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Wunü Mountain 五女山Wǔnǚ Shān
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Benxi, Liaoning
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Benxi
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Wunü Mountain
Wunü Mountain is a flat-topped massif with steep cliffs above the Hun River, crowned by the ruins of a Goguryeo hill fortress that is generally identified as the first capital of the Goguryeo kingdom (founded in 37 BC). The fortress belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage listing for the Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (2004), and the scenic area of about 10.8 square kilometres combines its stone walls, gates and building foundations with a slot gorge, lookouts over Huanlong Lake and the Wunü Mountain Museum. It was rated a 5A scenic area in 2024.
How to get to Wunü Mountain
Just north-east of Huanren town in the east of Benxi prefecture (the fortress is about 8 km from the county seat), roughly 165 km by road from central Benxi.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Wangtian Cave 望天洞 (20 km).
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