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Yandang Mountains 雁荡山Yàndàng Shān
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Wenzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 days
- Days to budget
- 1½ days
- City
- Wenzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Yandang Mountains
The main area of the North Yandang range in Yueqing, a 5A scenic area and Global Geopark of about 450 km², formed by volcanic eruptions more than 100 million years ago and eroded into cliffs, pinnacles, caves and waterfalls. Its 'three wonders' are the rock silhouettes of Lingfeng by night, the rope-crossing act between the cliffs at Lingyan and the Dalongqiu waterfall, and Lingyan also has Lingyan Temple and the Xiaolongqiu falls. Inside Longbi (Dragon's Nose) Cave in the Lingyan area, 94 cliff inscriptions from the Tang dynasty to modern times include one by the Song scholar Shen Kuo.
How to get to Yandang Mountains
Yandangshan station on the Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou high-speed line is about 5 km east of the Lingfeng entrance, with buses and taxis into the park; central Wenzhou is about 60 km to the south-west.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Nange Archways 南阁牌楼群 (under 10 km), Tieding Liuliu Park 铁定溜溜 (10 km), Jiangxia Tidal Power Station 江厦潮汐试验电站 (20 km), Fangshan, Wenling 方山 (20 km).
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