The world-famous Zhangjiajie is a rare "nature maze" in the world. In addition to the well-known Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot, there is also a magic mountain - Tianmen Mountain, which stands between heaven and earth.

Tianmen Mountain, formerly known as Songliang Mountain and Yunmeng Mountain, was the earliest famous mountain recorded in historical records. Later named after the natural wonder of Tianmen Cave. This natural karst cave is located at an altitude of over 1300 meters, facing north and south on the Qianxun Su Wall. It is shrouded in mist and fog all year round, and the scenery is unpredictable. It is the highest natural karst cave in the world.

Even more legendary is that this cave did not exist before. In the sixth year of the Yong'an reign of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period, the thousand meter cliff of Songliang Mountain suddenly opened like a gateway embedded in the sky, becoming a rare wonder in the world. It was also renamed Tianmen Mountain because of the sudden descent of the gateway overnight.

The legend of Tianmen Mountain has been continuously renewed since its birth - the Russian Air Force's aerobatic performance once flew a heavy fighter jet through Tianmen Cave here, creating a stunning legend; The world's top wingsuit pilot once crossed the Tianmen Cave wearing wingsuits, creating a record for human extreme flight; French roller skating masters once took no other protective measures here, only wearing their own specially designed roller skating suits, and challenged their limits by sliding down from Tianmen Cave... Perhaps the warriors fell in love with this land, and Tianmen Mountain has been challenged by humans since its development until now.

Not only that, the development of Tianmen Mountain has also "artificially" created many world firsts, continuing to compose the legendary gate.

There is the world's longest mountain escalator, the world's longest mountain cable car, the longest cable car in Asia, and the world's most peculiar Tongtian Avenue, known as the world's first highway wonder... There are two routes to climb Tianmen Mountain, either by first visiting the western route and then the eastern route, or by taking the highway up the mountain and cable car down the mountain from east to west.

A-line tour route: Cableway up the mountain - Peak tour - Take the mountain escalator down to Tianmen Cave - Take the scenic area tour bus down the mountain to Shanmen - Transfer to a free shuttle bus to the cableway station.

B-line tour route: Take the free shuttle bus from the B-line shuttle bus station at the cableway station to Shanmen - take the scenic area tour bus to Tianmen Cave - take the mountain escalator to the top of the mountain - tour the top of the mountain - take the cableway down the mountain to the next station.

I chose to take the world's longest mountain cable car up the mountain. The cable car stops right in the center of the city, which is very convenient. I can directly queue up at the cable car to take the cable car up the mountain without climbing. This is really good for lazy people who don't like mountain climbing. The whole journey is 7.7 kilometers, with a height difference of 1279 meters. It takes 30 minutes one way from the city to the top, like a rainbow crossing the "sky on earth".

The 360 degree all glass cable car design not only offers a panoramic view of the city and rural hills along the way, but also includes pastoral lakes in the mountains, 99 winding mountain roads, and quickly switches to the landscape of high mountain peaks and sea of clouds. Finally, you can see Tianmen Mountain in the clouds and mist.

After reaching the top of the mountain, you can directly take the elevator to Yunmeng Xianding and overlook the magnificent scenery of Tianmen Mountain. After you get down, you can walk two steps to the essence Ghost Valley Plank Road on the west line. The hanging glass corridor on the west line is located 500 meters away from the starting position of the Ghost Valley Plank Road on Tianmen Mountain. This is a fork road, with the highest elevation of 1430 meters. For those who like exciting points, you can choose to walk in this way, and vice versa.

The glass walkway of Tianmen Mountain is 60 meters long, and there is a special platform for tourists to watch and take photos. It is said that its breathtaking degree is not less than that of the aerial glass corridor of the Grand Canyon in the United States.

After passing through the glass walkway, continue to walk along the Ghost Valley plank road. The starting point is Yihong Pass, and the endpoint is Xiaotianmen. Unlike other boardwalks, the entire Guigu boardwalk is neither on the top nor on the side of a cliff, but rather stands in the middle of a towering cliff, giving people the feeling of rising and falling together with the cliff.

After exploring the western route, if you still have some time, you can choose to continue on the eastern route. On the eastern route, the first thing you see is the love between wood and stone, an ancient tree growing on a stone, which is quite strange.

Then go along the east line plank road to the air corridor via the east line glass walkway, as well as the Sling Shenyu, overlooking the Tianmen in the south and north. Flying clouds return to the Tianmen and open the Tianmen. In the distance is the ethereal Immortal Summit, and at the foot is the billowing thoroughfare through the sky, which makes people lift their legs like fog and step like stepping on clouds. This is also true of the world and the cave.

Returning from the aerial corridor, the original route leads to the world's longest escalator through Tianmen Mountain. It runs through a mountain tunnel, from the bottom of Tianmen Cave to the top of the mountain, with a total of 12 sections and a length of nearly 900 meters, with an elevation of 300 meters. Along the way, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Tianmen Mountain up close.

The first section of the escalator reaches the bottom of Tianmen Mountain Cave, where you can vertically appreciate this huge legendary mountain gate that is said to have appeared overnight. Walk a short distance along the boardwalk to reach the ladder. This scenery is also very beautiful and colorful.

You can choose to take the 999 escalator down the mountain here, or take the second escalator directly to the Bus Plaza. Think about it, if it were a bus going up the mountain, it wouldn't take 999 steps to reach this fairy gate land that leads to a paradise. It's truly a heavenly ladder.

After descending the ladder, we arrived at Tongtian Avenue. The Panshan Highway is 10.77 kilometers long, with an altitude that sharply increases from 200 meters to 1300 meters. The cliffs on both sides of the avenue are steep, and the valleys are deep, with a total of 99 turns. The 180 degree sharp turns alternate each other, like a jade belt surrounding, tightly connected, and layered. It is known as the "wonder of the world's first highway". Experience the driver's fierce turning skills.