#Gexian Mountain Sceneic Area Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Chengdu's stunning pear blossom sea, which is too beautiful to be made public, is free to visit
Hi everyone, I'm Ranran who loves to share travel experiences~
This is a free flower sea near Gexian Mountain, where the pear blossoms are now in full bloom.
The greenway is about 2.5km long, perfect for bringing family and children to enjoy the flowers, and then heading to a nearby farmhouse to drink tea and play mahjong~
The Pear Blossom Rural Library is quite interesting to visit and take photos.
If you have enough time, you can also visit Gexian Mountain, where the February orchids have also bloomed, and it's beautiful for photography.
Navigation: Pear Blossom Rural Library (Xiyu Village, Gexian Mountain Town, Pengzhou)
TIPS:
1. There are restrooms at nearby farmhouses, and parking is available.
2. The view from the mountain top is great for photography, and it's also picturesque under the pear trees.
3. As the weather gets warmer, remember to protect yourself from the sun, bring enough water, and there are snack stalls along the way.
4. The blossoms are only for a few days, so make the most of the time.
surelybowler
A 6-kilometer wild hiking adventure under Pengzhou Gexian Mountain
💪【Hidden Wonderland】A secret base within 1h reach from Chengdu, this cherry mountain hiking trail hidden at the foot of Gexian Mountain is definitely a treasure land that 99% of people have not unlocked! 🌳🏞️
🏞️【Ecological Scroll】Along the way, the cherry orchards spread all over the mountains 🍒, and May is just the picking season, preparing for a sweet and sour encounter. The mountain trails are primitive and simple, with every step being a view — the babbling streams 💦, the blooming wildflowers 🌸, the clusters of mushrooms 🍄, all compose a vivid ecological scroll.
🐞 The world of microorganisms is equally fascinating, with chance encounters with wild fish 🐟, catching crabs by the stream 🦀, and tracking the traces of geckos 🦎, offering endless fun for family trips, and the children never tire of it!
Hiking Data:
- Distance 🗺️: About 6 kilometers in total
- Duration ⏰: Approximately 3 hours
- Navigation 📍: The starting point is set at Pengzhou Huayuangu Gou Huaxi Mountain Villa
Wild Hiking Tips 💡:
- Travel reminder: As it is rarely visited, it is recommended to travel in groups for added safety 👥;
- Supply preparation: There are no supply facilities along the way, please bring your own drinking water and snacks 🍴;
- Route choice: The loop design is flexible, you can traverse in a loop or return the same way 🔄;
- Exploration tools: Bring a small net, and transform into a little fisherman during water-friendly moments, experiencing the fun of catching shrimp and fishing 🎣!
🌈 This is not just a 6-kilometer hike, but also a spiritual baptism deep into the belly of nature. Step onto the Cherry Mountain 🏞️, awaken the adventurous spirit sleeping in your heart, and let us find back that long-lost childlike innocence and freedom among the green valleys and streams. 🌟
DesignDreams
Within 1 hour from Chengdu, the place is blooming with flowers
I took a day off to visit Pengzhou, and this is Pengzhou Gexian Mountain. Admission is 30 yuan per person.
P: We parked halfway up the mountain, and the parking fee was 10 yuan. During holidays, many cars park along the roadside, causing traffic congestion. It took us a long time to get down the mountain.
It's an easy hike, very suitable for someone like me who doesn't like to exercise. It's also perfect for wearing a skirt to take photos. Besides the stairs at the entrance, the paths in the scenic area are quite flat, suitable for bringing the elderly and children (but not a baby stroller).
One thing worth praising is that there are many chairs in the scenic area where you can sit and rest or have a picnic, as well as shaded areas. It's very comfortable to sit and enjoy the breeze when tired! There are vendors selling cold noodles, bean jelly, and dried tofu at the entrance of the scenic area, but no food is sold inside, so you can bring your own.
