Mt.Huangshan Scenic Spots

Mt.Huangshan is a magical mountain, it's like a perfect unfolded Chinese landscape painting. Wherever you are at this charming mountain, you always have something to enjoy and take photos. To save your time and your films or memories of your camera, we'd like to name some scenic spots that's the highlight or mostly frequent areas of the mountain. These materials below can serve as a detailed and practical guide of Mt.Huangshan.

Beihai Scenic Area

When you ascend the mountain either along east steps ( back path ) on foot or by Yungu Cable-car, you reach White Goose Ridge at first, then walk downstairs to Start-to-Believe Peak of the Beihai Scenic Area. Along the way you can see several famous Huangshan pines: Black Tiger Pine, Couple Pine, Dragon's Claw Pine, Crouching-Dragon Pine and graceful Harp Pine. Before you clime to the top of Peak Sleeping Cloud or Peak Start-to-Believe for a breathtaking outlook, you surely take a picture of Bamboo-Shoot Peak. If the top of Peak Sleeping Cloud or Peak Start-to-Believe is too crowded or dangerous for you, you have a perfect alternate: keep walking a few minutes down to Shisungang where you can enjoy a quite and wide spectacle: deep valleys, a cluster of slim peaks, a stone resembling a person with a cap and in a backpack, Peak Goddess of Mercy and Peak Buddha's Palm.

Next destination after Peak Star-to-Believe is Peak Lion that's shaped like a sleeping lion from ( standpoint) a point of view in front of Beihai Hotel. At Dawn-Light Pavilion, you can see a group of interesting rocks: two in the middle resembling two senior citizens playing the game of go, on the left is a man in a packpack ( the same rock from a another standpoint ), on the right is a onlook -- a Chinese ancient official who watch them play. On Refreshing Terrace you can view a fan-shaped pine cling to the cliff beneath the terrace, a nice crowd of pines, a column of stone looking like a person with a pig head, Peak Rooster and Peak Rise surrounding you. Before you reach the top, there is Millennium Bell everyone can strick for fun, but every strick will cost you 2 yuan RMB. On the top of Lion Peak, you can a rock resembling monkey on the flat top of another hill, that's very famous rock: A Monkey gazing at the sea when there is a sea of cloud, or A Monkey gazing Taiping County when there is no cloud and mist. A few meters away from Beihai Hotel are two observation places, one is for Peak Start-to-Believe in distance, the other is for two grotesque small peaks called Peak Brush and Peak Brush Rack respectively.

Xihai Scenic Area

Xihai Grand Canyon

Tianhai Scenic Area

Yuping Scenic Area

Song'gu Scenic Area