【Nov 10】Panshan Mountain One-Day Tour

Plan your Beijing excursion to escape the bustle and hustle of city life? The Panshan Mountain is a good destination out of Beijing city to touch the nature and breeze the fresh air. Endowed with natural beauty and a historical heritage, Panshan Mountain is known as 'The First Mountain East of Beijing' and is listed as one of the top fifteen mountains in China.

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Panshan Mountain 

We will pick you up at meeting point in the morning according to the schedule. The bus drive will take 2 hours if no traffic jam and we will arrive at around 10:00. 

Mt. Panshan is covered with lavish plantations and has a rich historical heritage. Recently, Mt. Panshan has become the great escape for the city dwellers of Beijing and Tianjin. Panshan Mountain boasts its unique hills, forests, springs, and rocks. There are three bends: Upper Bend, Middle Bend, and Lower Bend. The upper is known for its pines; the middle for its rocks; and the lower for its springs.

Panshan mountain acquired its present name in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Seventy-two temples, thirteen pagodas and numerous towers were built on the mountain in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The famous Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty used to tour the spot for over thirty times and wrote 1366 poems to express his admiration of the area. The mountain consists of five peaks, at Guayue Peak you will be able to see a section of the Great Wall in a clear day. You will hike with your tour guide to reach the top to enjoy the beauty of the nature, enjoy the the sceneries along the way, and walking back to the main entrance afterwards.

After bisit, then we will head back to the bus and back to Beijing. 

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The natural scenery of Mt. Panshan is covered in rocks, streams, pine trees and vast greenness. Green slopes are famed for their jade pines and rock formations shaped into fantastic shapes by centuries of wind and water. More than 320 kinds of trees and shrubs have been found in the vicinity, these trees make the mountain a natural botanical garden. The Mt. Panshan itself has many sheer and attractive precipices and grotesquely shaped rocks and boulders. The mountain consists of five peaks. Its main peak Moon Hanging Peak (Guayue feng), although only 864-meters above sea level, rises sharply. It is claimed that the peak of the mountain commands a view of the Great Wall on the west and Mount Tai on the east. This highest peak also has, situated on its summit, the Dingguang Stupa that is alleged to contain a tooth of Buddha.

Just like other famous mountains in China, the quiet Mt. Panshan is also inhabited by monks. They have been through their fair share of historical troubles and strife: in World War II the Japanese came through this area successfully burning its 70 temples. Today 72 temples of all sizes and Buddhism schools can be found here, both restored and new. The temples still boast many rich cultural relics.

A lot of the climb involves pushing your way past other tourists as you pass many recently man-made temples and pavilions. The higher you climb, the more natural it becomes and the better your experience becomes. The views from the higher points of the mountain are the highlights.

Features of Mt. Panshan

【Religion】
Religion culture is an important part of Panshan Mountain. Historically speaking, Buddhism and Taoism winded alternately in the development. And they competed with each other for hegemony. In Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism began to spread in Jixian County. The first Buddhist temple - Xianglin Temple was built at the foot of Yushan Hill by the eastern side of Mt Panshan. In the Tang Dynasty, the temples was continuously built in this place, including Yunzhao Temple, Wansong Temple, Tiancheng Temple, Tianxiang Temple, Qianxiang Temple, Ganhua Temple, etc. when it comes to Ming and Qing dynasty, the number of temples in this area had reached to 72.

【Culture】
Due to the wonders of the mountain, it attracted many emperors of different dynasties for excursions, including Emperor Taizhong in Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong in Liao Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. They came here for vocation and burned incense to pray for peace of the country. They also left many great poems here.