Zhangjiajie Introduction

Stick-Peak is the most impressive and can be reputed as “Earth s memorial”. What will impress you most is the grand and mysterious.

Release time : 2016-10-10 10:58:06

source : WTCF

City Introduction

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Zhangjiajie is located in the northwest of Hunan Province and in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain Chain. Its peculiar geological forms the rare marvelous “Zhangjiajie Landform”, and the grand and mysterious Wulingyuan Quartz Sandstone.

Stick-Peak is the most impressive and can be reputed as “Earth's memorial”. What will impress you most is the grand and mysterious.

Tianmen Mountain, Karst Mountain Terrace, is of typical significance, and it is acclaimed as the “the soul of Wuling Mountain Chain”.

You may be frightened by the steep and high mountain, but you will be shocked by the magnificence of it. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can get a panorama of the city, which can provide you the chance to feel marvels of nature. Maybe that is why so many people comes here and risk their safety to challenge the nature. Zhangjiajie has been list among the first batch world natural heritage and the first batch world geology park in China because of its particular landform.

The charm of Zhangjiajie also lays in its distinct seasons, which provide the land with abundant rain, dense forest as well as many and varied biologics. Zhangjiajie, with high aesthetic value, ecological value and scientific value and advantaged nature tourist resources, attracts tourists both home and abroad.

History & Culture

Zhangjiajie is a new type of city, and a new tourist city as well. In ancient times, Zhangjiajie was regarded as remote and inaccessible. The history of Zhangjiajie can be traced back to the Neolithic Age when it was still named “Dayong”. The first human traces in this area have been registered about 100,000 years ago. According to the historical records such as "Yongding Wei History" published in the 24th year (1685 AD) of Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, and "Yongding County History", "Cili County History", "Sangzhi County