Wuyi Palace · Song Street
The oldest Taoist temple complex on Mount Wuyi, originally the Tang Dynasty's Huixian Temple; a center of Wuyi Taoism through the dynasties, with Zhizhi Nunnery, Sanqing Hall and more still standing
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- All day
- Ticket
- Free
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
The oldest Taoist temple complex on Mount Wuyi, originally the Tang Dynasty's Huixian Temple and a center of Wuyi Taoism through the ages; what remains includes Zhizhi Nunnery and Sanqing Hall. In front stands Song Street, a Song-style tourist street where tea shops, bookstores and snack stalls alternate. At its end, the Liu Yong Memorial Hall commemorates this master of graceful ci poetry — Liu Yong was a native of Chong'an (today's Wuyishan), author of "willow-lined banks, dawn breeze and a waning moon"; Mount Wuyi's poetic lineage comes full circle here.
Getting there: Beside the scenic area's south entrance
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More in Wuyishan
- Mount Wuyi Main Scenic Area
A World Cultural and Natural Dual Heritage site (1999); Danxia landforms and the Nine-Bend Stream together form the model of "green waters and red mountains"; traveler Xu Xiake called it "the most marvelous and beautiful in the southeast"
- Nine-Bend Stream Bamboo Rafting
The highlight of Mount Wuyi: board a bamboo raft at Xingcun Wharf and drift 9.5 km downstream, taking about 90 minutes through the nine bends
- Tianyou Peak
The foremost scenic spot of Mount Wuyi; the whole mountain rises as a single mass of rock, with a climbing path of 848 stone steps hugging the cliff face
- Yixiantian (A Thread of Sky)
One of the narrowest 'thread of sky' fissures in China, set between the Lingyan cliffs south of the Second Bend: the crevice from Fuxi Cave to Ling Cave runs 176 m, only 30 cm wide at its narrowest—squeeze through sideways and look up to see a single thread of sky
- Shuilian Cave (Water Curtain Cave)
Wuyi Mountain's largest rock cave: two flying springs plunge more than a hundred meters from the cave roof, turning into a water curtain when the wind rises—praised by Xu Xiake as 'the most superb spot in the mountains'
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