To climb the Sky City, let's first read a short story

Qixing Mountain was originally an administrative village. The route up the mountain was dangerous and was never open to traffic. It was known as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of Zhangjiajie. The top of Qixing Mountain is said to be the observation platform for Zhuanxu to observe celestial phenomena in ancient times. There are more than a hundred mountains of different sizes on the top of Qixing Mountain. Among them, the seven peaks have the highest altitude and are distributed in the "Big Dipper Seven Stars" pattern. The seven mountains are also named after the seven stars: Tianshu Peak, Tianxuan Peak, Tianji Peak, Tianquan Peak, Yuheng Peak, Kaiyang Peak, Yaoguang Peak. These seven peaks are clustered on the side of the northernmost main peak. This peak is Qixing Mountain, with an altitude of 1509 meters (not the highest peak). The main peak of Qixing Mountain is just at the intersection of longitude and latitude on modern maps. Zhuanxu once Here, after long-term observation of the movement laws of the sun, moon and stars, he created the first almanac in ancient China, commonly known as the "Zhuanxu Calendar". Therefore, Qixing Mountain is a sacred mountain full of magic.

What are the first experiences of Qixing Mountain?

1) Qixingshan Cableway: You can experience one of the steepest passenger cableways in the country here. The cableway has a slope of 43 degrees and a total length of 2003 meters. It takes about 8 minutes to ride the cableway. It is like sailing a boat in the forest and a pole on the clouds.

2) Tianjie Town: It integrates cabin B & Bs, gourmet restaurants and shopping venues. It is a complex cultural, tourism and leisure town.

3) Seven-star Moon Lake: There is a moon-viewing hall, fish schools, recreational fishing experience projects in the lake, a fountain stage function in the center of the lake, and stage performances at night.
4) Shenji cocktail: It means that the mountain on this side of Qixing Mountain is shaped like a divine chicken, and the tail of the divine chicken is named here. The tourist service center is also here.
5) Speed alpine pipe rail slide: The pipe rail slide is a new type of slide developed on the basis of the grooved stainless steel slide. The total length of the slide is about 1000 meters and the experience time is about 3 minutes.

6) Jiulong Ridge: Nine mottled stone walls are looming, just like nine dragons competing to cross and lead straight to the Xianrenxi Canyon in front of them.

7) Pian Peak: Under the cliff, there is a small stone peak protruding, shaped like a big hand and extending a thumbs up. It has extremely high viewing value.

8) 1520 Eye of the Sky: This is a new legend in Zhangjiajie and a newly discovered glass viewing platform for the 1520 Eye of the Sky. The viewing platform is 1520 meters above sea level, which means "I only love you for a lifetime."

1. Tickets + lift tickets + sightseeing tickets make your trip easier

The focus of Qixing Mountain lies in the immortal qi surrounding the mountain peak, so it is important to take a cable car and directly push through the fog to see the true body.

Tickets: 56 yuan/person

Cable car: 78 yuan per person one way

Sightseeing bus: 27 yuan/person

Package: Special price 188 yuan/person

(Tips: Tickets and up-and-down cable cars are valid for the same day. If you live on the mountain, the down-and-down cable cars can be used the next day, which means that the package ticket can be used for two days in Qixing Mountain. As of December 31, 2022, Qixing Mountain will implement a free ticket discount for tourists across the country, which means that tickets with an original price of 239 yuan can now be purchased for 188 yuan ~)

If you don't want to waste time queuing at the window to buy tickets, be sure to remember to buy tickets online! Tourists can book tickets online through the "Zhangjiajie Qixing Mountain" Weixin Official Accounts or Mini programs. At that time, they can enter by swiping their identity on-site ~ It's super convenient.

2. Play all the essence of Qixing Mountain in one day

If time is limited, please speed up your pace and abandon some attractions appropriately.

Recommended Route 1 (one-day trip): Take the cableway up the mountain in the morning-visit Tianjie Town, Cabin B & B, Lanyue Lake-Take a sightseeing bus from Bajiao Pavilion to Zhaixing Terrace-walk along the tourist plank road to 1520 Eye of the Sky-walk along the plank road to Shenjiwei (you can experience pipe rail slides along the way)-Take a sightseeing bus to Bajiao Pavilion-Take an escalator to the upper station of the cableway-Take a cableway down the mountain.

Recommended Route 2 (one-day trip): Take the cableway up the mountain in the morning-visit Tianjie Town, Cabin B & B, Lanyue Lake-Take a sightseeing bus from Bajiao Pavilion to 1520 Eye of the Sky-walk along the plank road to Zhaixing Terrace-Take a sightseeing bus to Bajiao Pavilion-Bajiao Pavilion Take the escalator to the upper station of the cableway-Take the cableway down the mountain.

