Mountains & water
Video 2:31Laojun Mountain
老君山Gilded temples above a sea of cloud
4.77 h|¥100
Ticket
¥90
Time needed
4 h
Best time
Before 09:00 or after 15:30
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- 01Carved across four centuries from 493 AD, still the high point of Chinese stone sculpture
- 02The 17-metre Vairocana Buddha is the single image most visitors remember from China
- 03West bank holds the essentials; the east bank is best at dusk across the river
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Mara Lindqvist
Travel journal · editor's pick
“You come expecting a monument and leave having stared at one face for twenty minutes.”
Excerpted with attribution; full note linked from the creator's channel.
What you are looking at
Over 2,300 caves and niches hold some 100,000 figures along one kilometre of limestone. Fengxian Temple, commissioned under Empress Wu Zetian, is the ensemble everyone comes for.
How to walk it
Enter at the north gate, follow the west bank south, cross the bridge, and return along the east bank for the view back. Allow three to four hours at an unhurried pace.
Practical notes
- Ticket ¥90 covers both banks; buy at the gate or through the official mini-program
- Bring water and wear shoes for worn stone stairs; there is little shade mid-river
- 08:00–18:30, night sessions in peak season
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