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Yingtan 鹰潭Yīngtán
Red sandstone peaks, ancient cliff coffins and the home of the Celestial Masters
About Yingtan
Yingtan is a copper-smelting and railway city, but travellers come for Mount Longhu, where red Danxia cliffs rise from a winding river and bamboo rafts drift beneath caves in which the ancient Yue people placed coffins more than 2,000 years ago. The mountain is part of the China Danxia World Heritage Site (2010) and the traditional home of the Celestial Masters of Zhengyi Taoism, whose Tianshi Mansion and Shangqing Palace stand in Shangqing town.
What to eat in Yingtan
- Tianshi chestnut chicken (天师板栗烧鸡)
- Guixi lamp-wick cake (贵溪灯芯糕)
Listed sites in Yingtan
7 sites in Yingtan are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Mount Longhu 龙虎山 5A scenic area
Red sandstone peaks, cliffs and caves rise above the Luxi River south of Yingtan, in a landscape that is one of the six parts of the China Danxia World Heritage Site (2010) and an old centre of Daoism. - Baihe Lake Xixili, Guixi 白鹤湖嘻嘻哩 4A scenic area · on the map
A family leisure park on the shore of Baihe Lake, a reservoir in north-western Guixi; its water park opened on 30 April 2023. - China Schistosomiasis Control Red Flag Exhibition Area, Yujiang 中国血防红旗博览区 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial area in Yujiang about the campaign against schistosomiasis, a snail-borne parasitic disease. - Lingxi Lake Eco-tourism Area, Yujiang 灵溪湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lakeside leisure area around Lingxi Town in Yangxi township, Yujiang district, rated a 4A scenic area in early 2024. - Qingmaojing Forest Scenic Area, Guixi 青茅境 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest scenic area in the Shuangzhen forest farm in the mountains of southern Guixi, with bamboo groves, a sea of cloud seen from the main peak after rain, and the Sandie waterfall, which falls in three tiers for a total drop of more than 100 metres. - Tianshi Mansion and Shangqing Palace 嗣汉天师府与大上清宫 National heritage site · on the map
The Tianshi Mansion in Shangqing town was the home and ritual seat of the Celestial Masters, the hereditary heads of the Zhengyi school of Daoism, and covers 42,000 square metres. - Xianshuiyan Cliff Tombs 仙水岩崖墓群 National heritage site · on the map
The cliffs above the Luxi River hold more than seventy natural caves, some 30 to 50 metres above the water, in which people of the ancient Yue culture placed coffins and grave goods about 2,600 years ago, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.
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