Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park, according to the official website of Hunan Forestry Bureau on December 27, 2015, has a total area of 3037.3 hectares, a height of 1518.6 meters, and a mountain top area of 2 square kilometers. Due to artificial afforestation or tourism development, the area of the forest park may fluctuate. In 1994, the Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park Management Office was established as a park management agency, which is also a national AAAAA tourist attraction. Located 8 kilometers south of Zhangjiajie City, it is a mountainous natural scenic spot
Location
Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park is located 8 kilometers south of Zhangjiajie City and is a mountainous natural scenic spot. The park covers a total area of 96 square kilometers and preserves intact primary secondary forests, with a forest coverage rate of 90%[1]
Geographical Environment
Terrain and Landforms
Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park is located in the south of Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, only 8 kilometers away from the city center. It is named after the natural wonder Tianmen Cave, with a highest altitude of 1518.6 meters, which is the highest peak in Zhangjiajie. Due to its air superiority, it is revered as the "soul of Zhangjiajie". Tianmen Mountain is a typical karst landform, with a primary secondary forest covering 90% of its peak, serving as a natural oxygen bar. In 1992, Tianmen Mountain was approved by the Ministry of Forestry as the second national forest park in Zhangjiajie. The mountain top forest is full of wild charm all year round and is praised as a stunning sky garden. Walking among them, there are strange stones and grasses everywhere, which is breathtaking; The Ghost Valley Plank Path, glass walkway and Canyon Suspension Bridge hanging from the cliffs are more challenging to people's "dare" consciousness
Climate characteristics
The temperature difference between day and night in Tianmen Mountain ranges from 15 ℃ to 25 ℃, with an average temperature 6 to 8 ℃ lower than the urban area. Summer is a good place to cool down and cool down, while winter is a great place to play with ice and snow. Tianmen Mountain is often foggy, with an average of 230 foggy days per year. Wonders such as the sea of clouds and waterfalls often appear, leaving people amazed
Main attractions
Ascending the Heavenly Ladder
The Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Step Ascending Heavenly Ladder is a way to reach the Heavenly Gate and a spiritual place for making wishes and praying. Climbing up the ladder is not only a process of exercising willpower and challenging oneself, but also a process of understanding the journey of life, being extraordinary and open-minded. The five resting platforms on both sides of the Heavenly Ladder are named "Ruyi", "Qingyun", "Changsheng", "Qinse", and "Yuyu", which symbolize the life prayers and wishes of the five blessings of "fortune, wealth, longevity, happiness, and prosperity". People can pray and make wishes during the climbing process, and spread good wishes to themselves and their relatives and friends. After going through hardships, climbing the 99th step and crossing the "Heavenly Gate Barrier" that symbolizes "ascending to heaven with one step and achieving one's dreams", one will have a spiritual insight of getting rid of troubles and a clear mind
Tianmen Cave
Tianmen Cave is the world's highest natural mountain cave. In the sixth year of the Yong'an reign of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period (263 AD), the thousand meter cliff of Songliang Mountain suddenly opened like a gateway to the sky embedded in the sky, becoming a rare wonder in the world. As a result, Songliang Mountain was renamed Tianmen Mountain. Tianmen Cave runs through the north and south, with a height of 131.5 meters, a length of 98 meters, and a width of 37 meters. It rises from the ground and leans towards the sky, with a majestic posture that resembles a gateway to the heavens. It is awe inspiring for the magical power of nature. The famous poet Zhang Dui of the Yuan Dynasty once wrote a poem saying: 'The Tianmen Cave opens with clouds and mist, and the Emei Mountains in the east of the river are all downwind.' Its majestic momentum can be seen from this. This scenic spot has attracted emperors, officials, reclusive scholars, senior monks, and literati from all dynasties to visit and appreciate it. Through generations of accumulation, it has formed the unique and profound "Heavenly Culture" of Tianmen Mountain. Due to the wonderful effect of wind, there are often clusters of clouds and mist passing through the cave, and sometimes brilliant rosy rays emerge from the cave, forming a unique and mesmerizing spectacular scene. Tianmen Mist "and" Tianmen Xiaguang "are praised as rare wonders in the world. In 1999, the world's aerobatic master flew a plane through Tianmen Cave, which caused a sensation worldwide. The audience watching the live broadcast reached as many as 800 million, and Tianmen Cave became the focus of world attention from then on. November 18, 2007- French Spider Man Alain? Robert, dressed lightly and without using any climbing tools, performed a climbing performance inside Tianmen Cave and successfully reached the summit in just 40 minutes, creating a new miracle
Tianmen Mountain Cableway (Hongsuolongxiang)
The world's longest high-altitude passenger cableway - Tianmen Mountain Cableway, has 98 cabins and 57 cableway brackets (including 3 rescue brackets), all of which are imported equipment from French POMA company. The cableway has a total length of 7454 meters and a height difference of 1277 meters. It is one of the few cableways in China with a height difference exceeding one kilometer. The local slope between stations is as high as 38 degrees, which is rare in the world. It is the cableway with the largest local slope in China and also the cableway with the most supports. During the nearly 40 minute ride, tourists will gradually immerse themselves in the embrace of the original sky garden of Tianmen Mountain Park from a modern urban atmosphere. The scenery during the cableway operation is varied, with beautiful rural scenery, strange peaks and valleys, waterfalls and springs, cloud sea forests, as well as magnificent cableway supports and kilometer road wonders, making it a magnificent sight
Tongtian Avenue
Tongtian Avenue is named after the entrance to Tianmen Cave. It is 10.77 kilometers long, winding through 99 bends, and every 9 bays has a stone monument as a symbol. The 99 bays are directly connected to the sky, symbolizing the Nine Heavens. It is one of the top ten scenic spots on Tianmen Mountain. The altitude increased sharply from 200 meters to 1300 meters, and the construction of the avenue took 8 years. Many places were excavated manually, soaking in the wisdom of designers and the sweat of builders, and finally completed. The main road rises with the help of the mountain terrain, like a jade belt surrounding it, winding tightly and stacked layer by layer. It also spirals like a flying dragon, leading straight to the sky, which is astonishing and shocking. With a 180 degree sharp turn and winding back and forth, it can be called the world's number one highway wonder. By passing through this Tongtian Avenue, you can directly reach the front of the Heavenly Ladder at Tianmen Cave
Aerial Stone Forest - Bonsai Grand View
Tianmen Mountain is a complete synclinal structural unit geologically, developing typical Zhongshan karst plateau peak forest canyon landforms. The top of Tianmen Mountain is a karst plateau cliff landscape, with karst hills and stone sprouts widely distributed, forming a spectacular aerial stone forest. It is also covered with moss, tangled with wild vines, and surrounded by strange stones and trees. Everywhere is a natural bonsai, like a bonsai garden created by immortals, allowing tourists to fully appreciate the wonders of nature and feel the magic of creation