Mingyue Mountain is located in Wengtang Town, Yichun, Jiangxi, known as the hometown of hot springs. Here, you can enjoy various beautiful and fantastic natural landscapes such as steep peaks, cliffs, waterfalls, streams, alpine meadows, and sea of clouds at sunrise. Additionally, you can see many religious buildings and relics of Buddhism and Taoism. Moreover, Mingyue Mountain is situated in the hot spring area, allowing you to relax and enjoy the comfort brought by hot springs after exploring the mountains.
The Mingyue Mountain scenic area is divided into five parts: the Tanxia area at the foot of the mountain and the four peak areas of Taiping Mountain, Tangjia Mountain, Yangshan, and Yujing Mountain at the top. The scenic area has hiking trails, cable cars, and zip lines for visitors to choose according to their preferences. A rough tour of the entire area takes about half a day, while a detailed exploration requires one to two days.
There are two entrances to the scenic area. Generally, tourists will enter from the Mingyue Square on the north side, which leads to the Tanxia area. This area features bamboo forests, pavilions, moon-themed sculptures, and a small wooden house offering catering and shopping. The starting point for the mountain trail and cable car is also here. If you choose to hike, it will take about two to three hours. Climbing requires some physical strength, but the scenery along the way is quite good, with five waterfalls on the mountain road and many strange peaks and rocks. Attractions such as Baoyue Pavilion and Jinyue Pool have been developed, among which the famous Yungu Waterfall has a drop of over a hundred meters and is very spectacular.
The cable car does not go straight to the end but is divided into two sections, with a stop at the place where five waterfalls are concentrated. Visitors can get off here to view several waterfalls before continuing to the top. After reaching the top, you can first visit Tangjia Mountain and Yujing Mountain areas successively, with many attractions such as the valley tunnel Xingyue Cave, the alpine lake Moon Lake, and strange peaks and rocks. Among them, the Qingyun plank road on the cliff of Wuyun Cliff is suspended in the air, with some sections made of glass. Walking on the plank road feels very thrilling as you are above a precipice.
On the west side of Moon Lake, there is a road leading to the Shibabai scenic spot, with a continuous arrangement of more than a dozen peaks. It takes about 7 kilometers to walk, or you can rent a bicycle. The sightseeing train to Shibabai in the scenic area is under construction and will open soon. The Taiping Mountain and Yangshan scenic areas are located on the north side and can be reached on foot at the top, or you can take the alpine zip line directly from Wuyun Cliff for a thrilling experience.
After visiting all the scenic spots, you can directly exit the scenic area from the Yangshan side, or return to the main entrance of the scenic area on the north side. There is a five-star hotel, Mengyue Villa, in the scenic area that can provide accommodation, but the price is very expensive. Generally, tourists will return to Yichun or live in the town. The Tianmu Hot Spring at the foot of the mountain is very famous. After climbing the mountain, enjoying the hot spring is a very wonderful experience. Opening hours: Open from 07:30 to 16:30 from May 1st to October 31st; open from 08:00 to 16:00 from November 1st to April 30th. Cableway operation time: 8:00 – 18:30 in summer, 8:30 – 17:00 in winter (for reference only, subject to the site). Preferential policies: Children: Free for those under 1.2 meters (inclusive) in height; discounted for those between 1.2 meters (exclusive) and 1.4 meters (inclusive) in height. The elderly: Free for those aged 65 and above (residents of Yichun, Pingxiang, Xinyu, and Ji’an aged 60 and above), with valid identity documents. Students: Discounted for students in ordinary higher education, high school education and compulsory education stages with their student ID cards (except for graduate students, doctoral students, masters and on-the-job colleges, correspondence courses, TV universities and self-study universities). Disabled people: Free with disability certificates. Military personnel: Active-duty military personnel, revolutionary disabled soldiers, retired disabled personnel and entitled groups enjoying pensions and subsidies are free with valid certificates. Other free ticket groups: National moral models holding the “Courtesy Card”, nominees for national moral models, and Jiangxi provincial moral models; high-level talents holding the “Yichun High-level Talent Service Card”; high-level talents holding the “Jiangxi High-level Talent Service Card”; journalists (with press cards issued by the State Press and Publication Administration); members of the China Photographers Association and Jiangxi Photographers Association and above-county-level model workers; March 8th Red-Banner Pacesetters; relatives of martyrs and servicemen; above-county-level model workers are free. Surrounding citizens: Residents of Yichun, Xinyu, Pingxiang and Ji’an enjoy half-price discounts on non-holidays (non-holidays refer to days excluding Saturdays, Sundays and national legal holidays). Half price on non-holidays. Supplementary note: The above information is for reference only. The specific information is subject to the disclosure of Mingyueshan scenic area on the same day. Service facilities: Parking lot: [Scenic area parking lot]. Reference price: ¥10/time. Address: At the entrance of Mingyueshan scenic area. Capacity: 1500. WIFI: Account: Mingyueshan. Password: No password. Range: Mingyueshan tourist center. Transportation in the park: Reference price: charged. Toilets: Toilets are located near the parking lot, scenic area service center, waterfall viewing pavilion, etc.
