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     Tianmenshan Mountain is uniquely skyscraping and domineering. Tianmen cave the natural mountain-penetrating karst cave with the highest elevation in the world, hangs on the towering cliff. The cave become the unique sight under heaven and breeds the profound and grand heaven culture of Fairy Mountain in the local area. Tianmenshan Mountain is the second national forest park in Zhangjiajie. On the mountaintop are intact sub-primitive forests with overflowing wild atmosphere in all the seasons. In addition, the densely populated karst hillocks and karrens plus the mating of strange rocks and graceful trees. create a grand garden of bonsai as if blessed by the God. Tianmenshan Mountain Temple, with an area of over 10000 square meters, has been honored as a pilgrimage site ever since the Ming Dynasty. It is the Buddhist center of Western Hunan. The six unresolved mysteries in the past hundreds of years such as Opening of Tianmen cave, shadow of Guigu(famous ancient Toaist), and Auspicious Unicorn have added the mysterious and elusive atmosphere for Tianmenshan Mountain.


legend:

     Tianmenshan ancient times known to the dream of mountains, Song Liangshan, is the first to be recorded in the annals of Zhangjiajie the mountaintop to mountaintop, WU Yong-three years, all of a sudden cliff-hole open Yuen Long, such as doors, the king of Wu, Sun closed that good fortune, subsequently changed its name to Tianmenshan.
     Tianmenshan is only 8 km away from the urban area, the mountain covers an area of 96 square kilometers, making it the ancient orogeny cliffs on all sides of the Taiwan-based Gushan, a typical karst peaks TIANMENSHAN created a special multi-hole multi-terrain, 16 peak, 16 hole is a typical representative.
Tianmenshan Peak area of about 2 square kilometers, the terrain is relatively flat, covered with pristine forests, the world's rare mountain Davidia involucrata community and a variety of rare animals and plants, in July 1992 by the National Forestry classified as National Forest Park .
Tianmenshan and profound culture, days of culture, fairy mountains, culture, Seclusion culture and Buddhist culture, four cultures and Sheng. Peak Tianmenshan Temple, from the Ming dynasty incense since its peak, after Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and integration of the three religions change is the center of Buddhism in Western Hunan.
     "Heaven wide open clouds pass, Jiangdong Emei are under the wind." It's an endless Kamiyama, and carries countless lives, narrate the story of the undying.