TianmenMountainHello,everyone!WelcometoNational5ATouristScenicAreaandNationalForestPark-TianmenMountain.TianmenMountain,1518.6metersabovesealevel,isthehighestmountainintheurbanareaofZhangjiajieandalsotheculturalholylandofZhangjiajie.Itishonoredas“theFirstHolyMountaininWesternHunan”.TianmenMountainisdividedintofourscenicspots,namely“SeekingWonderland”,“BiyeYaotai”,“TianjieBuddhaCountry”and“TheOpeningofTianmenCave”.Locatedinthewesthalfringofthetravelinglineonthetopofthemountain,SeekingWonderlandscenicareaismainlyfeaturedbythespectacularsceneriesofpeaksandgullies.ThemainlandscapesincludeGuiguPlankRoad,westlineGlassPlankRoad,GuiguCave,etc.Next,wearegoingtochallengetheglassplankroadknownastheOrientalSkyRoad.Theplankroadismadeoftransparentglass,andthereflectionofblueskyandwhitecloudsinsunnydayscoversthewholeplankroad,whichmakespeopleenjoythepleasureofwalkingonitwhentheyareafraidofthetransparencyundertheirfeet.Theglassplankroadisloominginthefog,andthebeautyoftheworldisevenmoreamazing.TheGuiguPlankRoadatyourfeetisfamousforhangingontheGuiguCave.Theplankroadissuspendedonthecliff.Visitorscannotonlyexperiencethethrillofthehigh-altitudeplankroad,butalsocanhaveagoodviewofthekarstlandscape.TherearemanymagicallegendsaboutGuiguCave.Since1991,thewarriorsofTianmenMountainhavemadeclosecontactwithGuiguCavebyhangingropesfromthetopofcliffseventimes.Intheprocessofexploringthecave,theyencounteredvariousmysteriousphenomenathataredifficulttoexplain.Especiallyforthefourthtime,thewarriorsofexploringthecaveaccidentallytookapictureofanoldmanonthestonewallinsidethecave,It'sthesameastheworld'swidelyspreadheadofGuiguzi.Somepeoplespeciallytakephotoshere,butthedevelopedphotosareblank.TheonlytimethatGuiguzidevelopedisamagicalnaturalphenomenonoranunexplainedcoincidence,whichhasbecomeoneofthesixmysteriesofTianmenMountain.BiyeYaotaiscenicareaislocatedintheeasthalfringofthewalkingtourlinearoundthetopofthemountain,whichrunsthroughthecoreconservationareaofTianmenMountainnaturalecology.Itisdominatedbynaturalandprimitiveforestscenery.ThemainlandscapesareNorth-southOverlookingTianmen,PanlongyaGlassPlankRoad,YuhuPeak,LoveofWoodandStone,etc.Pleasecomeandhavealookatthisleafytree.Thetreegrowsonthestone,andthestoneembracesthetree.Itislikeacoupleofloverswhohavebeeninlovewitheachother.Thisiscalled“LovebetweenWoodandStone”,whichsymbolizestheunswervingloveintheworld.It'ssaidthatatalentedscholarlivedinTianmenMountainbefore.Hewasfrustratedbecausehefailedincivilserviceexaminationmanytimes.Inordertoencouragehimtoregainhisconfidenceandhelphimoutoftrouble,hisvirtuouswifebetwithhimthatifatreegrewonthestoneinfrontofhishome,hemusttaketheexam.Inordertoencourageherhusband,hiswifefoundsomeseedsofbeechtreeandplantedthemonthestone.Everydayshepickedupaspringtowatertheseeds.Afterseveralyearsofwindandrain,perhapsthewife'spietyandperseverancemovedtheheaven,thetreeandthestoneactuallygrewtogether.Thescholarwassogreatlyencouragedthathehappilypromisedtogototheexam,andfinallyhewassuccessfulincareer.Duetothehomophonybetweenthestoneandtheexam,theauspiciousomenofwoodandstoneisalsocontainedintheuniqueedge.Everyyear,manyparentsbringtheirchildrentoprayforthecomingexam,hopingtowinthetitle.TianjieBuddhaCountrylandscapeareaisthesouthhalfringofthewalkinglinearoundthetopofthemountain.ThemainlandscapeisTianmenMountainTemple.TianmenMountainTemple,knownastheBuddhistCenterofWesternHunan,wasbuiltintheMingDynasty.AftertheintegrationofConfucianism,TaoismandBuddhism,ithasbeenprosperoussinceitsestablishment.Nowthetemplehasbeenrebuiltattheoriginalsite,coveringmorethan20,000squaremeters.ItisthehighestBuddhistbuildingcomplexinHunanProvinceatpresent.ThewholetempleadoptstheofficialstyleofancientChinaandconsistsofGrandBuddha’sHall,GuanyinPavilionandSutraPavilion.ThetemplealsohonorsBuddhaSakyamuniandhistwodiciplesMujianlianandShariBuddha’sreal-lifeSharis,whichisalsotheonlyoneinHunanProvincewhereBuddha’sShariisenshrined.TheOpeningofTianmenCavelandscapeareaislocatedinthemiddleofthemountain.ThemainlandscapesareTianmenCaveandHighLadder,etc.TianmenMountainwascalledSongliangMountaininancienttimes.InthesixthyearofYong'anoftheWuKingdomintheperiodofthethreeKingdoms,themountainsuddenlyopenedandformedTianmenCave,arareworldwonder.Tianmencaveis131.5metershigh,57meterswideand60metersdeep.Itisararenaturalkarstcavewithhighaltitudeintheworld.Formorethan1700years,thiswonderfulsceneryoftheworldhasattractednumerousvisitors.In1999,theworld'saerobaticflyingmasterflewthroughTianmenCave,realizingthefirstfeatofhumanflyingthroughnaturalcaves.Morethan800millionviewersaroundtheworldwitnessedthisexcitingmoment,andTianmenCavebecamethefocusoftheworld'sconcern.HighLadderistheonlywaytoclimbtheTianmenCave.999stepssymbolizethesupremacyandeternity.Ithasbecomethewayforallvisitorstogoonapilgrimagetoprayforblessings.ThefiveslowsandfoursteepsoftheHighLadderareinaccordancewiththemeaningofninenine.Itisliketheupsanddownsoflife,whichisfullofsetbacks,onlyaftertheupsanddownscanweachievesuccess.Onthebothsidesoftheladder,therearefiveplatformsYouyu,Qinse,Cha