Ningbo Summer Hiking Destination - Sanyintan

Ningbo's most beautiful stream hiking route, second to none! A summer retreat, the whole journey is relaxing, suitable for hiking beginners. The babbling brook and the hazy greenery immerse you in a natural oxygen bar, with various streams presenting themselves in different forms before your eyes. It's stunningly beautiful, a perfect embodiment of the ancient poem 'Clear spring water flows over stones'. Sanyintan is located amidst cliffs and precipices, with howling mountain winds and chilling cold. Standing by the pool, the deep green waters look daunting and mysterious. The waterfall has a total length of over 1600 meters!! From top to bottom, they are called: Upper Sanyintan, Middle Sanyintan, and Lower Sanyintan. Upper Sanyintan is known for its seclusion and danger; Middle Sanyintan for its elegance, and Lower Sanyintan for its unique beauty. 📍Navigation: Ningbo Fenghua Sanyintan 🚶🏻‍♂️Hiking Distance: The whole journey is 7km, with an ascent of 342m 【My Itinerary】 8:10 Gather and depart from Exit 2 of Songjiang Sports Center Metro Station; 11:00 Arrive at the starting point of the hike, warm up and start hiking. 12:00 Find a scenic spot for lunch, share delicious food with friends. After lunch, stroll through the deep canyons, enjoy leisure time, pose and take various artistic photos. Around 16:00, arrive at the end of the hike, rest for a while, gather and board the bus, and head back to Shanghai! Around 19:30, say goodbye to each other, looking forward to the next gathering. 【Location Introduction】 Upper Sanyintan was formed during the late Jurassic Jiuliping formation, about 135 million years ago, consisting of lava spewed out during the late stages of volcanic activity. Over time, the constant erosion by water flow has shaped the steep terrain of the landscape. The Mandarin Duck Waterfall Pool, like a giant pearl, is also known as 'Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl'. In the eyes of the ancients, Sanyintan was a place where true dragons were hidden. The Song dynasty literati Lou Yue once exclaimed here, 'Do not take lightly the sleeping dragon within, for sometimes it may rise from the ground with wind and thunder'. Lower Sanyintan was formed earlier than Middle Sanyintan, about 145 million years ago, during a period of intense volcanic eruptions in the eastern Zhejiang region. Breast-shaped stones hang in mid-air as if about to fall, the waterfall springs a thousand feet straight down. The armies engage in fierce battle with urgent drums, a single rain brings cold and thunderous lightning. Within lies a sleeping dragon, do not take it lightly, for sometimes it may rise from the ground with wind and thunder.