Take advantage of the spring bloom, fairies, and put on your beautiful skirts to take photos.
isabeau_9708
Drive for an hour from Chengdu, and you'll find the perfect escape plan here
I've come to Pengzhou for the third time. Setting off from the center of Chengdu on a weekday, it takes just over an hour to get here. It's the perfect destination for a city escape plan.
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Sightseeing:
The Longxing Temple in the center of Pengzhou has a Southeast Asian style. You can take photos and play inside, and climbing the tower offers a view of Pengzhou's urban area. There's a large teahouse in the temple, and when the sun is out, locals like to come here for tea and chat.
Gexian Mountain is a recommended attraction this season, with many farm stays and a profusion of flowers blooming in the mountains, including beautiful pear blossoms, peach blossoms, and rapeseed flowers.
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Dining:
There are many delicious foods around Longxing Temple, including crayfish, tofu pudding, hot pot, rabbit dishes, and the famous Laoxiang ice powder with an authentic taste. (We came to Pengzhou again just for this bowl of ice powder)
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Accommodation:
There are some homestays in the center of Pengzhou, hidden away in the city, very quiet. However, you can also stay in the suburbs, such as in Bailu Town or Lingbaoshuyuan, where the scenery is also nice.
Isla_Wild3r
Sichuan's Taoist immortal mountain with millennium ginkgo trees remains largely undeveloped
I've been to Mount Ge Xian about five or six times.
Each season offers a different landscape,
but the most stunning is the millennium ginkgo forest on the mountain.
There are also camellias, Taoist temples, and winding mountain roads.
Even the parking spots offer a panoramic view of the city's hustle and bustle,
making it a great place for beginners or those with children to enjoy a light hike
and experience a poetic journey.
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⛩️: Mount Ge Xian
🎫: 20 RMB per person
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⛰️Mountain waist 🚗 parking:
The parking lot itself is an excellent spot to view the city's scenery, with clear skies offering an unobstructed view, and cloudy days 🌥️ presenting a misty fairyland, perfect for photography 📷.
🏚️Taoist temple on the immortal mountain:
The temple, worn by years and lacking maintenance, still bears historical marks. The Ge Xian Hall, though now closed and without worshippers, remains imposing. Hidden among the green forests and mountains, it exudes a unique charm.
🌳Millennium ginkgo forest:
During autumn and winter, the millennium ginkgo trees become a natural spectacle, with a dreamy golden hue. At an altitude of around 1200m, it's perfect for an oxygenating hike.
⛰️Seeking the secluded and inquiring about the way:
It's not just a famous Taoist mountain; the unique topography is also worth exploring. It features the rare Feilai Peak ⛰️, various large and small peculiar caves, and glacial relics. One can discover a variety of rare plants 🍃 and wild fruits and fungi, making it ideal for taking children on a natural education outing.
madeline93ozumv
March 28th, Real Shot | I also captured a scene like Alice in Wonderland
Going out to catch the good weather, I've visited this place for the fourth time, and both spring and autumn are very beautiful! The hills are covered with February orchids, camellias, and cherry blossoms, all blooming perfectly. Entering the scenic area feels like stepping into a dream, it's so beautiful! Flower viewing strategy✅✅✅As soon as you enter the scenic area, it's all flowers, and in just a few minutes' walk, you can reach the cherry blossoms and camellias, then turn left for the February orchids, a whole large area, like a fairyland! The largest patch is on the hillside in the direction of Beizhai Gate, which you can find immediately, but there are very few people! Hiking strategy✅✅✅Nantianmen-Ginkgo Ping-Gexian View-Xizhai Gate-Geological Funnel-Bagua Formation-Wuzhao Cave-Beizhai Gate-Xianhe Villa-Lanqing Villa-Cherry Blossom Ping-Jinguang Cave-Wudi Cave-Nantianmen (about 4km) It's very suitable for a family to hike lightly. I have written a detailed strategy in previous notes. Navigation: Do not park at the mid-mountain parking lot of Pengzhou Gexian Mountain unless it's blocked here and the top is full, then you'll be stopped. It's most convenient to drive straight to the scenic area's main gate. Precautions: Do not pick flowers at will, as you will be fined. 2️⃣There are paths in the middle of the February orchids, you can walk in to take pictures, just be careful not to step on the flowers. 3️⃣Do not litter everywhere, there are trash cans in the scenic area.
