Maji Mountain Scenic Area
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Maji Mountain Scenic Area (麦积山) | |
| Address: | 45 kilometers away from southeast of Tianshui City, Gansu Province, Tianshui, Gansu, 741000 |
| Phone: | 0938-2731407 |
| Fax: | 0938-2731407 |
| Price Range: | 22yuan ~ 22yuan |
| Hours: | 6：00-18：00 |
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| Short Description: | Maji is a beautiful mountain with cypresses, pines, luxuriant wild flowers and grass. It was named for its shape which is like the buttress in farmhouse.The very famous object in Maji Grottoes is clay statuette which is like a real person in vivid pose. It is called as the Statue Hall of East. " The Maji grottoes' 7200 clay Buddhist statues and 1000 square meters of murals reflect he unique style of ancient Chinese clay sculpture, called China's sculpture palace."Festival activities:Tianshui Fu Hsi Culture FestivalTime: May 13th of Lunar CalenderIt is hold to commemorate the civilization primogenitor called Fu Hsi |
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| 2009-07-22: Maijishan grotto is a 'must-see' when visiting Tianshui. (by Zhao ) | ||
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[edit] Description
Maji Mountain Scenic Area, literally Wheat-stack Mountain, is located in the east of north branch of West Qinling Mountain with an area of 215 square kilometers including Maji, Immortal Cliff, Stone Gate, and Zigzag Stream and Jieting ancient town. The most famous one is Maji.
Maji is also called Maji Cliff, which is surrounded by mountains. It is a unique peak of west Qinling with an altitude of 1742 meters and it is 30 kilometers away from Tianshui Railway Station.
Maji is a beautiful mountain with cypresses, pines, luxuriant wild flowers and grass. When you stand on the top of the mountain, you can view a beautiful picture which is the top scenery of Tianshui eight sights called Maji Misty Rain.
Maijishan grottoes, which are one of the four biggest grottoes in China.
Located Southeast of Tianshui on a 142 meter high hill, Mt. Maijishan got its name from its natural shaped which looks just like a "wheat-pile hill".
There are 194 existing caves, in which are preserved more than 7,200 sculptures made from terra cotta and murals covering over 1,200 square meters.
Maijishan grotto's history can be traced back 1,600 years ago. It is widely regarded that people began constructing this from the later part of the Qin dynasty, while later generations keep digging and repairing throughout the Northern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Among the 194 grottoes and thousands of sculptures and preserved mural paintings, the eight cliff pavilions built by the Northern Dynasty have long been recognized as a "gallery of oriental sculptures".
[edit] Direction
- Traffic：
- Drive route:
- Drive along Beili Highway from Tianshui North Road, cross Ganquan, Xiamen and get to Jiajiahe, turn south to Maji Highway, drive about 5 kilometers to Maji Scenic Spot. And then drive south about 30 kilometers to get Quxi Scenic Spot or drive east about 8 kilometers to get Immortal Cliff.
- Self-help traffic: take tourist bus to Maji which cost 5 RMB and 1 hour and departs every half an hour.
[edit] Tips
You can not climb the mountain if you had heart disease or hypertension.
[edit] Complain
- Complaint call of Tianshui: 0938-8272659
- Complaint call of Gansu Province: 0931-8411200
- Complaint call of State Tourism Office: 010-65275315
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From September to December
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