Generally speaking visitors don’t need to get overnight accommodation while visiting Mount Hengshan. If you need to put up at the scenic spot area, you can choose a hotel near the parking lot or a local farmer’s house. There are parking places both in the Hanging Temple and on the mountain side, charging 5 yuan for a car and 10 yuan for a bus. Clinics can be found inside the Mount Hengshan scenic spot while gas stations and banks are in the downtown area of Hunyuan Couty.
Best time to visit Mount Hengshan:
Hunyuan County belongs to a semi- arid temperate continental climate, having four distinct seasons. In winter, the weather is extremely cold while in spring it is dry and windy. Summer is the main time for raining and the autumn is short but sunny and has large temperature difference between day and night. The annual average temperature is 6.1℃, of which January is the coldest with an average temperature of -12.7℃, and July is the hottest with an average temperature of 21.6℃. From April to October, the average temperature are all above 7℃, which is perfect for travelling. The travelling time of a year can reach up to 210 days.
Mount Hengshan Best Route:
The morning hour can be spent on visiting the temple group, while in the afternoon you can go to the Hanging Temple, the back of the Mount Hengshan and the Yong An Temple in downtown area of Hunyuan County. With regards to saving your expenditure on travelling, we suggest you take a four-day tour to Yungang Grottoes, Mount Hengshan, Mount Wutai, Qiao’s Grand Courtyard and the Ancient City of Ping Yao.
Mount Hengshan Tickets:
Ticket price:
Open Hour: 8:30 am.—17:30 (winter) 8:00 am.—18:00 (summer)
20 yuan at the entrance of the mountain, 60 yuan for the Hanging Temple, 35 for the temple group (half price with student ID).30 yuan for taking the cableway up the mountain and 25 yuan down.
Yuemen Bay: 20 yuan
Li Yumei Tomb: 20 yuan
Yong An Temple: 20 yuan
How to go the Mount Hengshan:
The city traffic:
By bus:
Take long-distance bus to reach Hunyuan County, then take a taxi by paying 20 yuan to go to the front side of Mount Hengshan (the parking lot of Wangyue Pavilion), the back side of the mountain(the Beiyue Palace), or directly to the Hanging Temple. You can also choose the tour van for Mountain Hengshan one-day trip.
How to get to or leave Datong City:
- The railway system is very advanced in Datong City. The train station is located in the north of the city, Bus No. 2, No. 4, No.8, No.14 and No.15 can take you there.
- More than a dozen of main highways going through Datong City, such as Dayun, Datang, Dahuai, Dalai and so on. Near the Train station, the Datong Long-distance Bus Station can provide you Bus No. 2, No.4 and No. 8 to go to the city of Taiyuan, Xuanhua, Shuozhou, etc. There are also through bus in the station going to Yungang Grottoes and Mount Hengshan scenic spot.
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