The First Celestial Mountain: A Travel Guide to Mount Sanqing

⛰️ Location: Mount Sanqing is located in Yushan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province 🚄✈️ Transportation: Shangrao Sanqingshan Airport/Shangrao Station Shangrao Station is in the city center with convenient transportation. The airport is relatively far from downtown. After arriving at Shangrao Station, you can choose to share a ride or take a shuttle bus to Mount Sanqing Scenic Area. The journey takes about an hour. 🏃🏻 Ways to ascend the mountain: Hiking or cable car Hiking starting point: Hilton Sanqingshan Resort Cable cars: Jinsha Cable Car/Waishuangxi Cable Car. Waishuangxi Cable Car is recommended as it has shorter queues and fewer visitors. After reaching the upper station of Waishuangxi Cable Car, you'll need to continue climbing. Jinsha Cable Car takes you directly to the mountaintop with less climbing required. 🌲 Main attractions and route: Cable car—Rishang Viewing Platform—Child Carrying Pine—High-altitude Plank Road—Yujing Peak (highest point)—Immortal Bridge—Qiankun Platform—Yuhuang Peak—Giant Python Mountain—Oriental Goddess—Rhododendron Valley—Yuxu Platform—Narrow Passage—Divine Dragon Playing with Pine—Cable car The above route is the large loop. Touring routes can be divided into small loop (1-2 hours), medium loop (4-6 hours), and large loop (7-8 hours). These durations are for reference only and do not include cable car waiting time or hiking time from the foot of the mountain. Hiking from the bottom to the cable car upper station takes about 1-3 hours. Pay attention to the first and last cable car times. ⛅ Weather The weather at Mount Sanqing changes frequently. Before your trip, you can check weather changes through apps like Tianwentong or Windy. ⛺ Food and accommodation: There are more dining and lodging options near Jinsha Cable Car, fewer near Waishuangxi Cable Car. It's recommended to choose hotels or guesthouses close to the cable car stations. There are also mountain lodges on the mountain, as well as tent camping sites. You can bring your own tent or set one up at the camping base. Make sure to follow the scenic area regulations.