Hanging Temple, Hukou Waterfall, Ancient City of Pingyao, Wutai Shan, Wang's Family Compound, City Wall of Pingyao, Qiao's Family Compound, Huayan Temple of Datong, Jinci Temple, Shanxi Museum, Pingyao Confucian Temple, Mian Mountain, Ying Xian Wooden Pagoda, Pingyao Ancient Government Office
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Tianmen Mountain Cableway in Zhangjiajie China 天門山
The Tianmen Mountain near Zhangjiajie in Central China has one of the longest hight mountain cableways in the world!
The Longest Cable Car In The World Tianmen Shan Cable Car, Zhangjiajie, China
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China’s Tianmen Shan cable car is the longest cable car ride in the world, covering a distance of 7,455 meters. The car runs from Zhangjiajie downtown up to Tianmen Shan, which translates as Heaven’s Gate Mountain. It takes a total of 28 minutes to cover the entire distance and you will be bombarded with spectacular views after spectacular views. Tianmen Mountain is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie, in northwestern Hunan Province, China.
A cable car was constructed by the French company Poma from nearby Zhangjiajie railway station to the top of the mountain. Tianmen Mountain Cableway is claimed in tourist publications as the longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world, with 98 cars and a total length of 7,455 meters and ascent of 1,279 metres. The highest gradient is an unusual 37 degrees. Tourists can walk on kilometers of paths built onto the cliff face at the top of the mountain, including sections with glass floors. An 11 km road with 99 bends also reaches the top of the mountain and takes visitors to Tianmen cave, a natural hole in the mountain of a height of 131.5 meters.
A large temple is also located on the summit with chairlift or footpath access. The original temple here was built in the Tang Dynasty. Today a more recent construction with Tang dynasty architecture occupies the site and includes a vegetarian restaurant in the 10,000 square meter setting.
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Huashan 华山 Travel VLOG (Shaanxi, China)
Visited: March-2018
Famously known as the mountain with one of the world’s “Most Dangerous Hiking Trail”, Huashan (华山) is one of the Five Great Mountains of China.
There's 5 peaks on Huashan (North, South, East, West, Centre), with trails linking them all. Only 2 of the peaks are equipped with cable car service (North and West).
On the day of our visit, the longer/higher West peak cable car service was closed due to strong winds. Thus we could only use the North peak cable car to visit North Peak 华山北峰 (lowest of the peaks). With a kid in tow, it wasn't convenient to attempt the climb from North peak to the other peaks. Thus we only explored the area around North Peak, which itself is more than scenic.
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7 - Huashan Teahouse, China
Mount Hua is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in the Shaanxi province of China. This five-peaked mountain has a long history of religious significance, being the westernmost of the five great mountains of China, a group of mountains associated with certain deities of traditional Chinese religion. Each of the five peaks holds an ancient Taoist temple, but perhaps the most exciting temple on this mountain is the Huashan teahouse. This old temple, which now serves plenty of tea to hikers, sits atop the southern peak, the highest of them all, standing at 2155 meters or 7070 feet up in the air.
The temple began offering a tea ceremony because of the higher numbers of people attempting the climb in recent years. The path to this cup of tea may not be your... cup of tea, though. You start at a series of steps carved into the mountain, called the heavenly stairs. From the top of the stairs you'll take a gondola to the base of the southern peak, where you'll climb along the sheer cliff face using nothing but a thin path made of wood and metal, driven into the rocks. In some places the wood has fallen away, and you're left with nothing but an iron chain to hold onto. At the end of this path, you get to climb the face of the cliff, heading nearly straight up, using toe holds carved directly into the mountain!
For those of you guys who complete this arduous journey, there's a nice, warm kettle waiting at the top, along with a beautiful view from the highest of the five peaks. However, plenty of hikers don't make it to the top, and the fastest way down, although the easiest, isn’t the most pleasant way down! There are rumours that the fall takes one hundred lives per year, but nobody is willing to confirm the death toll. Minor details!
6 - Salar de Tunupa, Bolivia
Covering over 4000 square miles, the Salar de Tunupai is the world's largest salt flat. Located in Southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andean mountains, this flat was formed because of transformations between several prehistoric lakes. It's covered by an extremely flat salt crust, and a pool of brine, containing 50-70% of the world's currently known lithium resources. Much of this lithium is being extracted, meaning this place is actually fairly important to many people in developed countries.
There are other uses for lithium, such as in medicine, or in greases, but let's get back to the salt flat itself. The salt ranges from tens of centimeters to a few meters thick, and, since it's so compact, it's actually possible to drive on the salt! This has provided the potential for many tourism opportunities, and many hotels sprang up nearby because of it. Because of the lack of conventional construction materials, many Hotels are almost entirely built with salt blocks cut from the Salar!
You wouldn't be crazy to wonder why anyone would want to visit a giant expanse of salt. During its dry season, it might just be a huge block of white salt, but when the wet season comes around, you'll basically be walking on a massive mirror. Salt flats are extremely reflective, similar to ice sheets. In fact, this salt flat is often used to calibrate distance measurements on satellites, due to how huge and how reflective it is.
China's most famous mountain，Amazing aerial view of Mount Hua in Shanxi， China [ 航拍中国 ]012 五岳华山
Mount Hua (simplified Chinese: 华山; traditional Chinese: 華山; pinyin: Huà Shān[1]) is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi province, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Xi'an. It is the western mountain of the Five Great Mountains of China, and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as having three peaks, in modern times the mountain is classified as five main peaks, of which the highest is the South Peak at 2,154.9 metres (7,070 ft).
Huashan from Drone
Huashan, China, from above.
After the aborted tentative of last winter (frozen batteries), this is the new attempt : amazing views of Huashan, despite of crowd. I definitely prefer the icy winter, there are far less people... ;)
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