Addison Nelson
Light Hiking to Enjoy Flowers | Viewing the Sea of February Orchids
| Viewing the Sea of February Orchids. A good place for a light hike to enjoy flowers around Chengdu
📍 Navigate to Gexian Mountain Scenic Area
There is a parking lot P with potato sellers both inside and at the entrance, as well as public toilets. The area is not very large, and it takes about 3 hours to walk through, taking photos and viewing the flowers.
🌸 There are also many varieties of flowers, including camellias, black azaleas, French roses, butterfly flowers, mountain cherry blossoms, February orchids, and possibly some other unknown small flowers; in any case, there are many varieties and quantities.
🌸 The sea of February orchids is the most spectacular, indeed a vast expanse, very suitable for photography. However, there are also a lot of people. Besides viewing flowers, there is also a cave in the scenic area that can be lightly explored; in addition, there are some trails that can be navigated with good road conditions, and it's not easy to get lost. Suitable for bringing children, pets, and the elderly, it's very relaxing.
OTTO KELLY
Jiangxi!! Don't promote here during the Spring Festival! You're confused!!!
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I can always be moved to tears for the atmosphere of traditional festivals! In Gexian Village, Shangrao, Jiangxi, there is already a strong New Year flavor. A dazzling array of giant lanterns, ancient streets full of red lanterns, temples on the top of the mountain full of blessing ribbons... Oh my, it's a proper 5G New Year speed!
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I've strolled around three times and summarized the following routes with the strongest New Year flavor
🏮 Shanhaijing Giant Lantern Festival
★Route【Tea Garden👉🏻Colorful Lotus Pond👉🏻Five Elements Medicinal Field👉🏻Moral Pillar】Xiahouqi, Zhulong, Jumang, Kun and other Shanhaijing beasts escaped from the scrolls and appeared in Gexian Village in a majestic posture.
🌲Blessing Ancient Tree
★Location【Left side of the Moral Pillar】It's too spectacular, under the ancient banyan tree full of blessing ribbons and fish lanterns, you can also set off lanterns.
❤️Sky Mirror Platform
★Location【Top of Gexian Mountain】The Sky Mirror Platform where you can see the sea of clouds, I was already amazed the last time I came, this time the blessing platform has added new ways of blessing, New Year wishes get!
🙏🏻Gexian Temple
★Location【Top of Gexian Mountain】You must come to Gexian Temple for a divination, facing Gexian Weng🙏🏻say what you want, find two opposite bamboo slips in the divination place, and randomly draw a number to throw down together, if the bamboo slips are one positive and one negative for three consecutive times, that number is the divination you want, otherwise change the number and continue. Remember to go to the back to interpret the divination, it's free!
-♨Gexian Village
📍Yongyang Road, Gexian Mountain Town, Qianshan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province
📱Ticket 130r/person
🚅Take a taxi from Shangrao High-speed Railway Station for 1h15min, or take a direct bus, the direct bus is 30r/person
🏠Recommend Bamboo Hidden Mountain Residence, a quaint B&B with its own courtyard, simple and elegant beauty.
🍜There are many delicious snacks in Gexian Village, I recommend Qianshan hot powder, lantern rice cake, which are local specialties.
-Gexian Mountain
Cryst@ll1n3_W1spl1t3r
Jiangxi_Gexian Village‖ This ancient fairy village listed in National Geographic!
