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Mount Mao (Maoshan) 茅山Máo Shān
5A scenic area · Zhenjiang, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Zhenjiang
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Mount Mao (Maoshan)
A low range on the Jurong–Jintan border, rising to 372.5 metres at Damao Peak, revered as the birthplace of the Shangqing school of Taoism and called by Taoists the 'eighth grotto-heaven and first blessed land'. The two main halls of the Maoshan Taoist Temple are the Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace on the summit and the Yuanfu Wanning Palace below Jijin Peak, where a 33-metre copper statue of Laozi has stood in the open since 1997. Other temples rebuilt since the 2000s are spread across the scenic area.
How to get to Mount Mao (Maoshan)
About 22 km south-east of Jurong city and roughly an hour by road from Nanjing.
Nearby
- Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 50 km
A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb - Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 60 km
Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai - City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 60 km
The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
Also within 20 km: Maoshan Forest World 茅山森林世界 (under 10 km), Oriental Salt Lake City (Dao Tianxia) 东方盐湖城·道天下 (under 10 km), Huagu Qiyuan Flower Valley 花谷奇缘 (under 10 km).
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