Cili Wuleishan Scenic Area Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Cili Wuleishan Scenic Area, a Taoist holy land in Zhangjiajie, is known as "China's South Wudang" and praised as "the first scenic spot in southern Chu". Wulei Mountain can be called a fairy mountain, mysterious, magical, sacred, simple and deep, ethereal and heavy. It is a bright pearl at the gateway to the west and east of Hunan. It integrates worship, sightseeing, leisure and vacation, and adventure and fitness. It has a spectacular scene of "108,000 people arrive every year whether you are in pilgrimage or not". The number of Taoist temples here is called the largest Taoist cultural community in Hunan. The mountain has dense vegetation, fresh air and unique landscape, making it a famous summer resort. Every year on the occasion of major special temple fairs, it is crowded with people and filled with incense. It is worthy of being called "Wudang in the North and Five Thunders in the South".

Attractions distribution:

Wulei Mountain is located in the east of Cili County and is the only place to pass when entering Zhangjiajie City from the east. The scenic area is divided into four major tourist areas: Jinding Patriarch Mountain, Tzu Chi Pagoda Resort, Tai Chi Culture and Natural Landscape Exploration Area, mainly including Ertianmen, Jade Emperor Hall, Huixian Bridge, Sheshen Rock, Yaowang Hall, and Wulong Peng. There are dozens of tourist attractions such as the Holy Temple, Camel's Peak, Golden Turtle Pilgrimage, Golden Temple, Eagle Mouth Rock, Temple of Wealth, and Sacred Tree. Stretching for 15 miles, it is strange, dangerous, deep and mysterious, and is famous from north to south.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 3A scenic spots, provincial scenic spots

Scenic spot features:

Mountaineering, pilgrimage, religion, mountains, forests

Attraction Address

Cili County

Travel Guide

travelling guideline:

1. Special activities: Temple Fair on March 3rd, Taoist Cultural Festival, Mountaineering Festival on March 8th, Traditional Temple Fair on August 15th, etc.

2. You can take a battery car, horse-drawn carriage, or rickshaw down the mountain, which is convenient and fast, and you can also enjoy the scenery at the foot of the mountain.

Tour route:

Classic route: Jade Emperor Palace → Longtou Scenic Spot → Wanfu Gate → Ancient Tombs of the Qing Dynasty → Dongtian Paradise → Guanyin Cave → Zhongmiao Gate → Golden Turtle Pilgrimage → Baizi Palace → Sacrifice Rock → Huixian Bridge → Yingzui Rock → Cliff Pavilion → Dressing Table → Turn around Rock → Pilgrimage Gate → Jielong Bridge → Yaowang Hall → God of Wealth → Guanyin Hall → Golden Hall, Five Dragons Holding Saints, Hundreds of Birds Worshiping the Phoenix → Sacred Tree → Shuijingya → Battery Parking Lot → Take the tour bus back to Ertianmen Parking Lot

Best time to visit:

April-October

Shopping recommendations:

Local delicacies:

1. Hunan snacks→ Stinky tofu, spring rolls, dragon fat pig blood, braised pig trotters, spicy chicken, hairy beef louver, stone frog, rock ear roasted chicken, Dong pickled fish, Zhijiang duck, Hongjiang duck blood cake, Linwu duck, Xianghuang chicken.

2. Tujia cuisine → A series of cured meat dishes such as bacon, cured pork sausage, and cured blood tofu; a series of hot and sour dishes such as sour fish and hot and sour corn paste; and a series of home-cooked dishes such as rice tofu, steamed pork with rice flour, and spicy fish. Pickled vegetables such as pickled fish and pickled radish, and wild vegetables such as kudzu powder and fern cake.

Tourist Transportation

Scenic spot location:

China>Hunan Province>Zhangjiajie City>Cili County

How to get there:

Bus route: At 8 o'clock every morning, there is a special tourist bus from the county to Wulei Mountain. The departure point is at the entrance of Wanfu East Station and Baizhushui Archway.

Self-driving route: Changzhang Expressway, exit from Cili East/Shimen Exit.

Scenic area map:

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Attraction Tickets

Wuleishan ticket price:

Tickets: 60 yuan/person, including scenic spot tickets and one-way battery car.

Discount: Those under 1.2 meters tall, seniors over 70 years old, and disabled people are free of charge; those over 1.2 meters tall, students, active military personnel, etc. can purchase half-price tickets.