Lushan Mountain
This scenic mountain range which is famous in China for its scenery and beauty and for its its history. Hundred-year old stone villas well-preserved built for foreign missionaries and businessmen, once a famed religious mountain, and historical role in the lives of China’s communist leaders.
Today, it’s a perfect hiking place.
Mount Lu or Lushan (simplified Chinese: 庐山) is situated in the northern part of Jiangxi Province in Central China and is one of the most renowned mountains in the country.
Guanyin bridge in Lushan Mountain
The oval-shaped mountains are about 25 km long and 10 km wide, and near to Nanchang City toward the south. The mountain is renowned for its grandeur, and elegance. In 1996, Lushan Mountain was included in the UNESCO world heritage list, the best known of Lushan tourist attractions
The mountain is also an educational base and religious center of ancient China and is home to the country's oldest academy. The Bailudong Academy was founded in 940 and is one of China's four most prestigious academies.
Magic figures drawn by Taoist priests to invoke or expel spirits and bring good fortune
The mountain has got…
…the spiritual vibe…
…all over.
Fog in the tourist village on the top of the mountain.
Lushan Mountain is (in)famous for it’s high number of foggy days:
The average annual number of foggy days is 210 (!) so it’s a rather challenge to get those super clear scenery pictures.
And guess what? the world famous Lushan Clouds and Mist tea is also grown up here in the mountains.
Foggy morning, Lushan Mountain
Luling Lake covered with fog in Lushan Mountain
Lu Shan is an awesome place to hike or walk. Most of the trails are paved and have stone stairs, and for those intrepid hikers there’s certainly more than enough terrain and steep climbs to make you feel like you’re getting a rather good workout.
Lu Shan is also home to fantastically old forests filled with a healthy population of both gingko and cryptomeria trees.
Many of the trees are hundreds of years old, while a select few gingko and cryptomerias have reached over 800 years old
On a foggy day Lu Shan’s mountains really do feel mystical
How to get to Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi Province
First you need to go to Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province and then to change for a bus.
By air:
Take a domestic flight to Lushang Airport airport and take the airport bus to Jiujiang Bus Terminal where the bus leaves from up to the mountain.
By train:
Jiujiang train station is connected couple of cities in China. Take the bus No 1 from Jiujiang Train Station to Jiujiang Bus Terminal and from there take the bus that takes you up to Lushan Mountain. (cca 1 hour)
By car:
Alternatively you can drive or take a taxi from Jiujiang Airport / Train Station / Bus Terminal