Zhangjiajie National Forest Park ( Chinese : 湖南张家界国家森林公园 ; pinyin : Húnán Zhāngjiājiè Guójiā Sēnlín Gōngyuán ; lit. 'Hunan Zhangjiajie National Forest Park') is a national forest park located in Zhangjiajie , Hunan Province, China . It is one of several national parks within the Wulingyuan Scenic Area.
12-561: In 1982, the park was recognized as China's first national forest park with an area of 4,810 ha (11,900 acres). Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is part of a much larger 397.5 km (153.5 sq mi) Wulingyuan Scenic Area . In 1992, Wulingyuan was officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was then approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources as Zhangjiajie Sandstone Peak Forest National Geopark (3,600 km (1,400 sq mi)) in 2001. In 2004, Zhangjiajie geopark
24-585: A mountain range located in Central China , running from Chongqing Municipality and East Guizhou to West Hunan . They are home to many ethnic groups, including as the Tujia , Han , Miao , Dong , and Bai . The Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Wuling Mountain Range noted for its more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks across most of
36-538: A combination of tectonic uplift and water erosion. The highest area in the park is Huang Shi Zhai ( 黃石寨 ). It reaches a height of 3,450 feet (1,050 m) and is accessible via cable car or a set of stairs. Another cliff is accessed by the 326 m (1,070 ft) Bailong Elevator . This Hunan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wuling Mountains The Wuling Mountains ( simplified Chinese : 武陵山脉 ; traditional Chinese : 武陵山脈 ; pinyin : Wǔlíng Shānmài ) are
48-571: A natural bridge named Tianqiashengkong (meaning 'bridge across the sky'), which is one of the highest natural bridges in the world. The site also provides habitat for many vulnerable species, including the dhole , Asiatic black bear , and Chinese water deer . The site is situated in Zhangjiajie City and lies about 270 kilometres (170 mi) to the northwest of Changsha , the capital of Hunan Province. The park covers an area of 690 square kilometers (266 square miles). Wulingyuan forms part of
60-673: The Wuling Mountain Range . The scenic area consists of four national parks, which are the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park , Suoxi Valley Nature Reserve, Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve, and the recently added Yangjiajie Scenic Area. Overall there are over 560 attraction sights to view. The quartzite sandstone pillars and the surrounding regions were formed during the Devonian period (400 to 350 million years ago) from
72-600: The 1,080-metre (3,540 ft) Southern Sky Column, was officially renamed "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain" ( Chinese : 阿凡达-哈利路亚山 ; pinyin : Āfándá hālìlùyà shān ) in honor of the movie Avatar in January 2010. The film's director and production designers said that they drew inspiration for the floating rocks from mountains from around the world, but mainly from Guilin , Huangshan , and Zhangjiajie in Hunan province. The Bailong Elevator , literally "hundred dragons sky lift",
84-708: The Ten-Mile Gallery. Wulingyuan Wulingyuan ( [ù.lǐŋ.ɥɛ̌n] , Chinese : 武陵源 ) is a scenic and historical site in the Wulingyuan District of South Central China 's Hunan Province . It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. It is noted for more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks across most of the site, many over 200 metres (660 ft) in height, along with many ravines and gorges with picturesque streams, pools, lakes, rivers, and waterfalls. It features 40 caves, many with large calcite deposits and
96-554: The site, along with many ravines and gorges between them with streams, pools and waterfalls. Fanjingshan or Mount Fanjing, located in Guizhou province, is the highest peak in the Wuling Mountain range, at an altitude of 2,570 m (8,430 ft). The Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve was established in 1978. It was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1986 and a World Heritage Site in 2018. This article related to
108-480: The weathering that forms these pillars is the result of expanding ice in the winter and the plants that grow on them. The weather is moist year-round, and as a result, the foliage is very dense. The weathered material is carried away primarily by streams. These formations are a distinct hallmark of the Chinese landscape, and can be found in many ancient Chinese paintings . One of the park's quartz - sandstone pillars ,
120-474: The world. Thirteen days after opening, the bridge was closed due to the sheer number of visitors. On 30 September 2016, the bridge reopened after adjustments to its logistics and safety measures for handling a large number of tourists. There are three gondola lift systems within the park. The Tianzi Mountain Cable Car, Yangjiajie cable car and Huangshizhai cable car. There is also a monorail to take visitors up
132-417: Was listed as a UNESCO global geopark . The most notable geographic features of the park are the pillar -like formations that are seen throughout the park. Although resembling karst terrain, this area is not underlain by limestones and is not the product of chemical dissolution, which is characteristic of limestone karst. They are the result of many years of physical, rather than chemical, erosion . Much of
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#1732852254626144-574: Was opened to the public in 2002. At 326 m (1,070 ft), it is the world's tallest outdoor lift. It can transport visitors to the top from its foot in less than two minutes. The structure is composed of three separate glass elevators, each of which can carry up to 50 people at a time. In August 2016, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon opened the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge , the longest (430 m (1,410 ft)) and highest (300 m (980 ft)) pedestrian glass bridge in
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