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The saying, “the early bird gets the worm,” is definitely true on Hua Shan. If you sleep in, you’ll lose out on a gorgeously sensual sunrise. At around 6am, the warm rays of the sun caress your skin, cool from the fresh morning breeze. You thaw slowly, as if just waking up from hibernation. Your sore muscles may take a bit more persuasion to work the morning after your “Hua Shan-scalathon. East Peak, sometimes called Sun Facing Peak (chaoyang feng), even has viewing platform for sun-lovers.

Get a move on early if you want to visit the rest of the four peaks not to mention the many ridges, caves, pavilions, sculptures, engravings, Buddhist and Taoist temples, such as the Yuquan Yuan(yuquan yuan) and Xiyue Temple(xiyue mido) Hua Shan’s’ highest point is South Peak or Dropping Goose Peak(luoyan feng) foolish, up a nerve-racking path. Waves of clouds drift above a fantastic horizon of mountain ranges and dist rerwaters river waters. sits a massive lotus-On West Peak in front of Cuiyun Templ shaped rock called Lotus Peak( feng Beside the temple is another deepl scarred crack called Axe-Splitting- Rock(fupi shi). Legend goes that filial youth by the name of Chen Xiang used a giant axe to crack apart the mountain to rescue his mother. The northwest face of West Peak drops so steeply it appears to be cleaved by a sharp sword, hence its name, Fatal Cliff. The eastern face is lush with dense forest.

Quotes

“One-third of the way up, I wished I’d taken the cable car. The climb was so strenuous! But I felt like skipping for joy when I reached the top can’t believe I did it!”