天门山

　　天门山，张家界最早被记入史册的名山，海拔1518.6米，距市区仅8公里，是张家界最具代表性的自然景观之一。长久以来天门山不仅以其神奇独特的地质外貌、秀美无比的自然风景令人瞩目，更因其深远博大的文化内涵、异彩纷呈的人文胜迹闻名遐迩，被尊为张家界的文化之魂、精神之魂，有湘西第一神山的美誉。

　　天门山山体孤峰高耸、气势临空独尊，世界最高海拔的穿山溶洞天门洞，悬于千寻素壁之上，成为奇绝天下的胜景，也成就了当地深厚、大气的“天文化”和“仙山文化”。天门山是张家界的第二个国家森林公园，山顶保存有完整的原始次森林，一年四季野趣盎然，加之溶丘石芽遍布，奇石秀木结伴而生，犹如神仙造就的盆景大观园。占地万余平方米的天门山寺，自明朝以来香火鼎盛，是湘西的佛教中心。“天门洞开、鬼谷显影、独角瑞兽”等六个千百年来的难解之谜，更是为天门山渲染着扑朔迷离、神秘出尘的气氛。

　　天门山的旅游交通设施堪称惊世之作，将为游客带来充满震憾的旅游体验。“天门山索道”、“通天大道”同“天门洞”、“空中盆景花园”一起被人誉为四大奇观。天门山索道，是世界早最长的单线循环式客运索道，长7455米，高差1279米，将带游客从现代城市氛围直接投入原始空中花园的怀抱。索道运行途中风景变化万千，游客能有犹如凌空飞仙般的神奇体验，又如融身于一幅壮丽的山水画长卷。被称为通天大道的天门山盘山公路，全长不到11公里，海拔却从200米急剧提升至1300米，大道借山势扶摇直上，九十九弯弯弯紧连，层层叠起，宛若飞龙盘旋，直通天际，令人叹为观止，堪称天下第一公路奇观。

　　Tianmen Mountain, a famous mountain first recorded in the history of Zhangjiajie,has an elevation of 1518.6 meters.It is only 8 kilometers far from the downtown and is one of the most representative natural sceneries of the people by its miraculous and unque geographic cultural connotations and famous colorful humanistic sites. It is revered as the soul of culture and spirit of Zhangjiajie and reputed as Number One Miraculous Mountain in Western Hunan.

　　The main body of Tianmen Mountain is uniquely skyscraping and domineering. Tianmen Cave the natural mountain-penetrating karst cave with the highest elevation in the world,hangs on the towering cliff.The cave becomes the unique sight under heaven and breeds the profound and grand Heaven Culture and Culture of Fairy Mountain in the local area.Tianmen Mountain is the second national forest park in Zhangjiajie. On the seasons.In addition,the densely populated karst hillocks and karrens plus the mating of strange socks and graceful trees create a grand garden of bonsai as if blessed by the God.Tianmen Mountain Temple,with an area of over 10000 square meters,enjoys a booming pilgrimage ever since the Ming Dynasty,It is the Buddhist center of Western Hunan.The six unresolved mysteries in the past hundreds of years such as Opening of Tianmen Cave,Shadow of Guigu,and Auspicious Unicorn have added the mysterious and elusive atmosphere for Tianmen Mountain.

　　The tourist traffic design of Tianmen Mountain is worth the title of world-shocking masterpiece.It will bring shocking and unforgettable experiences for the tourists. Tianmen Mountain Cableway,Heaven-Linking Avenus,Tianmen Cave and Bonsai,the longest one-way recycling passenger cableway in the world ,has a length of 7455 meters and a height gap of 1279 meters.It takes the tourists from the atmosphere of modern city directly to the hug of the primitive garden in the air.During the running of cableway,the landscape transforms into a kaleidoscope,making the tourists experience a miraculous feeling of flying angels in the sky as well as of being blended into a long grand painting of landscape.The mountain-winding highway of Tianmen Mountain,nicknamed as Heaven-Linking Avenue,has a total length of less than 11kilometers.Yet the elevation of it rises sharply from 200 meters to 1300 meters.The avenue rises steeply according to the form of mountain.The 99 blends link closely with each other and pile up in layers,making a pattern of a circling flying dragon reaching the skyline.Tourists marvelatit,which is worth the title of the Top Highway Wonder in the World.

景区简介

　　天门山是张家界地区最早载入史册的历史名山，古称嵩梁山，云梦山，于三国吴永安六年（公元263年），形成天然穿山溶洞天门洞，吴王孙林因此而将嵩梁山改名为天门山。天门山1992年7月被国家林业部批准为张家界地区的第二个国家森林公园。它距市区公8公里，车程约束力15分钟。海拔1518.6米,山体占地96平方公里,为四面绝壁的台形孤山，属典型的喀斯特岩溶地貌。天门山山顶相对平坦，面积达2平方公里，保存有完整的原始次生林,拥有世界罕见的高山珙桐群落。天门山的文化底蕴博大深厚，“天文化”、“仙山文化”、“隐逸文化”和“佛教文化”等四大文化并行不悖，且集佛、道、儒于一体，尤以佛道文化和神秘的民间传说闻名遐迩，是张家界的文化圣地，有湘西第一神山的美誉。占地迈出余平方米的天门山寺自明朝以来香火鼎盛，是湘西的佛教中心。三皇之一的神龙、雨师赤松子、纵横家鼻祖鬼谷子均在天门山留下了可供后人追访的遗迹。而“天门洞开、鬼谷显影、天门翻水、野指藏宝、独角瑞兽、天门转向”的6个千百年来难解之迷，更是为天门山渲染着扑朔迷离、神秘出尘的气氛。