The Langya Mountain is named after the title bestowed by Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Rui. It is located in the southwest of Chuzhou City. The city and the mountain are integrated. It is rich in historical and cultural resources and has beautiful natural landscapes. It is the location of the ‘Number One Pavilion in the World’, the Zuiweng Pavilion. It is one of the first batch of national AAAA-level tourist attractions, a national scenic area, and a national forest park.
The Langya Mountain scenic area covers an area of 115 square kilometers, including three major areas: the Zuiweng Pavilion area, the Puxian area, and the Qingliuguan area. The Langya Mountain scenic area is located in the Zuiweng Pavilion area, covering an area of 4.98 square kilometers. It is a rich area of historical, cultural and ecological landscape resources of Langya Mountain, including five major tourist areas: the Zuiweng Pavilion cultural theme area, the Tongleyuan study tourism area, the Langya secret exploration area, the Nantianmen sightseeing area, and the Shenxiu Lake leisure sports area. Langya Mountain is a famous cultural mountain. Since the Tang Dynasty, a large number of historical celebrities such as Li Youqing, Wei Yingwu, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, Zeng Gong, Wang Anshi, Xin Qiji, Song Lian, Wang Yangming, and Wen Zhengming have left a large number of masterpieces about Langya Mountain. The famous sentence ‘The drunk old man’s intention is not in wine, but in the landscapes.’ in Ouyang Xiu’s ‘Zuiweng Ting Ji’ of the great literary master of the Song Dynasty has become a widely known eternal classic, and the Zuiweng Pavilion is also known as the ‘Number One Pavilion in the World’. In the scenic area, there are two national key cultural relic protection units – the Langya Mountain cliff carvings and steles (especially the seven Tang Dynasty cliff carvings and the stele of ‘Zuiweng Ting Ji’ handwritten by Su Shi are rare treasures), and the Wuliangdian. There are also four provincial key cultural relic protection units – the ancient architectural complex of Langya Temple built in the Tang Dynasty, the Qingliuguan built in the Five Dynasties, the ancient architectural complex of the Zuiweng Pavilion built in the Song Dynasty, and the ancient architectural complex of Fengle Pavilion. Langya Mountain is an ecological pure land. It is located in a humid monsoon climate zone. It has four distinct seasons and pleasant scenery. It is rich in animal and plant resources. The forest coverage rate is over 85%. Langya elm and Zuiweng elm are rare tree species unique to Langya Mountain. The plum tree planted by Ouyang Xiu, ‘Ou Mei’, is one of the four oldest plum trees in the country. Langya Stream, Glass Marsh, springs such as Let Spring and Zhuoying Spring, and caves such as Guiyun Cave, Xuehong Cave, and Chongxi Cave are the beautiful scenery of ‘Nine Caves and Eighteen Springs’ of Langya Mountain. ‘The drunk old man’s intention lies in Langya Mountain’s landscapes.’ The rich natural and cultural landscapes of Langya Mountain have earned it the reputation of having ‘eight famous sceneries’ of ‘famous people, famous pavilions, famous essays, famous steles, famous springs, famous caves, famous forests, and famous gardens’. Ecological pure land, famous cultural mountain. Welcome to Langya Mountain. Opening hours: Open all year round from 07:30 to 17:30. Service facilities: Parking lot: [Scenic area parking lot] Reference price: ¥5/2 hours; Address: No. 28, Langya Ancient Road, 5 kilometers southwest of Chuzhou urban area; Number of parking spaces: 1000. Luggage storage: Reference price: free; Address: Tourist center at the north gate of Langya Mountain scenic area. Transportation within the park: Reference price: ¥20 per person one way, ¥30 per person round trip; Address: Boarding points at the north gate and Nantianmen. 1. Height 1.Free admission for children under 2 meters. Tourists can choose to purchase one-way tickets or round-trip tickets. For children under 1.2 meters in height, the elderly, pregnant women and patients (such as those with hypertension, heart disease, epilepsy, mental illness and other prone-to-sudden-onset diseases) need to be accompanied by guardians when taking rides. Vehicles run every 20 minutes. Tickets are only valid for one ride along the post route and become invalid the next day. Toilets: There are multiple toilets with signboards. Smoking areas: There are designated smoking areas at multiple locations in the scenic area. Tourists can only smoke in designated areas.
