Kongtong Mountain, Gansu, China
4.5 (24 reviews) Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #1 in Pingliang Mountains • Nature & Wildlife Areas
Kongtong Mountain -- Very Pretty
Most Chinese-language reviewers adore this place and deservedly so. Though the original Daoist structures were almost certainly destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, unlike elsewhere in China -- notably Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi -- the replacement temples are at least likely similar to what was destroyed. The mountain is high and grand, especially the side with the Daoist (not the side with the Buddhist) temples. So a lot of steep climbing will be before you. But my wife and I found it very rewarding. Try to go during the week and not on holidays to avoid the crowds. Kongtong Mountain looks like one of these Chinese medieval landscape paintings.
Address
12 km West of the District, Kongtong District, Pingliang 744000 China
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Working hours
Monday : 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 0:21
User Ratings
4.5 based on (24 reviews)
Reviews
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560726Nicky_11 5:00 PM Dec 2, 2013
Kongtong Mountain -- Very Pretty
Most Chinese-language reviewers adore this place and deservedly so. Though the original Daoist structures were almost certainly destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, unlike elsewhere in China -- notably Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi -- the replacement temples are at least likely similar to what was destroyed. The mountain is high and grand, especially the side with the Daoist (not the side with the Buddhist) temples. So a lot of steep climbing will be before you. But my wife and I found it very rewarding. Try to go during the week and not on holidays to avoid the crowds. Kongtong Mountain looks like one of these Chinese medieval landscape paintings.
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5Love to Travel 5:00 PM Jul 17, 2019
Pretty countryside
Unfortunately we didn't have ideal weather for Kongtong mountain the clouds were low blocking the fiew of the summit and the paths were wet, possibly the reason that the path to the heavenly bridge was closed. That said we climbed to the top and peaked in a number of buildings along the way. The pagoda at the top was a surprise with the geology exhibition on the ground floor and 3 or 4 floors above displaying various deities? Unfortunately nothing in English to help understand what we were looking at. From the top we caught glimpses of the river below through the cloud. By the time we were back down to central station the weather had cleared a little and we decided to take the cable car down. This costs 50rmb and includes the mini bus from the bottom of the cable car bar to the parking area at the bottom. We had a nice day out, if you have more time than we did I would choose a nice clear day, but we still enjoyed it. The are a lot of steps, don't come here unless you're steady on you feet, wear good shoes.
