Tianmen Mountain () is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain National Park,

Zhangjiajie Zhangjiajie (), also known in Tujia language as ''Zhangx jif avlar'' /dzaŋ˩ ji˥ a˩.la˥/, is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. It comprises the district of Yongding, Wulingyuan and counties of Cili a ...

, in the northwestern part of

Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi t ...

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Mountain

A cablecar was constructed in 2005 by the French company

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from nearby Zhangjiajie railway station to the top of the mountain. Tianmen Mountain Cableway is claimed in tourist publications as the "longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world", with 98 cars and a total length of and ascent of . The highest gradient is 37 degrees. Tourists can walk on kilometres of paths built along the cliff face at the top of the mountain, including sections with glass floors. An road - Tongtian Avenue - with 99 bends also reaches the top of the mountain and takes visitors to Tianmen cave, a

natural arch A natural arch, natural bridge, or (less commonly) rock arch is a natural landform where an arch has formed with an opening underneath. Natural arches commonly form where inland cliffs, coastal cliffs, fins or stacks are subject to erosion f ...

in the mountain of a height of . The

Tianmenshan Temple Tianmenshan Temple () is a Buddhist temple located in Tianmen Mountain of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China. The temple is built within grounds of some area. History Tianmenshan Temple was built during the Tang dynasty (AD 870), and it was named "Lingqua ...

is located on the summit, with chairlift or footpath access. The original temple there was built during the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

and destroyed during the first part of the 20th century. In 1949, as the

Chinese Communist Revolution The Chinese Communist Revolution, officially known as the Chinese People's War of Liberation in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and also known as the National Protection War against the Communist Rebellion in the Republic of China (ROC ...

neared its end, construction of a new temple, with Tang dynasty architecture, began; the temple now sits on landscaped grounds covering . In 2007,

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scaled the cliff below the arch, bare-handed and without protection; a

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commemorates his feat. The World Wingsuit League held the first and second World

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Championships in Tianmen. On October 8, 2013, during a training jump for the second world championships, Viktor Kováts plunged to his death when he was unable to open his parachute. In August 2016, a glass skywalk overlooking Tongtian Avenue, called the "Coiling Dragon Cliff", opened to the public. In September 2016, the Italian driver Fabio Barone set the first speed world record with his Ferrari 458 Italia, covering the nearly 11 km (6.8-mile) route in 10 minutes and 31 seconds. File:Tian Menshan Mountain 2.jpg, View of the Heaven-Linking Avenue from a cable car File:Tian Menshan Mountain 5.jpg, View of the

and the stairway leading to it File:Tian Menshan Mountain 7.jpg, Plaque commemorating

’s climb in 2007 File:Tian Men Shan Temple 2.jpg,

File:Tianmen Mountain cliff footpath.jpg, The cliff path that encircles the mountain top File:China IMG 2982 (28999061063).jpg, Guanyin Pavilion at Tianmenshan Temple File:Tian Menshan Mountain 21.jpg, Tianmen Mountain National Park entrance

References

{{Wikivoyage, Tianmen Mountain Mountains of Hunan Tourist attractions in Zhangjiajie