Climb Cangyan Mountain to explore the flying rainbow wonders of the Bridge Hall and understand the Zen mind of the ancient temple

**🏞️【One-day tour guide to Cangyan Mountain|Explore the suspended wonders of the "Taihang Secret Realm"】✨**

✨ **Morning: Hanging Ancient Temple + Millennium Wonders**
📍 **Qiaolou Temple**: Check in at one of the three largest hanging temples in China! The 15-meter stone bridge spans a 100-meter abyss. The double-story pavilion on the bridge has red eaves and golden tiles, like a "fairy pavilion in the sky". The classic scene of Jade Fox jumping off the cliff in the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was filmed here. Climbing up to the palace and overlooking the canyon, you will feel the shock.
📍 **Bijian Lingtan**: Wander in the dense sandalwood forest, where tree roots entwine around boulders, trunks are hollow enough for people to fit in, and the thousand-year-old tree kings are shaped like dragons and tigers. Take forest-themed photos amidst the mottled light and shadows.

✨ **Afternoon: Pilgrimage to Qibai + Cultural Exploration**
📍 **Ancient Cypress Pilgrimage**: Tens of thousands of Thuja sutchuenensis and Sedge cypresses collectively "worship" the Nanyang Princess Temple. Regardless of whether they are upside down or sideways, they all point in the same direction, which is a natural mystery.
📍 **Nanyang Princess Temple**: Listen to the legend of the daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui becoming a nun, see the Ming Dynasty painted mural "Princess Saving the World", and watch the wind chimes on the eaves ringing in the wind, with a distant Zen atmosphere.
📍 **Fuqing Temple**: Climb the 360-step "Hanging Stairs to the Clouds" stone steps and feel the artistic conception of "the temple has no lights but relies on the moon to illuminate, and the mountain gate is not locked but waits for the clouds to seal". The white marble Buddha statues and cliff carvings in the temple tell of the thousand-year incense.

🍜 **Must-try food**:
• Jingxing Clay Oven Baked Pancakes (crispy and salty) | Farmer's Iron Pot Stew (Seasonal Vegetables from the Mountains)
• Hidden ways to play: Drink Scutellaria baicalensis tea in the teahouse at the foot of the mountain to clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

🚗 **Traffic Tips**:
• **From Shijiazhuang**: Take the Weishui bus from Xiwang Bus Station → transfer to Cangyan Mountain Expressway (about 2.5 hours), or drive to the "Cangyan Mountain" exit of Beijing-Kunming Expressway (1.5 hours direct access).
• **Tickets**: 65 yuan (half price for students/seniors), 25 yuan for a one-way cable car. It is recommended to enter the park before 8 am to avoid crowds.

💡 **Niche gameplay**:
• In autumn, climb "Lufeng Sunset" to see the golden peaks of Taihang Mountain; in winter, after snow, the Hanging Temple looks like a jade palace, and the fairy atmosphere is doubled.
• Stay overnight in a B&B in the scenic area, watch the starry sky, and listen to the sound of pine trees in the valley.

Post by 1llum1n@_@byss1um | Apr 27, 2025

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