If you ask me where to go for the Spring Festival
Then Jiangxi Gexian Village is a good choice
Enjoy the lights, boating, playing with fish, climbing, watching clouds
The days in Gexian Village seem like fairy days✨
Keep this 2-day 1-night travel guide to Gexian Village
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Itinerary
▪️Day1: Boating and playing with fish-Ascending Zhongmiaoge-Lingbao Xian Street-Shanhaijing Lantern Festival-Night performance
▪️Day2: Take the cable car-Pray on the mountain
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▪️Location: Gexian Village
▪️Address: Qianshan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province
▪️How to get there: Take a high-speed train to Shangrao Station, and take a taxi for 1h to get there; there are also round-trip buses directly to the scenic area
▪️Dress: Very suitable for ancient style
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Travel guide
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1⃣️Spring Festival Shanhaijing Theme Lantern Festival
I have to say, the New Year's flavor of Gexian Village is really full
Especially at the entrance of the tea garden, the shocking 'Nine Dragons Playing with Pearls Lantern'
And next to the lotus pond, the stunning 'Big Fish Begonia' lamp
Directly brought me into the magical world of Shanhaijing
A step by step, it's simply dazzling
I never stopped taking pictures
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2⃣️Gexian Mountain Taoist Temple
A small Taoist temple where only locals will come
I have been to Gexian Village 5 times, and this is the first time I climbed Gexian Mountain
The Taoist temple on the top of the mountain has a sense of déjà vu of Hangzhou Faxi Temple
If you are lucky, you can also see a very shocking sea of clouds
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3⃣️Boating and playing with fish
In front of Zhongmiaoge, boating on the lake, groups of fish surround you, when the smoke rises, it seems to have come to a fairy world
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4⃣️Lingbao Xian Street
When night falls, thousands of lights light up, and the ancient houses are illuminated in an instant, really like the real version of Spirited Away
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5⃣️Night performance
The activities in the ancient village are more abundant, bamboo pole dance, paper umbrella love, water dance show, light show, bonfire party, etc... Every minute in Gexian Village, you will not feel bored
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✨What to eat in Gexian Village?
Various Shangrao delicacies, Qianshan hot powder, Shangrao fried powder, lantern cake, sesame cake... I really love Jiangxi food👀
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✨Accommodation
You can choose to stay in Tianjing Terrace, Xixin Courtyard, Yue Ran Xian Residence, etc. in Gexian Village. The environment is beautiful and antique, and it is convenient to get up early to see the sea of clouds the next day
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EASTON VEGA
Jiangxi Gexian | With the charm of the New Year and the aura of immortality, it's a +1 destination for Spring Festival travel
My friend from Jiangxi invites me to visit Jiangxi every year, boasting its beautiful scenery in all four seasons. I've been putting it off for several years, but this year she insisted again, saying that it's snowing heavily and it's very 'fairy-like', and a weekend would suffice. So, last week, I went to Gexian Village and Gexian Mountain, and took a dip in the snow hot spring. In one word: refreshing!
After the heavy snow, Gexian Mountain is like a fairy tale world, not inferior to the vast Northeast and Xinjiang. The key point is, the Jiangnan-style buildings in the snow are naturally elegant, giving the whole place a 'fairy-like' feel!
The Gexian Village at the foot of the mountain is also full of the New Year atmosphere. Strolling around Yueya Lane and Lingbao Fairy Street, it feels a bit like stepping into a national comic. I heard that during the New Year, there will be a 'Shan Hai Jing' lantern festival. If you take photos in Hanfu, it would be divine! I highly recommend everyone to travel here during the Spring Festival, sincerely!
Luna_5_Everhart-62
Gexianshan Glacier Waterfall|The best parent-child hiking route for this weekend
The best parent-child hiking route for this weekend. Gexianshan Glacier Waterfall|The best parent-child hiking route for this weekend
The best parent-child hiking route for this weekend is here, that is, Gexianshan Glacier Waterfall! Enjoy the ginkgo and colorful forest, all are stone steps, round trip 2 hours!
