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Shiyan (Chinese: 十堰; pinyin: Shíyàn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, China, bordering Henan to the northeast, Chongqing to the southwest, and Shaanxi to the north and west. At the 2020 census, its population was 3,209,004 of whom 1,033,407 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban districts of Maojian and ...
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Shiyan City has a long history and splendid culture. In 1991, archaeologists near the Qu Yuan River in Yun County found two complete fossilized Australopithecus skulls. These are known as "Yun County people". Anthropologists believe that this discovery filled the Asian race's evolutionary missing link. It was listed as the world's most important ar...
Shiyan cuisine is like that of Hubei or Sichuan cuisine that are two of China's seven regional cuisines. Mount Wudang Taoist vegetarian food is quite unique in that it combines the vegetarian cooking styles of Taoism and Buddhism. The focus is on color and taste. You can eat this food at Zixiao Gong and Tai Wo Palace. Also, if you want to eat Wudan...
Because Shiyan is in a mountainous area, the weather depends on the elevation. It is coldest in January and warmest in July. The record cold temperature was minus 17.6 degrees Celcius and the record high temperature was 43.4 °C. The average hours of sunshine total between 1620 ~ 1990 hours each year. The best time to travel there is spring and autu...
Going to Shiyan
1. By Car Take Hanshi Freeway, and then exit after getting to the toll gate for Wudang Mountain in Shiyan City. 2. By Buses There are a lot of government approved buses to Wudang Mountain in Wudang City. The buses have experienced drivers and a regular ticket price. There are also privately run buses that may be less convenient. The buses to South Rock Palace (Nan Yan Gong) set out whenever they are loaded. Travel there takes half an hour and costs about 10 RMB. 3. Cable Car You can take the...
Special Activities
Other than the regular Chinese holidays, the main local festivals are the temple assemblies on March 3rd and September 9th in the lunar calendar and the yearly Wudang International Tourist Festival. The martial arts demonstrations are held every year so that Shiyan is a martial arts center. There are also exhibitions of photographs of natural scenery, paintings, carvings and rocks and minerals, and antiques and souvenirs for tourists. There are also local product trade exhibitions.
Tourist Tips
There are rules and customs to follow when you enter a real temple. Don't point at the idols or turn your back on them, don't stand around the temple entrance and don't make loud noises. There is a saying: "Monks don't tell their names, and Taoists don't tell their ages". Taoists cultivate themselves for longevity and don't like to be asked how old they are or about their life experiences. Don't use dirty words or curse. If you give an offering, don't give pomegranates, plums, red flowers, ch...
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Wudang Mountai (Wudangshan), also named Taihe Mountain, has long been a sacred mountain in China, not only because it is the No. 1 Taoist Mountain in China, but also the “original cradle of Tai Chi” that is also called the Chinese shadowboxing. Situated in Shiyan in Hubei Province, spreading about 312 square kilometers, Wudang Mountain is ...
As the only national garden city in inland China, Shiyan boasts stunning natural scenery and landscapes. It is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site and Taoist holy mountain of Wudang Shan. Wudang's peaks, precipices, torrents and mists create archetypal mountain scenery.
As the fourth largest city of Hubei Province, Shiyan was selected as the sole National Garden City in China’s inland mountain area. Its iconic Wudang Mountain offers amazing sights of ancient architectural complex, 72 peaks, 36 canyons, 24 ravines, 11 caves and so forth, being a UNESCO World Heritage site and a Taoist shrine.
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Shiyan (十堰 Shíyàn ) is a city in Northwest Hubei Province, central China. Get in. [edit] By plane. [edit] 32.591667 110.907778 1 Shiyan Wudangshan Airport (WDS IATA) (located 15 km (9.3 mi) from the city center and 20 km (12 mi) from Wudangshan, the World Heritage Site after which it is named). Flights from many major Chinese cities. edit. By train
