Xi’an Huxian Tourism Guide: Huxian Tourist Attractions

Caotang Temple

Type: Temple
Attraction level: AAA
Opening hours: 7:30-18:00
Ticket information: 15 yuan in off-season (December 1 – end of February the following year); 25 yuan in peak season (March 1 – end of November)
Caotang Temple is the ancestral court of “Sanluzong”, one of the “Eight Buddhist Sects” in China, the first national translation of Buddhist scriptures [1-2], and the longest and largest translation field among the three major Buddhist translation fields [3-5]. It is the starting point of Buddhism’s Sinicization [6]. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit located at the northern foot of Guifeng Mountain in Huxian County, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province.

Chongyang Palace

Type: Taoist Temple/Dojo Monuments
Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 8:30-17:00; Saturday and Sunday: 8:00-17:00
Ticket information: Retail price: 25.0 yuan
Chongyang Palace is the ancestral court of Taoism in the world, the mainstream of Taoism in the world – the Holy Land of Quanzhen Dao, also known as Chongyang Longevity Palace and Zu’an. It enjoys the reputation of “Tianxia Ancestral Court” and “Quanzhen Holy Land”. It is located in Zu’an Town, Hu County, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, 40 kilometers southwest of the center of Xi’an.
Chongyang Palace is the head of the three ancestral courts of Chinese Taoism Quanzhen School, and is the place where Wang Chongyang, the patriarch of Quanzhen Taoism, practiced and exhumed in his early years [1-6]. Wang Chongyang advocated the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, with the aim of “three religions are tact, the mind is aware of nature, and the whole is true”, so the name of his teaching is Quanzhen. His disciple Qiu Chuji was valued by Emperor Taizu of Yuan, and Quanzhen Buddhism became more and more prosperous in the north. Chongyang Palace thus became the ancestral court of Quanzhen.
Xi’an Chongyang Palace was the ancestral court of Wang Chongyang, the patriarch of Quanzhen Sect. Although Beijing Baiyun Temple and Shanxi Yongle Palace were also known as “ancestral courts”, they were actually built by Wang Chongyang’s disciples.

Huxian peasant painting exhibition hall

Type: Exhibition Hall
Telephone: 029-86261781
Opening hours: 9:00-18:00
Ticket information: Retail price: 10.0 yuan
Address: No. 14, Huazhan Street, Huxian County, Xi’an City
Huxian Peasant Painting Exhibition Hall is located at No. 14 Huxian Painting Exhibition Street. It was built in 1976 and is divided into 8 exhibition halls to display more than 200 representative works. It has a strong local atmosphere and distinct characteristics of the times. Its ingenious conception and novel techniques are amazing. These works truly and vividly reflect the profound changes that our country’s rural areas have undergone at various stages of development. Not only has aesthetic value, but many also have historical value.
Hu County is a famous peasant painting township in the country. There are more than 2,000 amateur art writers in the county. From children around ten years old to elderly people in their sixties, many people in the county can draw with a pen. Hu County Farmer Painting was born in 1958. Most of it takes the real life of the countryside as the theme, and adopts the art forms of blackboard newspapers, murals, gouache paintings, paper-cuts, woodcuts, slides, etc., to create works of art with unique style. In 1988, Hu County was named the title of “China Modern Folk Painting Township” by the Ministry of Culture in the first batch.
Huxian bell tower
Huxian bell tower, formerly known as Wenchang Pavilion, is commonly known as the Middle Building. It is located at the intersection of East, West, South and North Streets of Huxian County, Xi’an City. It was built in the eighth year of Ming Chongzhen (1635) and is an imitation of Xi’an bell tower format. The first floor of the bell tower base is built with blue bricks; the second floor of the pavilion is three drops of water from the eaves, and the spires at the four corners are saved. The carved beam painting building is simple and elegant. Now it has been turned into the Huxian bell tower cultural relics exhibition hall.
The exhibition hall has three exhibition rooms. The bottom of the bell tower is a showroom, which uses four tall buildings to display more than 70 stone carvings such as statues, scriptures, steles, epitaphs and other cultural relics. The second floor is the Huxian General History Exhibition Room, which displays more than 100 cultural relics unearthed in Huxian, including stone tools, painted pottery, Shang and Zhou bronzes, Qin and Han pottery, Tang Sancai, Yuan figurines, etc. The third floor is an exhibition of calligraphy and painting rubbings. There are more than 30 calligraphy and painting, rubbings, and twelve tall and ancient partition screens with stories of historical figures carved and pieced together with various colors of wood, such as Zhang Liang Naili, Kong Rong Rangli, etc.

