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Date: 10/03/2021
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Chinese Name: 莫干山 Pronunciation: Mògān Shān
Suggested Visiting Hours: 1-2 Days
Occupied area: 43 square kilometers
Address: Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
| Tourists | Ticket Price | ||
| May 1st to 3rd July 1st to August 31st October 1st to 7th |
December 1st to February 28th | Other times | |
| Adults | 100 yuan | 50 yuan | 80 yuan |
| Children (taller than 1.5 meters) |
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| Children (1.2 to 1.5 meters) |
50 yuan | 25 yuan | 40 yuan |
| Seniors (aged 60-69 with valid certificate) |
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1. Children under 6 years or below 1.2 meters are free of charge.
2. Senior citizens over 70 years old (valid certificate) are free of charge.
| Content | Price/Person |
| Shuttle Bus (from Mogan Mountain Tourism Distribution Center to the Scenic Spots) |
35 yuan (round-trip) |
| Sightseeing Bus (inside the Scenic Spots) |
5 yuan (one-way) |
| 15 yuan (round-trip) |
Mogan Mountain National Scenic Spots is opened for all day long, but some indoor spots are opened from 8:30 to 16:30.
The shuttle bus from Mogan Mountain Tourism Distribution Center to the Scenic Spots operates from 8:00 to 17:00.
The sightseeing bus inside the Scenic Spots operates from 8:30 to 14:30.
Located in the center of the beautiful and fertile Golden Triangle of Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, Mogan Mountain has developed into a national-level scenic spot covering an area of 43 square kilometers. Famous for its natural landscape, the mountain has been listed as one of the Top Four Summer Resorts in China.
There are “Three Treasures” in Mogan Mountain, the bamboo forest, cloud scene, and springs. The bamboo forest here is designed tastefully, and visitors can find almost every variety of bamboo here. The mountain, quite literally, tops best among China’s scenic areas famous for bamboo forests.
The dreamlike cloud scene is also a special feature of the mountain. Standing at the top of hills, visitors will see clouds vary from time to time and admire the gorgeous cloud sea. As for the last treasure, there are hundreds of waterfalls and springs. When climbing the mountain, visitors are accompanied by the rippling waters, and if they are tired, the fresh and sweet water will relax them.
Mogan Mountain is renowned for its “Four Advantages”. The first one is that more than 92% of the mountain is covered by green forests, so visitors will feel relaxed and refreshed in this natural oxygen bar. The second advantage is the sense of freshness. Long valleys, light breeze, as well as birds’ melody will surround you and comfort you.
The third advantage--the comfortably cool environment in the mountain will give you a wonderful summer. Then, visitors will experience quiet life in the idyllic environment, escaping from the hot summer days and all troubles in daily life. Therefore, the quiet environment there is the fourth advantage.
Mogan Mountain has stood here for over one thousand years. Numerous celebrities came here, lived here, and left their stories here. In ancient times, the mountain has attracted many poets, so countless poems were carved on the stones, which have deepened the cultural connotation of the mountain.
In March 1954, Chairman Mao Zedong visited Mogan Mountain. After having lunch at Queen Restaurant, he climbed the mountain with delight. He listened to the songs of waterfalls and looked far down to the mountain. It is said by people who accompanied him that Chairman Mao was in a pretty good mood that day, and he recited the famous sentences of the ancient poets while enjoying the natural scenery.
When he came to the legendary grindstone of Mo Ye, he stopped and was attracted by the inscriptions on the stone. He stopped for a long time, and perhaps it was the inscriptions of predecessors that triggered his poetic interest. On the way back to Hangzhou, Chairman Mao wrote a poem that deserved to be called a masterpiece of that age.
In the deep bamboo forest, villas full of charm and characters will catch visitors’ sights. There are hundreds of villas designed in different styles. Visitors may have the chance to admire different architecture styles all over the world in the villa area, and that is why the area also enjoys the reputation of the World Architecture Museum in Mogan Mountain.
Among the villas, there are spires in Gothic style, buildings imitating the Brazilian Riga architecture style or the Rococo style, and new styles absorbing both western and eastern traditional building styles. Most villas in Mogan Mountain were built just in the last century, and many of them were residencies of famous people in China, such as Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai, as well as Chiang Kai-shek and his wife. Now their former residences are all opened to visitors.
Weird Rock Corner (also called Weird Rock Valley) was named because of the special landscape in Mogan Mountain. The geological origin of the corner is related to its structural fractures, rock lithology, and rock joints. Our ancestors, however, could not explain the formation of the special landscape, thus named it “weird rock”.
The rocks have been eroded by nature over time, and many of them have their unique shapes, such as the camel peak, eagle, turtle, and orangutan. Besides, Weird Rock Corner is also the best place to enjoy the sunset in Mogan Mountain.
The Sword Pond is the most popular attraction on the mountain. It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC), a couple named Gan Jiang and Mo Ye made swords here, and that was why the mountain was named “Mogan”. Today, visitors can also see many places mentioned in the legend of the couple, such as the Sword Pond, the Sword-grinding Site, and the Sword Testing Stone.
