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Mount Huaguo 花果山Huāguǒ Shān
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Lianyungang, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Lianyungang
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Mount Huaguo
The mountain that the novel Journey to the West made the home of the Monkey King, now a scenic area of 136 peaks crowned by Yunü Peak, at 624.4 m the highest point in Jiangsu. Paths, shuttle buses and a cable car lead to the Water Curtain Cave, the Sanyuan Temple, first built in the Tang, and woods where macaques roam. More than 200 cliff inscriptions from the Tang onwards are scattered over the slopes, among them the Yulin Guan group near the visitor centre, a national heritage site.
How to get to Mount Huaguo
The visitor centre is at the western foot of the mountain, about 20 minutes by taxi from central Lianyungang; shuttle buses and a cable car run inside the scenic area.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Haiqing Temple Pagoda 海清寺塔 (under 10 km), Lianyungang Revolutionary Memorial Hall 连云港市革命纪念馆 (under 10 km), Lianyungang Museum 连云港市博物馆 (under 10 km), Yuwan Scenic Area 渔湾 (under 10 km), Kongwang Mountain 孔望山 (10 km), Haishang Yuntai Mountain 海上云台山 (20 km).
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