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Fangshan, Wenling 方山Fāng Shān
4A scenic area · Taizhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taizhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Fangshan, Wenling
A flat-topped mountain of volcanic rhyolite in Daxi town, western Wenling, on the border with Yueqing, ringed by sheer cliffs but open on top, where lakes and ponds dot the summit plateau and wild azaleas flower in spring; the Taizhou government describes it as the largest Mesozoic rhyolite volcanic platform in Asia. The Wenling side is divided into the Fangshan, Nansongyan and Shifeng areas, and the mountain forms the eastern section of the Yandangshan Global Geopark, listed in 2005, and, with Changyu Dongtian, a national scenic area since 2006.
How to get to Fangshan, Wenling
In Daxi town in western Wenling, about 10 km south-west of Wenling station by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tieding Liuliu Park 铁定溜溜 (under 10 km), Jiangxia Tidal Power Station 江厦潮汐试验电站 (under 10 km), Nange Archways 南阁牌楼群 (20 km), Yandang Mountains 雁荡山 (20 km), Changyu Dongtian Quarry Caves 长屿硐天 (20 km).
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