a short cable car trip towards the top
there was a temple,
Shang Qin Place (上清宮)
Zhang Daqian (張大千) used to
stay here with his families for
2 years during the war
the quarter was labeled and
there is also a small memorial hall for
Zhang Daqian & Xu Beihong
A 20 minute walk towards the pagoda
not exactly the peak at 1700 m
but this is the tallest attraction
with a really huge Laozi statute in there
upon reaching the top
there’s two choices available
either to just take the previous path
with cable car or to
explore more and
take the longer route
which takes about one and a half hour of
not really pleasant routes
some were really steep
obviously the wrong shoes contributed
kept wondering..
Are we there yet?
Is this the right path?
because there really weren’t many people
and looked like it was about to rain
some folks who were about to
making their way up on the reversed direction
they were asking how long to go too
it took us two hours to descend
wondered if they make it uphill
wondered if they stay overnight in
one of the temples
met a group of cyclists aged 40-50+
met an old man with a walking stick
at the really steep path
taking one step at a time
and happened to meet him again
at another temple
back in Chengdu city
the next day
the small Taoist temples along the way
some were pretty unique
sorry, I am still wondering too
why didn’t I snap photos
perhaps I have really learnt to
respect and protect cultural relics
some which were built in caves
which gave than sort of
sending a chill down your spine
kinda feeling
I mean literally it was
kinda cold and gloomy in there
Quanzhen temple (全真觀) with
double-storey layout consisting of
Hall of 5 Masters (五祖殿) on top and
Hall of 7 Disciples (七真殿) below
I remembered this particularly well because
I was like hey these folks are new to me and
I must really find out more about them
first and the final stop
the temple at the entrance to the mountain
made it here by 4:45pm
that was how items are carried uphill and
rubbish are carried downhill
don’t litter and even better
try your best to carry along your rubbish
the mountain is generally divided into two
in terms of a tourist map
on the left: the back,
more natural scenes for the hikers
on the right: the front,
the main focus are the Taoism temples
glad that we have basically covered
all the spots on the map for the front mountain
Mount Qingcheng is really near to
another attraction Du Jiang Yan 都江堰
the irrigation system built 256 B.C.
ideally should visit both as
both places are a joint UNESCO world heritage site
how to get here:
catch an express bus from Chengdu at
Cha Dian Zi Terminal 茶店子車站
accessible via Metro with
the same station name
that will land you at the
high-speed-rail station of Mount Qingcheng
after a 2 hour journey
I felt kinda cheated actually
because it was written on the bus ticket
directly to the Mountain
from the station catch a town bus
town bus to Dujiangyan is available here too
Dujiangyan…
as I saw more folks who
came from Mt. Qing Cheng
were heading there via the other town bus
still feeling slightly guilty, was I
believed to the earliest
irrigation system in the world and
sorry to give it a miss due
to time constraint
I don’t know what was going on
I took so little photos
not to mention good photos
that was a one fine hike
(partially aided by cable car)
1700m, checked
0.5 UNESCO world heritage, checked
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