Yuhuang Mountain Scenic Area

❗️Don't just go to West Lake anymore, these 6 niche attractions in Hangzhou, with beautiful scenery and few people, you'll want to visit again~ 1⃣️Qingshan Lake Water Forest 🍃A real-life version of the Emerald City, a rare water forest in China, with thousands of acres of fir trees standing in the water, like the 'Amazon' of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai 📍Address: Qingshan Lake Water Forest, Lin'an District, Hangzhou City 2⃣️Hupao Park 🍃Also known as Hupao Dream Spring, it is known as the 'third best spring in the world', and compared to West Lake, it has a more secluded feel. 'Hupao Spring' and 'Longjing Tea' are known as the 'two best of West Lake' 📍Address: 39 Hupao Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City 3⃣️Yuhuang Mountain 🍃A sacred place of the mainstream Quanzhen School of Taoism, located between West Lake and Qiantang River, with an altitude of 237 meters, you can overlook West Lake and Qiantang River, and take in the beautiful scenery of Hangzhou 📍Address: 1 Yuhuang Mountain Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City 4⃣️Nine Creeks and Eighteen Gullies 🍃Commonly known as 'Nine Creeks and Eighteen Bends', it is a Y-shaped creek formed by many small streams. 'The creek twists and turns because of the mountain', suddenly left and right, six of the creeks flow into West Lake, the scenery is beautiful, suitable for hiking, playing in the water 📍Address: End of South Nine Creeks and Eighteen Gullies, Longjing Village, Xihu District, Hangzhou City (near Nine Creeks Road) 5⃣️Yunqi Bamboo Path 🍃One of the new ten sceneries of West Lake, this is a cool summer resort, the dense bamboo forest path is quiet and deep, full of greenery and vitality, keeping the heat out 📍Address: Inside Yunqi Wut, at the foot of Wuyun Mountain, Hangzhou City 6⃣️Prince Bay Park 🍃In spring, tulips and cherry blossoms bloom in Prince Bay Park, the flowers are colorful and it's super comfortable to enjoy the flowers and go for a walk~ And there's also a windmill with exotic charm here~ Super photogenic❗️❗️ 📍Address: 5-1 Nanshan Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City

If you come to Hangzhou, don't just visit West Lake. 🚗 You should drive straight to the top of Yuhuang Mountain next to West Lake To see the Eight Diagrams Field by the Qiantang River and the Leifeng Pagoda by the side of West Lake 🍵 You should go to the Manjuelong Four-Eyes Well next to West Lake To drink Hangzhou's exclusive Osmanthus Longjing tea To see the real-life Spirited Away bathhouse in the tea garden 🍁 You should drive along Zhijiang Road by the Qiantang River Listening to music, driving, and watching the sunset over the Qiantang River Bridge from the Liuhe Pagoda ✅ Recommended tour route: Drive straight to the top of Yuhuang Mountain in the morning, the scenic area tour is expected to take 2 hours Have lunch at the popular Manjuelong Four-Eyes Well restaurant at noon After lunch, you can take a walk nearby to the tea garden bathhouse, and have afternoon tea in Manjuelong In the afternoon, drive to Liuhe Pagoda, watch the sunset and the night view, and end the one-day tour I am AJ, who enjoys self-driving to the mountains and fields on weekends. I have checked in 88/100 of the less-known self-driving spots around Hangzhou. This time I unlocked the bathhouse in Manjuelong, and also unlocked the less-known route for taking out-of-towners on a one-day self-driving tour to view Hangzhou's attractions in the city area, where it's not crowded. Next time I'll share about the ancient city of Jiande~ Yuhuang Mountain Scenic Area Manjuelong Liuhe Pagoda

Jade Emperor Mountain Scenic Area Travel Guide 🏞️ **Jade Emperor Mountain** 🏞️ 📍 **Location:** Hangzhou 🎫 **Ticket:** 10 yuan, free with a park card 🚗 **Transportation:** Drive to "Jade Emperor Mountain Scenic Area Ticket Office (Yuhuang Mountain Road)", or take a bus to "Yuhuang Feiyun Station" 🧗‍♀️ **Hiking Route:** - Going up: Jade Emperor Mountain Main Gate ➡️ Old Jade Emperor Palace ➡️ Zilai Cave ➡️ Qiantang River Viewing Point ➡️ Fuxing Temple ➡️ Jianghu Overview Pavilion - Going down: Tianlong Temple ➡️ Ciyun Ridge Statues ➡️ Bagua Fields ➡️ North Guanyin Cave The whole journey including viewing is estimated to take 2-3 hours 📷 **Photo Spots:** 1⃣️ **Old Jade Emperor Palace** - Popular vine photography spot 2⃣️ **Zilai Cave** - Warm in winter and cool in summer, full of a sense of exploration 3⃣️ **Qiantang River Viewing Point** - Overlooking Bagua Fields and Qiantang River 4⃣️ **Fuxing Temple** - The Wealth God Temple on the mountain top 5⃣️ **Jianghu Overview Pavilion** - The perfect spot to capture Leifeng Pagoda and West Lake Cultural Square 6⃣️ **Feilong Temple-Ciyun Ridge Statues** - Rare stone carvings in Hangzhou 7⃣️ **North Guanyin Cave** - A quiet place near Bagua Fields ⚠️ **Hiking Tips:** ✅ In spring and summer, the sun is strong, remember to protect yourself from the sun ✅ In autumn, the temperature difference is significant, choose clothes that wick away sweat and moisture ✅ There are no restaurants on the mountain, so you need to prepare dry food and snacks Take advantage of the bright spring scenery for a hearty and exhilarating spring hike! 🌿🚶‍♂️🌞

