Langshan Mountain [Shaoyang]

"One of Top Seven Most Beautiful Danxia in China"
Ranked by China National Geography Magazine

Langshan Mountain between in Ziyuan County of Guilin City Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Hunan Province

In the heart of Yuecheng Mountain, where Hunan and Guangxi meet, there is a long, narrow basin of red conglomerate and sand stone, which tool shape in the early Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era, about 100 million years ago. Here, in the scenic area from Langshan Mountain, where Zijiang River (a tributary of the Yangtze River) originates, to Bajiaozhai, you can find the Danxia landform, which straddles Xinning County in Hunan, where it covers an area of 77.5 square kilometers and Ziyuan County in Guangxi, where it covers an area of 125 square kilometers. The Zijiang and Fuyi rivers flow northward from the basin into the Dongting Lake, their banks as pretty as a picture.
Langshan Mountain is thick with Danxia peak forest, like ten thousand bamboo shoots soaring into the sky, or ten thousand horses charging; its outstanding feature is its many deep-cut narrow valleys; because the sandstone has a larger proportion of limestone and conglomerate, the Karst features are quite clear.
In the Bajiaozhai Scenic Area, there are over a hundred weirdly shaped towering mountains, jagged rocks, red peaks, caves and valleys. One such, Conch Mountain, is composed of four awl-shaped peaks, each over a hundred meters high and covered by exquisite whorls, just like gigantic conches. Standing on a commanding height to look upon the panorama, all you can see is fold after fold of mountains, rising and falling like waves.

Best time to go
From April to October. An average annual temperature is 62.6F.

Ticket
RMB 66/person, Boat on Zijiang River RMB 90/person, Tianmen Mountain RMB 50/person, Baoding Waterfall RMB 30/person, Drift on Wupai River RMB 148/person.

Around Landscape
Longji Terraces, Lijiang River Landscape, Fuyi River Scenic Area, Phoenix Old Town and Zhangjiajie Scenic Area, Yulong River, etc.

Local Snacks and Specialties
Zijiang Fish, Tianma, Bamboo Shoot, Honeysuckle, Gaoshan Corn, Luohanguo, etc.

Travel Tips
Langshan Mountain is located between Xinning County of Hunan Province and Ziyuan County of Guangxi Zhang Autonomous region.

Distance
Beijing (2576 km) Nanning City (431 km) Guilin City (104 km) Ziyuan County (45 km) Bajiaozhai Scenic Area