Baiyun Mountain Scenic Spot
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South China (华南) » Guangdong (广东) » Guangzhou (广州) » Baiyun Mountain Scenic Spot (白云山风景名胜区)Baiyun Mountain Scenic Spot (白云山风景名胜区) | |
| Address: | north of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, 18 kolometers from downtown area., Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| Phone: | 020－37229871 |
| Price Range: | Nanmenggang ￥5 per person, Yuntai Garden ￥10 per person, Xinghai Garden ￥3 per person. ~ Nanmenggang ￥5 per person, Yuntai Garden ￥10 per person, Xinghai Garden ￥3 per person. |
| Hours: | Baiyun Mountain: 24 hoursRopeway: 90:00—18:00 |
| Level: | AAAA |
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| Short Description: | People like to use ‘pearl sea and white cloud’ to describe the natural beauty of Guangzhou. Baiyun Mountain refers to the mountain range located 7.5 km north of Guangzhou and made up of 30-odd peaks, with an area of 28 sq. meters. The highest peak, Moxing Ridge (Star-scrapping Ridge) stands in the center of Baiyun Mountain, measuring 382 meters in height, also called ‘the First Peak under the Southern Sky’. |
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[edit] Description
Baiyun Mountain (known locally as White Clouds Mountain) is located in north of Guangzhou city. It is named “the most beautiful place in the “Sheep City” (the nick name of Guangzhou City is “Sheep City”)”， and it is also one of the first 4A Grade interest places in China. This mountain is clustered round by over 30 ridges， with an area of 28 square kilometers. The highest peak is Moxing Ridge， 382 meters above the sea. When the sun shines again after the rain， white clouds are twisting the peaks， the green mountain and refreshing water are enshrined in the boundless sea of clouds， hence came the name of Baiyun (white cloud) Mountain.
Guangzhou is a long-history city， and it was founded since the Qin & Han Dynasties 2220 years ago， but Baiyun Mountain was well-known for its nice scenery even earlier than the foundation of Guangzhou City. For its adjustment to the city entironment and its rich natural & literary resources， Baiyun Mountain is called “green lung” of Guangzhou.
Baiyun Mountain has 7 sight-seeing regions. From south to north are: Crane Fluttering Crag， Lu Lake， Santai Crag， Mingchun Valley， Moxing Ridge， Bright Pearl Pavilion， and the new Heyi Ridge.
In fact, Baiyun Mountain is the ending range of Dayu Mountains in the south. It stands up over the flat area of the Pearl River Delta, called ‘the First Mountain of Southern Yue’ in history. The mountain was named Baiyun (White Cloud) Mountain because of ‘ White cloud flying over Baiyuan Mountain, and gathering around its base’. ‘Wind Soughing in the Pines on Baiyun Mountain’ is one of the former ‘Eight Sights of Guangzhou’, the name coming from the sounds when wind blowing the pines on the mountain.
Baiyun Mountain was already a famous scenic spot in Guangzhou in history. One can view the whole city proper from the height of the mountain. Renowned poets and scholars of past dynasties, such as Sushi, Yang Wanli, Wang Shizhen and others once came here and left poems and words after the visit.
Baiyun Mountain is a bit rectangular, measuring 7 km from south to north, and 4 km from east to west, aged around 400 million years, one of the oldest mountains in Guangdong. It has gorgeous scenery and abundant historical relics. Among the past and present Eight Sights of Guangzhou, besides ‘Wind Soughing in the Pines on Baiyun Mountain’, there are ‘Pujian Spring’, ‘Looking afar in the evening from Baiyun Mountain’, ‘The Returned Monk at Jingtai’, ‘the Splendid Mountain of Cloud’, etc., which depict all the beautiful scenery of Baiyun Mountain.
Baiyun Mountain is a park with natural hills and waters, and an ideal sightseeing place and summer resort, with a development history of over 1,000 years. So far six sightseeing zones have been developed: Mingzhu Tower, Moxing Ridge, Santai Ridge, Mingchun Valley, Fei’e Ridge and Luhu Lake. Apart from the existing scenes Moxing Ridge, Looking afar in the morning from Baiyun Mountain, Looking afar in the evening from Baiyun Mountain, the First Peak under the Southern Sky, Wind Soughing in the Pines on Baiyun Mountain, Village Hostel, Songtao Villa, Mingzhu Tower, Luming Restaurant and Baiyun Immortal’s House, there have been added for the past ten-odd years such scenic spots as Baiyun Cableway, Mingchun Valley - the largest birdcage in Asia, the Forest of Steles in Guangzhou, Nengren Temple, a golf course, Xinghai Garden, Yuntai Garden, the Sculpture Park and Baiyun Chute, etc.
[edit] Traffic
- 1.Take special line at Yuehua Road; take bus 11, get off at Shahelianquan Road and walk to the mountain.
- 2.Take bus 24, 199, 223, 285, 540 to Yuntain Garden, and take the ropeway to the mountain.
- 3.Drive to Shanding Park from Lu Lake, there are buses to Huangpo Cave and Shanbei Park in the west, South Gate of Baiyun Mountain in the southeast, and Plume Blossom Boulevard in the east.
[edit] Tips
- 1.Depart in the morning, the air is fresh, and the scenery is beautiful.
- 2.There are environmental friendly storage battery car in Baiyun Scenic Spot, now there are 4 lines to the mountain top, the most expensive fare is 24 RMB in the north of the mountain.
- 3.All the information is for reference only.
[edit] Complain
Complaint call of Guangzhou City：020-86666666 Complaint call of Guangdong Province：020-86681163 Complaint call of State Tourism Office：010-65275315
[edit] Best Travel Time
Guangzhou is in subtropical zone with no hot summer and cold winter. The temperature is mild all year round, it is the city with the smallest temperature differences except Kunming. The spring is humid, summer is a little hot, sometimes there will be typhoon, the autumn is mild, cool and windy, and the good weather could last to November or December. The best time to visit Guangzhou is from October to December.
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