the winter story with a photo The snow in Hangzhou has been falling secretly recently🌨 On a whim, I decided to come to this 'ancestor of ten thousand mountains' between West Lake and Qiantang River🏔 🌬The Yuhuang Mountain lying between after the snow is majestic and handsome, when the wind and clouds rise, you can see the vast lake and mountain, and the vast river and sky From time to time, a few pilgrims climb up, and the wide view in front of the Fuxing View is filled with incense smoke ✨Yuhuang Mountain, originally named Longshan, has steep peaks, strange stones and caves, and bamboo and trees are green. 🎑In front of the Zilai Cave on the mountainside, you can overlook the Bagua Field personally cultivated by the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. 🗻At the top of the mountain, the 'Jianghu Overview Pavilion' and 'Dengyun Pavilion' overlooking the mountains, looking at the West Lake inside, and overlooking the Qiantang River outside, add another charm to climbing Yuhuang Mountain. 🌈Scenic spots along the way -Old Yuhuang Palace -Zilai Cave-You can overlook the Bagua Field🍀Qiantang River -Seven Star Tank -Fuxing View-Mountain top vegetarian meal🍜, praying for blessings, overlooking the Leifeng Tower of West Lake🏯 🌈Fuxing View on the top of the mountain -Self-service vegetarian meal (30 yuan per person), vegetarian noodles -Praying for blessings, New Year couplets (39 yuan per pair)

【Weekly Mountain】——Yuhuang Mountain in Hangzhou There are many check-in points here, and the scenery is also beautiful, In order to let the two children feel more about the fun of climbing, This is definitely the first choice. ⭐️The difficulty is easier than Beigaofeng, suitable for beginners, my two 6-year-olds, still energetic after climbing. ⛰Yuhuang Mountain in Hangzhou is a green oxygen bar hidden in the city. You can overlook the Qiantang River, West Lake and Leifeng Tower from the top of the mountain. The whole climbing route is quiet and the scenery is beautiful, which makes people feel very comfortable. 🏔Location: Yuhuang Mountain Scenic Area 💴Ticket: 10 yuan/person, free with park card 🚘Transportation: Drive to "Yuhuang Mountain Scenic Area Ticket Office" 🅿️Parking: There are two parking lots at the entrance of the ticket office, one is 100 meters away from the gate, and the other is next to the ticket office. Because there are few people, there are plenty of parking spaces (parking on weekdays is 10 yuan/hour, and 20 yuan/hour on weekends) 👣Hiking route Yuhuang Mountain main entrance→Old Yuhuang Palace→Zilai Cave→Bagua Field→Qiantang River viewing point→Fuxing View (The whole journey takes about 2h on foot, and it is enough to play while walking for 3h) ✅Main check-in points: 【Old Yuhuang Palace】It can be reached in 10 minutes on foot from the main entrance. The climbing path next to it has huge ancient tree vines, which is a popular photo check-in spot. 【Zilai Cave】The noon light shines in from the hole on the top of the mountain, and the photos taken under the beam are very good. 【Bagua Field】You can see it when you come out of Zilai Cave. The view here is open, you can overlook the Qiantang River and the Bagua Field Fuxing View on the top of the mountain, and there is a super beautiful view, Leifeng Tower, West Lake, and Sudi are all in sight. ▶️There are no restaurants on the mountain, prepare some dry food and snacks, and the food can continue to motivate the children to climb. Wear as many layers of clothes as possible. It's sweaty when the sun is shining during the day, and it's very cold when it's cloudy when you go down the mountain. 🌟Yuhuang Mountain climbs quite fast, we also went to climb Wushan (Picture 2 is the Wushan landscape), walk forward from the vine path next to Yuhuang Palace, walk out of the mountain and cross a road is Wushan, Wushan Down is Wushan Square, the children like the lively, just can stroll around.

Yuhuang Mountain is a good place for Hangzhou citizens to go hiking in the morning.

Yuhuang Mountain is the most authentic holy place of Taoism. It is located between the West Lake and the Qiantang River. It is originally known as Longshan, and looks like a dragon.

If you want to find a parking space for Yuhuangshan, there is a parking lot behind the attraction. There aren’t usually tourists on the mountain, and the locals who visit are into fitness. The main attractions of Jade Emperor Mountain include “Baishian Ruins Park, Jade Palace, Zilai Cave, Linghua Cave, Ciyunling Statue, Fuxing View, Baiyu Shujing and Tianyichi, Baiyun Temple” and so on. There are clouds visible between the mountains and it is quiet and peaceful. The slight breeze, birds singing, mountains and rivers make it seem like a paradise. The tickets for Yuhuangshan are 10 HKD.