The beauty of this mountain range is of an epic level and defies any camera or verbal description. A 10-minute cable car ride - or a 6-km walk up the steep stairs - whisks you inside a classical Chinese poem painted in ink on silk paper. Precarious looking if sturdy walkways clinging to the sides of precipitous cliffs lead you from one to another stunning view of exquisitely shaped lofty peaks most aesthetically covered with twisted pine trees.
With a bit of luck, you can see the famed yunhai - "the sea of clouds" - spreading beneath your feet to the horizon with fairytale-like rocks protruding from below like islands in the ocean. If that view was not breathtaking enough, wait for the sunset!
Everything at the top - from water and food to laundry and souvenirs - is hauled on the shoulders of sinewy porters who climb up and down the exhausting thousands of steep steps a few times a day, never without a load. Their labour, close to human right abuse in the presence of the ultra-modern cable car whizzing over their heads, is largely underappreciated, yet makes possible your poetic pleasures of nature appreciation. Please eat up every bit on your plate when yo are there as a gesture of respect!
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