Huxian Confucian Temple

Huxian Confucian Temple is located on the east side of the bell tower in Huxian County, Xi’an City. It was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty and is now the location of Huxian Library and Cultural Center. The Confucian Temple sits north to south, and the existing buildings are: Xian Hall, Dacheng Hall, Minglun Hall, Chongsheng Temple Building, etc.
The dedicated hall is a building hanging on the top of the mountain, with five rooms in width and two rooms in depth. After that, there is the Dacheng Hall and the East-West Vermillion, the Dacheng Hall has seven rooms and eight garments, which are “double troughs” and single eaves to rest on the top of the mountain. Then there is the Minglun Hall and the East-West Wing, which is the Minglun Hall. There are five rooms and six garments in the Minglun Hall, and the hard top of the mountain. Finally, there is the Chongsheng Temple Tower, which is the Zun Jingge, three rooms and four garments,

Tomb of the Living Dead

Type: Historic Cemetery/Cemetery
Open hours: Open all day
Ticket information: No tickets required
Address: In Chengdao Palace, 4 or 5 miles away from Chongyang Palace, Zuan Town, Hu County, Xi’an City
The tomb of the living dead is located in Zuan Town, Huxian County, in the Chengdao Palace, which is still 4 or 5 miles away from the Chongyang Palace. It is now in Zuan Town, Huxian County, Xi’an City. There are still tombs in front of the tomb with the words “Tomb of the Living Dead” engraved on the stone. According to local experts, a tomb tunnel was opened before, and it was found that there was indeed a basement inside, which was bottomless. For the sake of protection, no one was allowed to enter, so it was sealed with soil.

Gongshu Tang

Attraction Type: Architectural Monuments
Tickets: Free
Open hours: Open all day
Address: Located in the middle of Nanbao, Qicun, Weifeng Township, Huxian County, about 30 kilometers west of Xi’an City.
Gongxutang, a national key cultural relics protection unit, is located in the middle of Nanbao Village, Weifeng Township, Huxian County, about 30 kilometers west of Xi’an City, 10 kilometers south of Huxian County.
The original name of Gongshu Hall was Yuanyuan Hall. It was founded during the Ming Yongle (1403–1424 AD) period. It was built by the folk “Xiangyang Three Sessions” to commemorate the merits of their ancestors. It took eleven years to complete. Yuanyuan Hall is not only the Dharma Hall of the “Xiangyang Three Sessions”, but also a worship hall for Buddhas. There are 137 original Buddha statues in the hall, also known as the “Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall” in ancient times. It was named “Gongshu Hall” because there are couplets at the east gate.

Jiangjunshan ancient town

Type: Folk Street, Food Street
Ticket price: Free
Famous Attractions: Food Street, Guandi Temple
Address: Caijiapo Village, southwest of Shijing Town, Huxian County
Jiangjunshan Ancient Town is located in Hu County, Shaanxi Province, only 28 kilometers away from Xi’an City, at the intersection of Huanshan Tourism Road and Western Han Expressway in Xi’an. The ancient town is backed by the Qinling Mountains, with an inner ring of health-preserving hot springs, and is close to a 4A-level scenic spot. With the theme of the first general in ancient times – Guan Gong, it is a tourist and cultural scenic spot integrating catering, shopping, leisure, entertainment, exhibitions, performing arts, and cultural inheritance.

Lupi Lake

Type: Lake
Tickets: None
Address: Peitou Village, Yuchan Town, Huxian County
The beautiful water that originates in the Zhongnan Valley converges with the waters of Hugong Spring and Baisha Spring to the north, and accumulates into a lake after passing through the Jinxiu Ditch. The beautiful pi is also called the beautiful pi, which is named because of its luscious water, and the beautiful fish in the pi, so it is called the beautiful pi.

