[2025 Qionglai Attraction] Travel Guide for Tiantai Mountain Tourist Attraction (Updated Apr)

Chengdu Tiantai Mountain Scenic Attraction is located in Qionglai, the first city west of Chengdu on the ancient Southern Silk Road. It is about 110 kilometers away from Chengdu city. The main peak, Yuxiao Peak, is 1,812 meters above sea level. It is a world natural heritage of the Sichuan Giant Panda Habitat, a national scenic spot, a national forest park, a national AAAAA-level tourist Attraction, and one of the eight major firefly viewing sites in the world. Tiantai Mountain was formerly known as Dongmeng Mountain. It is said that it was the place where Dayu offered sacrifices to the sky when he was controlling floods. There is a saying that "Yu Gong Mengshan". In history, the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism shared the mountain. During its heyday, there were more than 100 temples, Taoist temples and official houses on the mountain. The Attraction is a box-shaped syncline mountain. The whole mountain is roughly in the shape of the English letter U, shaped like a "chair" sitting west to east. The mountain body forms three levels of terraces from low to high: Tiantai, Ertiantai and Zhengtiantai, presenting three characteristic scenic spots of "one layer of Tiantai, one layer of heaven, and nine heavens on Tiantai". The Attraction is famous for its "strange mountains, strange rocks, beautiful water, secluded forests and charming clouds". It has "90 miles of long rivers, 800 streams, 9,000 strange rocks and 2,000 peaks", a forest coverage rate of about 95%, and a wide variety of animals and plants. "How high the mountain is, how high the water is", the Jinlong River winds down from the highest peak, Yuxiao Peak, and transforms into many waterscapes such as long beaches, cascading streams, waterfalls, and lakes, as well as low mountain sea of clouds, Buddha light and other wonders. It enjoys the reputation of "no water after returning from Jiuzhaigou, no water after returning from Tiantai", and is a mountain-type summer resort featuring high mountain water play and night firefly viewing, and a biodiversity science popularization natural Attraction. Tiantai Mountain Half-Day Tour Route Recommendation: Route 1: Visitor Center → (about 15 minutes by car) → Tiantai Terrace (visit the Firefly Micro Museum, check in at Tiantai Mountain Gate, tour for about 40 minutes) → (walk) → Wanshui Bridge → Changhong Waterfall → Shenfeng Cave → Xiangshuitan Waterfall → Zushi Bridge (the walking tour of Tiantai Terrace is about 1.5 hours) → Ertiantai Terrace (check in at Silk Road Post Station, Tiantai Mountain Geological Micro Museum) → (about 25 minutes by car) → Visitor Center (return). Route 2: Visitor Center → (about 15 minutes by car) → Tiantai (visit the Firefly Museum, check in at the Tiantai Mountain Gate, and visit for about 40 minutes) → (about 30 minutes by car, with a view of the Changhong Waterfall, the Geological Museum, the Daoxiu Stone, the Flower and Stone Sea, the Sutra and Theory Institute, etc.) → Zhengtiantai (check in at the Tianfu Tree King, the Hydrangea Sea, and the High-altitude Forest Plank Road) → Butterfly Beach, Bailongdu (walking time is about 30 minutes) → (walking time is about 15 minutes) → Zhengtiantai → (about 40 minutes by car) → Visitor Center (return trip). Tiantai Mountain one-day tour route recommendation: Visitor Center→First Terrace (visit the Firefly Micro Museum, Firefly Research Institute, and check in at the Tiantai Mountain Gate)→(Walk to visit Changhong Waterfall, Shenfeng Cave, Xiangshuitan Waterfall, the first waterfall in western Sichuan, Guanyin Bridge, etc. The distance is about 1.7km.)→Second Terrace (check in at the Silk Road Post Station and visit the Tiantai Mountain Geological Micro Museum)→(The driving distance is about 3.6km)→Main Terrace (visit Leiyin Temple, the thousand-year-old yew tree king of Tianfu, the hydrangea sea, and the forest skywalk.)→Bailongdu (Branch 1: Butterfly Beach and Shibali Xiangcaogou experience the fun of playing in the mountains and water, and enjoy more than 20 water-friendly experience projects; the branch line is about 1.2km. Branch 2: Visit Xiushui Sanyun and Panlong Waterfall; the branch line is about 2.2km.)→Main Terrace (The driving distance is about 14km)→Visitor Center. Tiantai Mountain two-day tour route recommendation: Day 1 Tiantai Mountain Visitor Center → Hotel → Tiantai Xiaojiawan Gate → (Visit the Firefly Micro Museum, Firefly Research Institute, and check in at Tiantai Mountain Gate) → (Walk to: Changhong Cable Bridge, Changhong Waterfall, Shenfeng Cave, Xiangshuitan Waterfall and other attractions of the Southern Silk Road Ancient Road. The distance is about 1.7km) → Ertiantai (Check in at the Silk Road Post Station and visit the Geological Micro Museum) → Southern Silk Road Ancient Road (Tang Dynasty Pilgrimage Trail) → (Walk to the Tang Dynasty Buddha, Tianfeng Gorge, Zuishi Labyrinth, Ginseng Tree, Xiaomofang and other attractions; the distance is about 1.2km) → (Take a bus from Xiaomofang Station to Zhengtiantai, the drive takes about 10 minutes) → Zhengtiantai (Walk to Leiyin Temple, Tianfu Tree King Millennium Yew, Hydrangea Sea, Forest Sky Stack Road, Butterfly Beach and other attractions; the distance is about 1km) → Bailongdu (branch line 1: Eighteen-mile Xiangcaogou, experience the fun of playing in the mountains and water, enjoy more than 20 water experience projects, the distance is about 1.2km; branch line 2: Xiushui Sanyun, walk to visit the Guifei Pool, Xiangcao Diexi, Yuedong Feishui, Panlong Waterfall and other attractions, the distance is about 2.2km) → Zhengtiantai → hotel where you stay (dinner) → firefly viewing point (Xiaojiawan/Dengle'an/Zhengtiantai) → hotel where you stay (midnight snack, entertainment, rest). the next day Hotel → Huangjiangyan/Yehegang/Yindingfeng (watch the sunrise and sea of clouds) → Hotel (breakfast) → Heshang Yamen (walk to visit Shili Linyin, Ming Dynasty stone lions, Heshang Yamen and other attractions and the Southern Silk Road Poetry Corridor, about 1.3km away) → Sandaowan entrance (walk to visit the ruins of Jinglunyuan, Yingyue Bridge, Camellia Corridor, Dieyin Spring and other attractions, about 3km away) → Sandaowan exit → Hotel (lunch, check out) → Tiantai Mountain Visitor Center → Red Army Long March Memorial Hall (visit the Red Army Long March Memorial Hall, the former site of the Soviet Government in Shita District, the Southern Song Sakyamuni Buddha Real Body Pagoda, the Red Army Long March Digital Memorial Hall and other attractions) → return.