Tianma Mountain 天马山

About Tianma Mountain

The mountain divides by elevation: above 650 metres it opens into alpine grassland, and below 650 metres it combines secondary primeval forest, gorges, waterfalls, cluster peaks and cliffs, and streams with unusual rocks. The city government records forest cover of 85 per cent and cites a negative-air-ion count of 100,000 per cubic centimetre. The scenic area lies close to the Beijie interchanges of the Yunmao and Yangxin expressways, in the same town as Xijiang Hot Springs, itself also a national 3A scenic area.

The scenic area's home village, Wangjiang, carries its own cultural record: the city government lists the spring-ox dance, piaose floats, puppet shows, tea-picking songs and dazhao among old cultural forms still practised there. Wangjiang was formerly a Miao and Yao settlement, and the government's account records that large stretches of old village walls and residential-site remains survive there.

What to look for

• The alpine grassland above 650 metres elevation, which the city government describes as stretching as far as the eye can see.
• The secondary primeval forest, gorges, waterfalls, cluster peaks, cliffs and streams that make up the mountain below 650 metres.
• The large stretches of old village walls and residential-site remains that survive at Wangjiang, which the city government records as a former Miao and Yao settlement.
• Wangjiang village, where the scenic area is, home to old cultural forms including the spring-ox dance and piaose floats.

Location & getting there

Getting to Tianma Mountain

Check weather, trail access and the last return service. A mountain or forest area is not one entrance, and a map’s central pin may be far from the trailhead.

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