Yuchantai

Type: Taoist temple
Address: Qubao Village, Yuchan Town, Huxian County
The Jade Toad Terrace is located five miles west of Huxian City. It is the monastery of Liu Hai Patriarch. There are Sanqing Hall in the temple, and the ruins of the Golden Toad Triangle Golden Water Pool and the ancient bridge 500 meters south of Tainan. During the Cultural Revolution, the temple buildings were demolished. Today, Taoist Patriarch Kuang Chongran, a disciple of the Quanzhen Longmen School, entered this platform in 2006, rejoicing in the prosperity and enlightenment. The country was prosperous, and Taoist Patriarch Kuang led the Taoists to restore and rebuild the Liu Hai Temple Taoist temple. There are five mountain gates and five Sanqing halls. There are three bangs halls, three five five saints palaces and wing rooms, etc.

Aguquan Peony Garden

Type: Garden, Landscape, Peony Flower
Attraction level: AAA
Opening hours: 08:00 – 18:30
Tickets: 25 yuan
Address: Aguquan Village, Jingxiang Township, 10 kilometers south of Huxian County
Aguquan Peony Garden, also known as Aguquan Peony Garden, is located in Aguquan Village, Jingxiang, 10 kilometers south of Huxian County, Xi’an City, at the northern foot of Zhongnan Mountain. There are three thousand-year-old springs here, called Aguquan. The surrounding environment is quiet, and there are many temples and scenic spots nearby. It attracts many tourists to visit every spring and summer. Aguquan Peony Garden was built in 1993. It is a comprehensive mountain park integrating forests, landscapes and flowers, and mainly focuses on peony viewing. Aguquan Peony Garden covers an area of about 5 square kilometers, with Guquan Mountain as the center, with Tanyu in the east and Zaoyu in the west, surrounded by two waters. The 20-hectare Peony Park is planted with more than 400 kinds of precious peonies and peony, with a total of more than 40,000 plants. Every year in mid-to-late April, the garden is full of peonies, competing for beauty. After the peonies are died, tens of thousands of peony plants compete to open again. There are also buildings such as Guanhua Building and Peony Pavilion in the park, as well as art sculptures such as dragons, cranes, deer, tigers, and peony fairies.

Suzaku Forest Park

Type: Mountain/Mountain Ridge
Attraction level: AAAA
Opening hours: 8:00-17:00
Ticket information: Peak season (March 1-end of November): 50 yuan; Low season (December 1-end of February the following year): 30 yuan.
Address: Laoyu Baliping, Hu County, Xi’an City
Vermilion Bird National Forest Park is one of the earlier forest parks in Shaanxi Province. It is located in the upper reaches of the Laohe River in Huxian County, 73 kilometers away from Xi’an and 70 kilometers away from Xianyang. It covers an area of 2,621 hectares and has a total of 5 scenic spots and 105 scenic spots. The natural landscapes in the park are peculiar, the ditches are wide, the forest coverage rate is over 96%, the mountains are majestic, the water and rocks are strange, and the scenery of Lin You is beautiful. Its “ice crystal top” is the hero, “Longtan Zi” is strange, “Qixiu Peak” is dangerous, “Luhua River” is beautiful, “Qinling Liang” is quiet, and the “hanging sky waterfall” is spectacular. Each has its own characteristics.

Taiping Forest Park

Type: Waterfall, Canyon, Forest
Attraction level: AAAA
Ticket price: 65 yuan for adults/45 yuan for children and students
Address: Taipingyu, Huxian County, Xi’an City
The Taiping Forest Park is located in the Qinling Mountains. The whole area has a wide height difference, cliffs, peaks, valleys, waterfalls, rapids and rapids, forming a rich and wonderful landscape. There are five scenic spots in the park, Shimen, Huangyangba, Yuegongtan, Hualin Bay and Qinling Liang.
Taipingyu was named after the Taiping Palace built by the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. The scenery of Zhongshan Water is peculiar. It is a landscape paradise for watching flowers and summertime in the Tang Dynasty. There are vigorous ancient larch virgin forests, pure red birch forests with strong winds and snow, and especially the natural distribution of 10,000 acres of Bauhinia. In spring, there is a sea of flowers all over the mountains. After being reported by CCTV’s “Visit to Qinling” column in 2004, the sea of 10,000 acres of Bauhinia flowers in Taiping caused a sensation across the country. According to the research of botanical experts of the Chinese Academy of Forestry, the Bauhinia in Taiping National Forest Park is the earliest birthplace of Bauhinia in our country. Therefore, there is a saying that “the origin of Bauhinia in the world is Taiping”.

