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Mount Jigong 鸡公山Jīgōng Shān
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Xinyang, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Xinyang
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Mount Jigong
A forested ridge of the Dabie Mountains on the Henan–Hubei border, named after the rooster-shaped crag of Baoxiao Peak and long a summer retreat thanks to its cool climate. From 1898 to 1936 foreign missionaries and diplomats, along with Chinese military figures and businessmen, built hundreds of villas in various styles here, and the surviving early-20th-century buildings are protected as a national heritage site. Paths link the villa quarter with viewpoints and wooded valleys in what is also a national nature reserve.
How to get to Mount Jigong
About 38 km south of central Xinyang, roughly an hour by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Shibatan (Eighteen Pools) Gorge, Dawu 大悟十八潭 (under 10 km), Taohuazhai Scenic Area 桃花寨 (10 km), Gaogui Santan Scenic Area 高贵三潭 (20 km), Lingshan Scenic Area, Luoshan 灵山 (20 km), Linglong Lake 灵龙湖 (20 km).
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