Longqing GorgeⅡ

Tenglong elevator, the entryway of the Longqing Gorge Scenic Area, was built on the cliffy wall in the shape of a giant dragon. By this 258-meter-long elevator tourists can reach the pleasure-boat dock and then take a boat there to the Longqingxia Valley where clean water, grotesque stones, karst caves and stone pillars are naturally collected.

The gorge are not the only highlight, the Longqing Gorge Scenic Area also perfectly combines the spectacularity of the northern Chinese landscape and the elegance of the southern Chinese landscape – the Hanging Baddha (Zhen Shan Ru Lai), the Peak of Heavenly Emperor (Yu Huang Ding), the Immortal Courtyard (Shen Xian Yuan) and Hundred Flower Cave are the most well-known among the over 40 landscapes. Due to the endowed pleasant climate, the Longqing Gorge becomes a summer resort with very nice and cool air and has a quite long ice period every year, which provides it a good chance to hold Ice Lantern Festival during every January and February of each year since 1987.