Precipitous cliffs and waterfalls are the essence of the Sword Pond, and the main attractions here include Yinling Pond, Panjia Garden, Twinned Tree Branches, and Jiashou Rock Wall. Besides, the Sword Pond is also a place representing the profound cultural background of Mogan Mountain. The inscriptions on the cliffs, especially the inscriptions of some modern celebrities, are telling the stories of the Chinese nation to the visitors.
Consisting of three buildings, the White Cloud Castle is surrounded by white clouds just as its name shows. The castle was built in 1915 and belonged to Chiang Kai-shek’s sworn brother, Huang Fu, at first. Now, it is well preserved and open to the public.
Two small houses are arranged on the south side of the castle, which were used as the reception room and the dining room respectively. All the rooms are decorated attractively, especially the reception room, which is arranged in perfect order like an office. On the second floor, a spacious aisle leads to a balcony. Except for the balcony, some rooms are on this floor, including the main bedroom facing north and two guest rooms facing south.
Chiang Kai-shek came to the White Cloud Castle twice. In December 1927, he got married to Soong May-ling, spending their honeymoon in the castle. During the time, Chiang planted a beautiful tea tree here, and now the tree is still alive as the most beautiful old tree in Zhejiang Province. In March 1937, the second cooperation negotiation of Kuomintang and the Communist Party between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhou Enlai was held here.
The name of Mogan Mountain originated from the couple Gan Jiang and Mo Ye. As the story goes, Gan Jiang and his wife Mo Ye were famous sword makers in the Spring and Autumn Period. One day, the King of the State of Wu, who was ambitious to conquer other states, asked the couple to make the best sword in the world within three months.
In order to finish the work, they decided to choose the most magical place in the mountain to absorb a kind of spirit. During the process, Mo Ye put her hair and nails into the furnace. After several complex processes, the couple finally cast two swords. They named the swords Gan Jiang and Mo Ye respectively and dedicated one of them to the king.
When Gan Jiang dedicated one of the swords to the king, the sinister king killed him just for the simple reason that he did not want another sword better than this one to be made. After that, Mo Ye raised their child alone, and their child, Mo Gan, finally took revenge on the king when he was grown up. To commemorate Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, the mountain was named after the combination of their family names Mo and Gan.
Mogan Huangya (yellow buds) tea is a kind of yellow tea that enjoys a high reputation nationwide. Since the Tang Dynasty (618-907), this rare tea has been one of the specialties produced in Mogan Mountain. As Huangya tea has a mild but sweet flavor, people can feel the freshness from Mogan Mountain when tasting the tea. Now, visitors often take it as a gift to their friends.
The mountain abounds with high-quality bamboo. As one of the Three Treasures of the mountain, fresh bamboo covers the mountain, giving a tranquil atmosphere here. Therefore, there are lots of products made of or from bamboo.
Local craftsmen use bamboo to make handicraft articles, such as fans, chairs, pillows, and baskets. Among them, various kinds of bamboo fans produced by Mogan Mountain Fan Factory have been widely praised by visitors. Besides, bamboo shoots are also popular for their medicinal value. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, also mentioned that bamboo shoots were good for people’s health.
1. If you climb Mogan Mountain in the summer, please bring the anti-mosquito spray with you.
2. Temperatures between day and night vary tremendously on the mountain, please take warm clothes with you.
Enter Mogan Mountain National Scenic Spots → Yinling Pond → Sword Pond → Xuguang Platform → Chiang Kai-shek’s Villa → White Cloud Castle → Dakeng Scenic Area → Luhuadang Garden
In the spring, the orchids’ fragrance will delight you; the verdant bamboos wake up, and azaleas tint the mountain red. If you climb Mogan Mountain, you will realize that bright flowers and fragrant grass are all informing the arrival of spring. Besides, there is often heavy fog in spring, and you can admire the gossamer beauty of the hills playing hide and seek with you.
In summer, the average temperature here is about 24.1°C, making the mountain a perfect summer resort. Staying in the deep valley, you can wake up with the song of birds, feel the cool breeze brought by waterfalls, as well as enjoy the fresh and sweet smell from the bamboo. All of these will keep the hot weather away from you.
In winter, especially when the mountain is covered by snow, there will be a dreamland of ice and snow. The average temperature is 1.4 degree centigrade and heating facilities are well prepared, so many people prefer to visit the mountain in winter to enjoy the snow scenes.
Take bus Deqing Y1 or Deqing 208 in the early morning and get off at Mogan Mountain Tourism Distribution Center Station. Then take the shuttle bus to the Scenic Spots.
Chinese: 请带我去莫干山。English: Please take me to Mogan Mountain.
If you go to Mogan Mountain from the center of Huzhou (Dongwu New Century Grand Hotel Huzhou), it takes about 35 hour (about 50 yuan).
If you go to Mogan Mountain from Huzhou Railway Station, it takes about 1 hour (about 200 yuan).
If you go to Mogan Mountain from Deqing Railway Station, it takes about 40 minutes (about 80 yuan).
If you go to Mogan Mountain from Deqing West Railway Station, it takes about 30 minutes (about 40 yuan).
If you go to Mogan Mountain from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, it takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes (about 400 yuan).
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