Chess Playing Pavilion
At the southeast side of the East Peak is an isolated peak called Botai, which has a flat summit. The clouds and mists make it like an island on the sea, flickering magically. There on the summit is a stone pavilion and in which is a stone table. Why is it called Chess Playing Pavilion (下棋亭)? In ancient times, people see there is a square stone that is uneven like a set of chess composition on the Botai, so they called it the Chess Stone. And later in Song dynasty, a pavilion was built on the Botai, hence, the pavilion got its present name as Chess Playing Pavilion.
Yuquan Temple
Yuquan Temple (玉泉寺) is the major site for holding the Taoist activities of Mount Huashan. Visitors visiting Mount Huashan would only have pass this temple from Huashan Valley. Therefore, it is regarded as the entrance to Mount Huashan. According to the legend, the Princess Jinxian of Tang Dynasty cleaned her hair at the Jade Well but dropped her jade hairpin in the water incautiously. After returning to Yuquan Temple, she found the jade hairpin when washing her hand at the spring and gave the same name of Yuquan (meaning jade spring) to this spring. Therefore, this temple was then called Yuquan Temple.
Besides the above recommended attractions in Mount Huashan, you could also have wonderful and exciting moments at the Huayue Immortal Palm, Heavenly Ladders, Huixin Rock and so forth. You could go there to savor the real features and charm of all them in your Huashan Tour!
Mount Huashan Hiking
Hiking is the most appealing thing to do at Mount Huashan, since this mountain has the “ world most dangerous hiking trail”. The simple and extremely narrow wooden platforms, the cold iron chains and iron handrails, the so deep bottom sometimes hard to been seen, the super bold cliffs, and too many to name. All the cool and thrilling elements have been drawing the curiosity and impulsion of people to test their bravery and change themselves from the past to present. And who have made it reaching the summit and hiking the whole way become more confident and brave would be called “winners” by others.