Gao Guan Falls

Type: Waterfall Mountain/Mountain Lake
Opening hours: high season (December 1st – end of February the following year) 8:00-18:00, low season (March 1st – November 30th) 9:00-17:00
Ticket information: 20 yuan in peak season (December 1 – end of February the following year), 15 yuan in low season (March 1 – November 30)
Address: 20 kilometers southeast of Huxian County, the north foot of Qinling Mountains, the east gate of Gaoguanyu mouth of Guifeng Mountain
Gaoguan Waterfall Scenic Area is located in the southeast of Hu County, at the junction of Chang’an County at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains. Since the stone hat peak in the mountain resembles a giant wearing a high hat, according to this unique image, people will name the Yuhe Waterfall and the deep pool here after “Gaoguan”. This is a contrast between mountains and rivers, and the waterscape is the victory. Among the waterscapes, the most amazing, the most spectacular, and the most dynamic is Gaoguan Waterfall. The rocks stand on both sides of Gaoguan Waterfall, and the knives and axes are generally cut, reaching a height of 20 meters. From below: Thirsty cloth is falling down in the air, with vortices and droplets, pearls and jade splashing, and the water is filled with steam. The waves of cold cover the face, and the skin is refreshing. Listen to it, the waves of anger are like thunder, and the

Jinlong Gorge

Type: Mountain/Mountain Forest
Attraction level: AAAA
Opening hours: 8:00-18:00
Ticket information: 45 yuan
Address: General side of Qinling North Foothill, Hu County, Xi’an City
Jinlong Gorge Scenic Area is a national 4A-level scenic spot, located at the northern foot of Qinling Mountains, in the core area of Zhongnan Mountain Global Geopark. The Huanshan Tourist Highway and the Western Han Expressway intersect here, with roads extending in all directions and convenient transportation. It is known as the “First Gorge in Northern China” for its five wonders of “waterfall community, Lin Haiyang oxygen bar, Daxia scenery, Jiufeng Diecui, and primitive humanities”.

Guifeng Mountain

Type: Mountain/Mountain Forest
Tickets: None
Opening hours: 7:00-17:00
Address: Taipingyukou, Huxian County
Guifeng Mountain is located in Taiping Township, Huxian County, Xi’an, and belongs to the branch of the Qinling Mountains. Guifeng Mountain is 1528 meters above sea level, with beautiful scenery and good vegetation. Because of its appearance like the Chinese character “Gui”, it is named Guifeng Mountain. This mountain has the reputation of “a moon in the sky, twelve circles in Guifeng”. Fan Zhongyan once drank and admired the moon here. “Guifeng Bright Moon” is one of the eight scenic spots in Huxian County.
There is a granite natural bridge at the foot of Guifeng Mountain. From here, you can see the green trees on both sides when you go up the mountain. When you are lucky, you can see the beautiful pavilions such as Lan Guang Pavilion, Tingqin Pavilion, Bixia Building, and Yiyun Pavilion for tourists to rest. In addition to the natural bridge, you can also see the General Stone, Nantianmen, Sicha Cave, Golden Turtle Looking Sun and other attractions. There was an ancient temple on the top of the mountain, but it was destroyed first, leaving only some relics. When you reach the top of the mountain, you can have a unobstructed view of the Qinchuan landscape. When you are lucky, you can see the beautiful scenery of the Yunhai Sea, which is like a fairyland.

Qingliang Mountain

Type: Mountains/Mountains, Temples
Tickets: 31 yuan
Address: South of Fucunyao Village, Jiangcun Town, Southwest Hu County
Qingliang Mountain is located in the south of Fucunyao Village, Jiangcun Town, southwest of the county. According to the “Records of the Reconstruction of Qingliang Mountain Temple” in the 28th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1689): “Between the two mountains of Gan and Waterloo, it is close to the big gully and the mountains, and it climbs up the stairs. There are more than 100 steps on the bird path, the soil peaks are protruding, and the trees are covered with trees. It is called Qingliangshan.” Today, along the southbound trip of Fucunyao Village, the hillsides are undulating, and the streams are long flowing. About half a mile or so, you enter the mountain gate. There is Ma’anshan in the east, Jibao Mountain in the west, and a valley is sandwiched in the middle. A beautiful peak stands at the southern end, fan-shaped, abruptly tall and straight, with lush trees and lush grass, like a natural.

