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Mount Cangyan 苍岩山Cāngyán Shān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Shijiazhuang, Hebei
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shijiazhuang
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Mount Cangyan
A wooded gorge in the Taihang foothills where the Fuqing Temple complex is built into the cliffs, with its Bridge-Tower Hall carried on a stone arch spanning a narrow cleft high above the valley floor. The temple is traditionally said to date from the Sui dynasty and to have been the retreat of Princess Nanyang, a daughter of Emperor Yang; the present buildings are Ming and Qing, and the temple is a national heritage unit. The setting was used in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), and a stepped path climbs from the temple towards the summit.
How to get to Mount Cangyan
In Cangyanshan town, about 23 km south of Jingxing County town and about 40 km south-west of central Shijiazhuang; a taxi or private car is the practical way.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Fenglongshan Grottoes 封龙山石窟 (20 km), Machiyan Temple 马齿岩寺 (20 km), Jingxing Kiln Site (Nanhengkou) 井陉窑遗址 (20 km).
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