Tianshu Gorge is located at the southern end of Shaanxi Province, between Baxian Town and Zhengyang Township in the southeast of Pingli County, one of the main peaks of Daba Mountain, on the northwest slope of Hualong Mountain, and is a national AAAA-level tourist scenic spot. The canyon originates from Hualong Mountain, the canyon is 12.8 kilometers long, and the development area is 25 square kilometers.

Ticket prices

$80 plus $30 ticket

Footprint

25 km²

Places of interest

Ling Xuan Gallery, Grandma Bridge, Divine Turtle Dedication, Heavenly Book Treasure Book, Cloud Road Fairy Tale and so on

Opening hours

All year round: Monday to Sunday 08:00-16:30

Overview of the scenic spots

Tianshu Gorge is located at the southern end of Shaanxi Province, between Baxian Town and Zhengyang Township in the southeast of Pingli County, and the valley of the northwest slope of Daba Mountain. The canyon is 12.8 kilometers long, with a forest coverage rate of 97%, preserving rich animal and plant resources, gathering primary forests, wetlands, meadows, strange stones and other types of natural landscape resources, and has been named "the main body of the largest biological gene bank in northwest China", where more than 200 kinds of national first- and second-class rare animals and plants, more than 100 kinds of precious medicinal materials. Legend has it that the canyon was once the place of the Eight Immortals Cultivation Path, and when the Eight Immortals were cultivating here, they gathered thousands of books from the heavens, read all the worldly worldly things, cultivated into positive results and traveled all over the world, so that these heavenly books turned into strange stones and piled them in the valley. Layer by layer, stack of wordless heavenly books hide the undecipherable heavenly machine, so it is called "Tianshu Gorge". The profound cultural and cultural deposits here can be called an unveiled mysterious book left by nature in the depths of Bashan Mountain. [2]

Scenic spot details

Name Origin

Because the canyon was once the place of the Eight Immortals Cultivation Path, it is said that when the eight immortals were cultivating in the Bashan Mountains, they gathered thousands of books from the heavens, read all the worldly worldly things, cultivated the right results and traveled all over the world, so that these heavenly books became strange stones and piled up in the valley. Its rocks are vertically jointed, thousands of layers superimposed, like a large bookshelf, layer by layer, stacks of wordless heavenly books, hiding the undecipherable heavenly machine, so it is called "Tianshu Gorge".

Presentation of the beautiful view

Tianshu Gorge originally belonged to a unique natural closed, relatively primitive uninhabited area, the local people commonly known as "black old pickpocket", because it is very wild, and there are often tigers, leopards, black bears and other ferocious animals appear, generally no one dares to enter at will. It brings people a mysterious desire. Explore the mountains, look at the extreme, but see the evolution of nature into the water and light of the mountains, majestic and tall, layered mountains, deep valley cliffs, clear water springs, waterfalls connected, waterfalls and waterfalls, strange rocks and caves, misty in the colorful clouds, all kinds of scenery, beautiful. Lined with the vast forest sea, the wild herbs, the green gauze mist, and the pleasant song of warblers and frogs, it is really heaven and earth. Looking out at the bottom of the valley, a stream of clear springs, spitting clouds and mist, rushing straight down, into the strange stone mountains, jumping and falling, if the light yarn jade is suspended, like nine days of the Milky Way falling. The scenery here is full of pictures and shapes, sound and color, all of which show the pure natural color of not seeing the dust.

The enchanting scenery of Tianshu Gorge was once a place of fascination between Nuwa and many immortals. Legend has it that the Taoist Eight Immortals chose a hole in this valley through Nuwa, practiced Dan cultivation, obtained the true meaning and the vast number of spells, and went to the Penglai East Sea to show their magic. To this day, there are still many remnants of the Eight Immortals in this canyon, and there are many touching and exquisite legends. The pristine natural beauty of Tianshu Gorge and the legendary story of the Eight Immortals complement each other and shimmer with charming charm. Stepping into Tianshu Gorge, step by step is a scene, a scene and a legend, not only can you observe its nature, spectacular beauty, appreciate the "wild fang and fragrant, beautiful and shady wood, wind and frost, clean water and stone", you can also understand the Taoist origin and the eight immortals culture of the broad and profound, so that the ordinary soul can be washed. This is the sacred place of the Eight Immortals Monastery, with profound cultural and historical deposits, which can be called an unveiled mysterious heavenly book left by nature in the depths of Bashan Mountain.

Tianshuxia has been in a closed environment for a long time, preserving a rich "gene pool" of animal and plant resources, and proposing conditions for the survival and reproduction of rare animals and plants, and a variety of primitive species are well preserved, and it is a natural animal and plant park. Due to the specific alpine climate and geological environment, the canyon has four distinct seasons, the climate is humid, the summer is less hot, the winter is not cold, and the meteorological landscape of clouds, rain, snow and xia is rich and colorful, showing the main climate characteristics of "one gorge is divided into four seasons, ten miles and different days". It is also an ideal place for tourism all year round. In spring, the mountain flowers are full of flowers, new green drops, everywhere emits the fragrance of wild fragrance, flowers are blooming, full of vitality; In summer, here is a sea of green, so green that it shows exuberant vitality; In autumn, Lin Hai changed into a rich dress, crimson maple leaves, ochre red wild fruits, shades and shades, staggered, thousands of mountains red, layers of forest dyes; In winter, the canyon became a silver-white world, icicles, ice waterfalls crystal white, mangy forest sea, bamboo forest, like jade trees and flowers, silver wrapped, so that Tianshu Gorge like a dragon placed on a white jade belt ice carved jade.

Tianshu Gorge has many architectural elements, excellent visual beauty, its biggest attraction is that there is a gorge in the gorge, Tianshu full of gorges, one step and one scenic scene, one scene and one legend; Its biggest feature is that the scenery is majestic and spectacular, the air is exceptionally fresh, and the environment is very quiet and refreshing. It has the reputation of "Jiuzhaigou" in southern Shaanxi. It is an ideal place for modern people to "return to nature and return to nature". As long as we follow the principle of combining development and protection, and pay attention to the appropriate addition of transportation, environmental protection, entertainment, service, fitness, adventure, leisure and other projects in the development process, we can become a very attractive tourism, leisure and entertainment, fitness and holiday scenic spot. ——The magic is picturesque, leisurely and fairy-world Tianshu Gorge.