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A green stone step all the way, the stream is gurgling, the redwood stands...
I really like to shuttle in that redwood forest, it's really more beautiful than Chongzhou Jinfeng Mountain, Daping Village!
In the depths of the valley, there is a 1500-year-old ancient ginkgo tree, namely "Pengzhou Ginkgo King", the trunk of the Ginkgo King is huge, it takes ten adults to hug it, and there is only this ginkgo tree on the entire mountain. This was also the site of the Baiguo Temple, a non-movable cultural relic in Pengzhou!
When you come to the ancient ginkgo tree, lean on its body, close your eyes, and feel that your whole body and mind are relaxed, an ancient and profound energy makes your heart quiet instantly.
Navigation: Pengzhou Gexianshan Glacier Waterfall: Tickets: 10 (garbage fee) P Parking: 0 Tips
1 Round trip is about 2 hours, there is no food inside!
There are two free large parking lots at the nearby Gexian Temple. 3
There are trash cans along the way, don't litter.
4 The ancient ginkgo is a first-class protected plant, just enjoy and take pictures, don't hurt it!
WanderlustWish
Chengdu Ginkgo| Regret coming late to such a beautiful ginkgo avenue!
|Regret coming late to such a beautiful ginkgo avenue!.‼️The ginkgo in Tongji Town, Pengzhou has been on fire these days!
We drove 🚗1.5h to check in, but we didn't expect that a strong wind last night blew off 🍂 a third of the ginkgo leaves!
✅But fortunately, the overall is still very beautiful, and choosing a good angle for taking pictures will also produce good results!
✅You can park your car on the side of the entire ginkgo avenue, and it's also free
✅There are vendors selling tea, coffee☕️, snacks, fruits🍉, you can also bring your own camping equipment, like us
✅The toilet🚾 is also very convenient
‼️: You can go in the next two days if the weather is good, but if the weather is bad, don't go, afraid that the wind will blow off the leaves🍂!
📝One-day tour of Pengzhou:
Haiwozi Ancient Town
Gexian Mountain
Yangping Taoist Temple
Longxing Temple
Fazang Temple
These places are all good choices for a one-day tour of Pengzhou👍
📍: Tongji Town, Pengzhou
🅿️: Free
acidic_brianna
Away from the hustle and bustle of the world, I moved into the dream house in Haiwozi Ancient Town
I arranged a two-day itinerary for the weekend
Gexianshan➕Haiwozi Ancient Town
I've always liked the ancient towns around Chengdu
Especially this kind of business atmosphere is not strong
Biased original ecological ancient town
Find a comfortable homestay
Climb a mountain around the ancient town and wander around drinking tea🍵 in a daze
This time in Haiwozi Ancient Town, I found a homestay named
📍【Dust Outside】
I was attracted by the name at first
I feel that the boss must be a poetic and picturesque person
I like it even more after seeing the online pictures❤️
I decided on this one without hesitation
I love it even more when I move in
Exquisite free breakfast
Free tea cooking in the small courtyard
Free bedtime snacks
Do everything possible to provide the most meticulous service for guests
I also super like the decoration of the room💖
The decoration style of log wind combined with modern wind
The room is decorated with exquisite details☺
The room we stayed in also has a small courtyard
The room is named: 【Returning to Tranquility】
It's really super quiet
I slept soundly all night
Maybe it's also tired from climbing the mountain
I fell asleep early at more than eight o'clock and slept until dawn🌞
✅Delicious food
A shop where locals eat
Go to check in specially
📍【Huang Erjie's Home Cooking】
Average cost per person is 30
Their roast dishes are unique👍🏻
Must eat bamboo shoots roast beef + potato roast fat intestine
If you don't know where to go
Then Haiwozi Ancient Town is really a good choice
Climb a mountain
Stay in the ancient town for one night
Eat delicious food
Such a weekend is really comfortable