Vacation in China 2009: The Mount Sanqing

As a sister mountain of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), the Mount Sanqing was regarded as a sacred place for Taoists in Tang Dynasty period (618-907). Sanqing's fame as a Taoist resort has faded, but its natural beauty remains. With beautiful clouds, mist and strange-shaped pine trees, Sanqing Mountain is a fairyland far from the hustle and bustle of city life. Stay on the mountain for a day, and you will understand why ancient Taoist master Ge Hong (284-364) made pills of immortality here more than 1,700 years ago.

Sanqing is only 90 miles away from Tunxi. In the morning when we arrived at the foot of Sanqing, we barely saw the mountains because the dense fog was revolving around the waist of the mountains. As the cable car emerged from the fog, all I could say was "Wow”! As we walking along the longest plank road in the world built on the steep cliff, I felt like I was wondering in the clouds and visiting the palace of Jade Emperor of Heaven. "A picture is worth a thousand words". Please see the pictures below. (Click the pic to view larger)

Walking on the plank road build on the steep cliff:












On the summit of Sanqing:





Pictures taken while walking along the sky stone path at West Sea:


















Double Penguin and Lady ShengNv:




Double Breats peak:




The Grand Python Emerging from the Mountain.



Look, what's that in the sky?