Wudang Mountain | A Millennium of Taoist Charm and Immortal Spirit

| A Millennium of Taoist Charm and Immortal Spirit. 🧩🧩🧩I found the Jianghu described by Jin Yong in Wudang Mountain! Cliffside palaces, a sea of clouds and sunrise, ancient trees and red walls... Every step feels like a scene from a martial arts movie. 🌅 Green tiles and white walls are hidden among the verdant pines and cypresses. The morning bells and evening drums echo in the depths of the clouds and mist. Wudang Mountain infuses every plant and tree with an ethereal aura, and even your breath is filled with Taoist immortality. (Includes photo spots + tips to avoid pitfalls. Recommended to save!) 🎫 Ticket: CNY 254/person (including the Golden Summit, Zixiao Palace, and bus ticket) 🚡 Cable car: CNY 80/person (one way, CNY 150 for a round trip) Full trip: 10 hrs (cable car 🚡 up the mountain ➕ walk down) 🗺️🗺️🗺️Route: 🚌 Bus ➡️ 🚡 Cable Car ➡️ Golden Summit ➡️ Forbidden City of Zijin ➡️ Taihe Palace ➡️ Hundred Step Ladder ➡️ Chaotian Palace ➡️ Huanglong Cave ➡️ Langmei Shrine ➡️ Nantian Gate ➡️ Leishen Cave ➡️ Nanyan Palace ➡️ Dragon Head Incense ➡️ Zixiao Palace ➡️ Taizipo ➡️ Gate Opening hours⏰: 7:30–17:30 🚙🚗 Transportation recommendations: Plane✈️: After arriving at Wudang Mountain Airport, it is only about 30 km to the scenic area. Remember to take the airport bus 🚌 or taxi 🚕! Train 🚞: The train goes directly to Wudang Mountain Station. After exiting the station, you can easily transfer to a bus 🚌 or taxi 🚕 directly to the entrance of the scenic area! 🌄 Recommended attractions: 📍Golden Summit Taihe Palace: Located on the Tianzhu Peak ⛰️, the main peak of Wudang Mountain, at an altitude of 1,612m. There is a lamp in the palace that has been burning for 600 years. If the weather is good, you can see a 360-degree view of the sea of clouds and the sunrise. 🌅 Only the Golden Summit has a dense flow of people throughout the entire journey. 💰 Fortune telling: CNY 30/time. Cash and QR codes are both accepted 🉑. At Taihe Palace, you can have your fortune interpreted, ask for a talisman, and have your fortune told ☯️. 📸📸📸 After reaching the top, turn left to the platform behind the "Hall of Good Luck". There are few people, and you can also capture a photo of the Golden Hall and the sea of clouds in the same frame. 🧩🧩 ⚠️ Tips to avoid pitfalls: Don't rent the military coats on the top of the mountain for CNY 50/piece! Bring your own light down jacket + heat packs. 📍Taizipo: The red-walled corridor built along the mountain on the ancient road is curved and tall, like undulating waves, with varying heights. 📸📸 The Nine-Bend Yellow River red wall is a must-photograph spot 🔥🔥. Wear Hanfu and hold an oil-paper umbrella ☔️. Use an orange-cyan filter + horizontal screen to capture the texture of *The Assassin*. ⚠️ Tips to avoid pitfalls: Don't buy the CNY 30 "blessed bag" at the entrance of the scenic spot. The same style is available for CNY 8 at a small shop next to Yuxu Palace at the foot of the mountain. 📍Nanyan Palace: A palace built on a cliff 🏯. It is said that Lü Dongbin once practiced Taoism here. There is a stone carving extending out of the cliff, which is what people often call "Dragon Head Incense" 🐉. 📸📸 Shoot from a low angle + sideways flick of the sleeves. The Ming Dynasty stone dragon is 2.9m long and protrudes into the air. Use a wide-angle lens to shoot from a low angle! ⚠️ Tips to avoid pitfalls: The light is best after 4pm, but be careful of the scenic spot staff rushing people out at 5pm. 📍Zixiao Palace: A Ming Dynasty palace complex covering an area of 274,000 square meters. The surrounding mountains naturally form a treasure chair with two dragons playing with a pearl, which was named "Zixiao Blessed Land" by the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Watch the Taoist service at 11:30. Spend CNY 15 to experience Taoist music performance. The vegetarian must-order is the Taiji soup 🍯🍯. ❗️❗️❗️ Blood and tears pit avoidance guide 🍜 Food ❌ The "Taoist Health Banquet" on the mountainside has vague pricing (a bowl of vegetarian noodles dares to sell for CNY 48!) ✅ Go to "Deshun Farmhouse Restaurant" in the Wuyaling parking lot: cured meat fried with bamboo shoots + Shenxianye jelly, CNY 40 per person will fill you up 🏠 Accommodation ❌ Don't stay in inns near the Golden Summit! Damp + poor sound insulation + limited hot water ✅ The first recommendation is "Tai Chi Hotel": next to Nanyan Palace, an ancient courtyard including breakfast, CNY 300+/night, free Hanfu rental 🚗 Transportation ❌ Don't park in the scenic area parking lot if you are driving (CNY 50/day) ✅ Navigate to "Wudang Mountain Jianguo Hotel" for free parking 🆓, a 5-minute walk to the visitor center 💡 Secrets that only locals know ❶ Look for tour guides wearing blue work badges (officially certified) 🔥. Unofficial guides will take you on a crazy shopping spree. ❷ The monkey troop in Xiaoyao Valley "go to work" at 3pm sharp 🐒. Bring peanuts, but don't expose the plastic bag! ❸ You can ask for a divination at the side hall of Zixiao Palace (starting from CNY 20 as you please). To interpret the divination, look for a Taoist priest wearing a gray robe. ❗️❗️ Respect Taoist culture, maintain a sense of awe, and travel civilly! 🙏 🧩🧩🧩A trip to Wudang Mountain will be a spiritual cleansing and sublimation. 🌈🌈 Here, you will be in close contact with nature 🫂 and feel the breadth and depth of Taoist culture 📚. The peaks are beautiful with mist and clouds, and tourists are free to walk in the painting. Only when you come to Wudang Mountain in person can you truly understand the artistic conception of the poem. ☁️ The misty mountains, the solemn and majestic Taoist temples ✨, and the extraordinary Taoist priests are all expressing the charm of Wudang 🕊️.