Xiqiang Jiuhuang Mountain

Chinese Name: 西羌九皇山 (Xi Qiang Jiu Huang Shan)
Location: Jinbaoshi Village, Guixi Town, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
Ticket: CNY190.00 include Entrance ticket+roundway cable car to Yunzhong Qiang Village+roundway cable car to Yuanwang Cave
Estimated tour time:3-6hours
Recommended time to visit: Mar to Nov.
Nearby attractions: Dou tuan Mountain, Medicine King Valley,Qiqu Mountain Temple, Libai Memorial Hall , etc.

Xiqiang Jiuhuang Mountain Scenic Spot is located in the only Qiang Autonomous County in China, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. It is only 58 km away from the China Science and Technology City - Mianyang City, about 3 hour drive away from Chengdu, and about 4 hour drive away from Jiuzhaigou, the tourist loop from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou passes through the gate of the scenic spot.

The scenic spot sets the great achievement of humanity and nature, taking the ancient Xiqiang culture as the main line, completely retains and truly represents the ancient cultural relics and living customs of the Xiqiang, which is known in history as Nanman, Beidi, Dongyi and Xiqiang, and is now the only surviving one. The strong Qiang nationality customs and the strange and dangerous natural scenery attract tourists from home and abroad. It is a comprehensive scenic spot for experiencing the Xiqiang customs, leisure, vacation, business, conference, scientific research, health care and health preservation. The scenic area is a typical karst landform. Natural resources such as geology and meteorology are rich and colorful. These tourism facilities has been built so far and run well: Ape King Cave karst cave landscape, Xiqiang Hotel, Xianshan Hotel, Songshan Holiday Villa, the only resort in China with the original flavor of the Qiang nationality, two different styles of sightseeing cable cars, Lover's Bridge, zipline, Erma ecological culture art wall, the largest natural (unarmed) hunting ground in China, Yunbaoding sports and leisure area, Qiangqing Garden folk culture area, Pengjialiang folk ecology leisure area, jump type high air tube slide, natural mineral hot springs and bath centers etc. They constitute the characteristics of ecological diversity and cultural diversity, sports and leisure combined with sightseeing and entertainment in Jiuhuang Mountain.

Xiqiang Jiuhuang Mountain Scenic Spot is divided into the front hill and the back hill. The front hill mainly contains two scenic spots, Ape King Cave and Lover Bridge, while the main scenic spot on the back hill include Erma Ancient Road, Heavenly Temple, Xiqiang First Blockhouse, Qiang Customs Garden, unarmed hunting ground, vegetable base, Yunbaoding grass (snow) field, Yingzui Rock, Arrow Bamboo Sea, etc.

Qiang people lived in parts of Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other provinces in ancient times, which is called the Xiqiang(Western Qiang) in historical books. The ancient Qiang people lived in the northwest prairie and were a nomadic people. Later, they moved south and settled in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River and Fujiang River. They turned to farming and multiplied for generations. The history of the Qiang nationality's southward migration is also recorded in the Qiang nationality's long poem "Battle of Qiang Ge". It is said that the Qiang nationality fought a war with the Goki nationality, and the Qiang nationality was defeated. When the whole army was wiped out, a snow-capped mountain suddenly appeared before them, which is today's Minshan Mountains, blocking the Goki nationality and saving the Qiang nation. So the Qiang worship white and take white stone as their god. The modern Qiang people mainly live in northwestern Sichuan Province in Beichuan, Pingwu, Lixian, Wenchuan and Maoxian counties and the Beichuan Qiang people account for about one third of the total population of the Qiang people in China.

● Highlights of Jiuhuang Mountain

Ape King Cave

Hanging hundreds of meters high on the cliff, facing the contiguous mountains and deep ravines, the cave is very magnificent. Inside the cave is a rare calcified colorful pool in the world, which is called "underground yellow dragon" by people. Among the karst caves that have been developed for tourism at home and abroad, there is hardly any better one, and it has irreplaceable appreciation value. There are a large number of stalactites, stalagmites, stone crevices in the cave, forming "upside down stone forest", "idyllic scenery" and other scenery.

Lover Bridge

The legend syas king of the ape loved the fairy, climbed the ancient vine, swung across the deep stream to meet the fairy here, and finally became lovers. Their love finally moved the Jade Emperor in the heaven, who made the Ape King immortal so his love with the fairy can last forever. Later, the Lover's Bridge was built in the place where the Ape King climbed the vine and swang the stream.

Cloud sea and sunrise

Sunrise and cloud sea is one of the features of the scenic spot. The scenic spot is located in the mountainous area, the sky color stereo difference is big. so in Yunbaoding area in summer , sometimes the sun is shining, sometimes covers with cloud and fog. One second is blue sky, the next second the clouds on top. It is changable and beautiful.

Devonian geological section

The devonian geological profile transformed between 350 million and 400 million years is prominent in the 12 kilometers valley from Shawozi to Guixi Town. Here you can see Earth's sediment from 300 million years ago to the present day. The Devonian profile here is complete, thick, and rich in fossil species, and has been described by geologists as a rare geological museum in the world, a historical witness to the rise of shallow seas to land. And then through the internal and external pressure with the shaping, formed the landscape as it is today.

Primeval forest

The vegetation coverage rate of the second and third level platform alpine original forest reaches 95% and the community structure is complete. In addition to the original forest, grass skiing can be carried out in summer and skiing can be carried out in winter. Three-level platform above the trees are around the cliffs, animals and plants have little contact with the outside world, thus formed the independent ecological system, such as the arrow bamboo forest, ancient camphor, ancient ginkgo, taxus chinensis,

 and is referred to as a "living fossil" of water green tree, dovetree, etc, and rhesus monkeys, deer, golden pheasant, tail pheasants, green monal, reveals the great ecological value of the Ape King Cave Scenery Spot.