Zige Mountain

Type: Mountain/Mountain Ridge
Open hours: Open all day
Ticket information: No tickets required.
Address: Zigeyu Village, Hu County, Xi’an City
Zige Mountain, also known as Zigai Mountain, is located in Huxian County, Xi’an City. It is a famous mountain in Zhongnan, with an altitude of 2150 meters. Due to the beautiful mountain here and the beautiful scenery, it is very close to Chang’an City in the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, many hermits came here to repair and live in seclusion. Li Bai once climbed this mountain and praised it for “Zige Pavilion is connected to the south, and the sky is green and bright”. He compared this peak to “Zige Pavilion”, and later generations called this mountain Zige Mountain. Looking at Zige Mountain in the south, it is straight and straight, reflected by the setting sun, surrounded by purple gas, and dazzling green. This is one of the twelve views of Huxian County, “Zige Pavilion Qingming”.
There is a natural stone pit on the cliff of Zige Mountain, which contains a stone stove and a stone table. There is a natural chessboard on the stone table, which is said to be the place where Zhang Liang, a famous person in the Han Dynasty, lived in seclusion. There are also attractions such as One Line Sky, Baolin Temple, Shenxianquan, Valley Bottom Pool, Paimaling, Wuliang Cave, Sleeping Buddha Cave, Dayuan Temple, Sister Pool, Xianren Bridge and so on.

Shizhaigou

Type: Canyon Forest Waterfall River
Ticket information: 30.0 yuan
Address: Guojiashan Area, Guoqing Village, Laoyu Town, Huxian County, Xi’an City
Shizhaigou is located in Guoqing Village, Laoyu Town, Huxian County, Xi’an City. It is densely forested, gurgling streams, deep pools, beautiful mountains, and a quiet and picturesque environment. According to legend, during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, local mountain people built thirteen counterfeit products in the Guojiashan area to prevent bandits, so it was named Shizhaigou. Now it has become a good place for Xi’an and surrounding citizens to relax and cool off and play in the summer.
Walking along the curved mountain road, the scenery is beautiful and charming. The mountain roads of Shizhaigou are all tiled with local materials, and walking on them gives you a sense of returning to nature. There is no continuous climbing in the whole ditch, and the way is relatively smooth, suitable for men, women and children. Surrounded by layers of trees, the growth is very lush, and the eyes are full of green trees and grass, green mountains and clear water.
All the way forward, you can see green pools and clear waterfalls everywhere, small ones like crystals and thin threads, big ones like clouds, low ones like water crossing stone steps, high ones like flying down, and the sound of water is endless. The temperature in the ditch is low, and the air is very good. Take a deep breath, and even your nose feels cool.
Taiping Wanhua Mountain

Type: Forest Mountain/Mountain Monument
Opening hours: 8:00-17:00
Address: Taipingyu, Huxian County, Xi’an City
Taiping Wanhua Mountain Scenic Area is located in Taipingyu, Huxian County, Xi’an City. Taipingyu belongs to one of the 72 Qinling Mountains and is only 48 kilometers away from Xi’an, the capital of emperors. It is a green barrier of Xi’an. The long-term historical immersion has created its rich historical, religious and humanistic connotations. In history, emperors and generals used this place as a place for summer hunting; scholars and writers used it as a place to search for seclusion and cherish their arms, monks and hermits used it as a place for self-cultivation, and traders used it as a way to reach Chongqing and Shu. It has been passed down to this day. It has become a good place for people’s leisure and entertainment.
Wanhua Mountain Scenic Area is a natural scenic spot based on natural landscapes and high-risk peaks. It is famous for its high, dangerous, strange and beautiful, and has the name “Xiaohua Mountain”. The total planned area of the scenic spot is 5.3 square kilometers. Relying on Wanhua Mountain, the natural landscape is wonderful and the cultural heritage is profound. It is a comprehensive tourist attraction integrating natural and cultural landscapes and historical legends.