Recommended Route 3:(One-day trip) Take the cableway up the mountain in the morning-visit Tianjie Town, Cabin B & B, and Lanyue Lake-Take a sightseeing bus from Bajiao Pavilion to Shenjiwei-walk along the tourist plank road to 1520 Eye of the Sky (you can experience pipe and rail slides along the way)-Sightseeing along the plank road, passing through Zhaixing Terrace and Seven Stars Grand Canyon-Take a sightseeing bus from Seven Stars Grand Canyon Tourist Service Center to Bajiao Pavilion-Take an escalator to the upper cableway station-Take a cableway down the mountain.

Recommended Route 4:(One-day trip) Take the cableway up the mountain in the morning-Visit Tianjie Town, Cabin B & B, Lanyue Lake-Take a sightseeing bus from Bajiao Pavilion to the Seven Star Grand Canyon Visitor Service Center-Visit the Seven Star Grand Canyon-Sightseeing along the tourist plank road to Zhaixing Terrace-Follow the plank road to 1520 Eye of the Sky-Follow the plank road to Shenjiwei (you can experience the pipe track slide along the way)-Take a sightseeing bus to Bajiao Pavilion-Take the escalator to the cableway to the station-Take the cableway down the mountain.

(Tips: If you have enough time, you can also experience the characteristic B & Bs on the mountain. If the itinerary is slightly tight, but whether it is strange peaks and rocks or magnificent clouds of clouds, you have visited all of these iconic attractions)

The advantages of traveling in groups with dozens of people are that the price is low, saving time and worry. But if you want to take a quiet nap along the way, you may not be able to do so. At this time, you might as well consider taking a small group and renting a car with your family or three or five friends. Enough privacy gives you the best travel experience.

3. Two days will give you a sunrise in the sea of clouds

In fact, the sunrise and sea of clouds on Qixing Mountain are classics. So I hope you can set aside two days to spend the night in the mountains.

Recommended routes: Day1: Take the cableway up the mountain in the morning-Visit Tianjie Town, Cabin B & B, Lanyue Lake-Take a sightseeing bus from the Bajiao Pavilion to the Seven Star Grand Canyon Visitor Service Center-Visit the Seven Star Grand Canyon-Sightseeing and walking along the tourist plank road to Zhaixing Terrace-Walk along the plank road to 1520 Eye of the Sky-After playing, walk along the road to Shenjiwei (you can experience the pipe track slide along the way)-Take a bus to Tianjie Town (Accommodation)

Day2: Tianjie Town-Take a bus to Shenjiwei-walk to 1520 Eye of the Sky to watch the sea of clouds and the sunrise.

Many outdoor enthusiasts choose to set up tents on the top of the mountain in summer, but the nights on the mountains are relatively cold, so down sleeping bags and windproof tents are indispensable. You should choose carefully for friends with average physical fitness. After all, there are still many good B & Bs on the mountain, and the prices are not expensive. The B & B area is divided into guest rooms and single-family cabin B & B. The single-family B & B is divided into parent-child rooms and couple balcony queen rooms.

How to solve the traffic problem in Qixing Mountain?

There are so many tour routes mentioned above. So next, if you really want to walk into this "Sky City" and have a look at it, you must know how to handle traffic!

Qixing Mountain is located in Daping Town, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province. It is about 13 kilometers away from Zhangjiajie urban area and about 8 kilometers away from Lotus Airport. Transportation is very convenient. Self-driving tourists can drive directly to the Qixing Mountain parking lot. Tourists who do not have a car do not have to worry. There are also many buses from Zhangjiajie urban area to Daping Town. You can get off at Qixing Mountain Station.

Recommended routes for free travel and pure play in Zhangjiajie Scenic Area (including Qixing Mountain)

Day1: Go to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park → Visit the Jinbian River halfway → Yangjiajie Cableway, Yangjiajie Scenic Area, Yuanjiajie Scenic Area (Avatar Scene, the No. 1 Bridge in the World, the prototype Qiankun Pillar of Haliluya) → Under the Tianzi Mountain Cableway or Under the Bailong Tiantian → Stay at Wulingyuan Specialty Hotel at night;

Day2: Baofeng Lake Scenic Area (Baofeng Goddess, boat viewing, folk song singing) → Shili Gallery (Shouxing Yingbin, Index Finger Peak, Couple Hugs, Herbalists, Three Sisters Peak, etc.) → Wild Monkey Garden (viewing wild macaques), return to the city around 4 p.m. → experience Zhangjiajie specialties and local folk customs → check in an urban hotel;

Day3: Experience the beautiful scenery of "Sky City" on Qixing Mountain → Return to Zhangjiajie City to stay at night (you can also stay at Qixing Mountain Top B & B Inn);

Day4: If you have enough time for your trip, you can take a bus to Fenghuang Ancient City in the morning, stroll around the streets and alleys of Fenghuang Ancient City, and pursue the pure love written by Shen Congwen. After the trip in the afternoon, you can return.

Those who cannot make the trip at night or arrive late that day can stay directly in Zhangjiajie City that day. At night, they can watch the real-life landscape performance of "The Lonely Fairy of Heaven" and the Flying Theater of Dayong Ancient City. In the next morning, they can take a bus to scenic spots such as Forest Park to start their trip.