Mount Sanqing

Spot Facts

Practical Info

1. Jinsha Cable Station

   Start · Entrance

   After taking the cable car up, tour the Nanqingyuan loop: Giant Python Emerging from the Mountain (a 128-m stone pillar rising straight up), the Eastern Goddess (a natural stone peak like a seated maiden), Jade Maiden Opening Her Heart, and other fantastic peaks and rocks appear in turn. About 2 hours. Why this route: Nanqingyuan is the essence of Mount Sanqing, gathering its most famous peaks, and the loop avoids backtracking.
2. Nanqing Park

   about 3030 m (straight line) from the previous stop · Sight
3. Goddess Peak

   about 140 m (straight line) from the previous stop · Sight
4. West Coast Plank Road

   about 1080 m (straight line) from the previous stop · Sight

   Walk along the West Coast cliff walkway, about 3 km long, with a chasm below and a sea of clouds ahead—one of China's most precipitous high-altitude walkways. About 1 hour. Why this route: The West Coast walkway hangs over thousand-meter cliffs, offering the thrill and grandeur of "walking in the clouds."
5. Sanqing Palace

   about 1260 m (straight line) from the previous stop · Sight

   Visit Sanqing Palace, a Taoist complex first built in the Song Dynasty, with halls built against the mountain and a thousand years of incense. If energetic, climb Yujing Peak (1,819.9 m), Sanqing Mountain's highest point, where you can overlook three peaks in a row and a sea of mountains. About 1.5 hours. Why this route: Sanqing Palace embodies Taoist heritage, and Yujing Peak offers the mountain's ultimate vantage point.
6. Yujing Peak

   about 1050 m (straight line) from the previous stop · Sight

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