福建景点英文导游词

福建景点英文导游词（共6篇）

1.福建景点英文导游词 篇一

and grotesque-shaped peaks. Now, ladies and gentlemen, please board on the ship, find a seat and sit down , pay attention to your safety please .Now, please raise your heads, there is a crack over our heads. This is the Crack of the Sky on the water, which is one of the most typical attractions in golden lake scenic spot. It is a crack between two precipitous mountains, about 100m high, over 300 m long. When water goes up, it forms a long and narrow waterway of only 2 m wide .The cliff is dotted with orchid bamboo and old vines. A spring clanks down from the cliff, forming a beautiful landscape. Won’t this beautiful scene please your eyes and minds? Our next visit is the Minister’s Mansion. Now, we are in the center of Taining county and the Minister’s mansion, one of the key preservations of cultural relics. It was the mansion of Li Chunye,

(a successful candidate in the year of Wanli and minister of war in the later period of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty), which covers an area of more than 5400 square meters. It is 87m long from north to south and 52m wide from west to east. The mansion has five main buildings and eight minor ones which comes to 120 rooms. Most of the rooms were built with bricks, stones and woods. In addition to the hall, there is also courtyard and winding corridor. We can see that the floors of which are granite-paved, while the hall brick-paved. These paths leading to the hall separate it into the south gate and the north gate which leads to the Honor Hall and Reception Hall. Along these paths, there are five layers of archways with different inscriptions on their horizontal boards. The layout of the mansion is compact and rational.

It has a high value for the study of the architecture in the Ming Dynasty. Now you have 20-minute free activities. Hope you will have a good time. Please remember we will gather in front of the entrance in at 11:00. Ladies and gentlemen, (How time flies!) we’ll have to conclude our visit to Taining World Geopark. It’s my pleasure to be your guide and have a wonderful time with you all. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding, which make my job much easier. I hope that you all have enjoyed yourselves. There might be some inadequacies in my service. I’m expecting your kind advice as well as your friendship. And I also hope that you’ll come to visit Sanming city again in the future. We are looking forward to serving you. Thank you and have a pleasant trip home. 4. Mount Wuyi (武夷山——九曲溪) Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, Please allow me on behalf of China International Travel Agency to extend our warm welcome to you. My name is XXX. My English name is Cindy. So you can call me Cindy. This is our driver Mr. Li. There is an old saying in China that goes “it is a great pleasure to have friends from a far”. It’s my honor to be your local guide during your stay in Wuyi Shan city.

If you have any question, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I will be always at your service. Thank you! Today, we are going to visit The Nine-Twist Stream in Wuyi Mountain. It will take us 10 minutes to arrive at the destination. Let me tell you something about the Wuyi Mountain. Wuyi Mountain is in the northwestern Fujian Province, bordering Jiangxi Province. It

2.福建热门景点导游词最新 篇二

福建热门景点导游词范文1

大家好!我是你们游览永定土楼的导游。很高兴能与大家共渡这美好时光!我姓李，大家可以叫我李导。

大家跟我来，我们今天参观的永定土楼，它位于福建省龙岩市，是世界上独一无二的神奇山区居民建筑，是我国古建筑的一朵奇葩。它历史悠久，风格独特，规模宏大，结构精巧，分为方形和圆形两种，其中圆楼有360座，方楼有4000多座。因为其大多数是福建客家所建，所以又称“客家土楼”。

大家看，我们前面的这座土楼就是最富丽堂皇的圆楼——振城楼。它依山而建，占地3000平方米。让我们来摸摸这土楼的墙壁，是不是很坚硬?它可是用生土、糯米饭等材料经过反复地揉、压建造而成。土楼还有非凡的功能：它有一扇大而厚的铁门，可以防止火烧，它还防烟，因为在门的上面有一条长长的水渠，如果有浓烟，这些水就可以净化空气;它还有防震的功能，因为这土楼的墙壁是向内的倾斜的，就产生了一种天然的向心拉力，地震时，如果土楼被震出了大口子，那么裂缝也会慢慢地复合。再看这两边的小房子，它们分别是私塾和烟厂，用来教学和制卷烟的。看来古代人是很聪明的，知道要一手抓教育，一手抓经济。大家看，在振成楼的正门口，挂着一副有名的对联：振作哪有闲时，少时壮时老年时，时时须努力，成名原非易事，家事国事天下事，事事要关心。这就是“振成”的来历。下面，大家自由活动一会。

我们今天的永定土楼之游就到这里，祝大家旅途愉快!

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鸳鸯溪位于周宁邻县屏南双溪镇宜洋村境内，距城区约30公里，这里海拔800米，林深谷幽，溪净泉碧，环境十分宁静，是鸳鸯栖息之地。

鸳鸯溪为白岩溪中的一段溪流，长约14公里，溪流平缓，有直余个形状各异、水碧镜的深潭，供鸳鸯栖息戏水;溪岸各色野果累累，可供鸳鸯觅食，而山林中栖息着娄百只猕猴，当鸳鸯的天敌——老鹰出现时，群猴即嗷嗷嘶叫，提醒鸳鸯飞避密林岩洞或潜入水中，成为鸳鸯天然的“卫士”。因此，这种特殊的自然环境，成为鸳鸯栖息的乐园。第年秋季有娄百上千只鸳鸯从北方飞平这里越冬，是我国目前唯一的鸳鸯鸟自然保护区。

鸳鸯溪的主要游览景点有白水洋、鸳鸯溪、叉溪、水竹洋、考溪、鸳鸯湖等，其中景具特色的是白水洋和鸳鸯溪。白水洋一带林木葱郁，环境清幽，溪中三块巨石平铺水底，最在的块面积竟达4万平方米。水漫其石，仅深寸余，溪水清悠，波光潋滟，一片白炽，故称“白水洋”，亦称“水上广场”或“十里水街”。鸳鸯溪两岸峰峦叠嶂，古木参天，奇花异草，遍布山野。碧水潭中戏水的五彩鸳鸯，密林中嬉戏跳跃的猕猴，给这幽静的溪谷增添盎然微微生机，是一外奇绝的大自然旅游观赏点。鸳鸯溪一带还有一处为“漈水成烟”的百丈漈水帘洞，洞深穴秘，瀑帘挂壁，为全国五大水帘洞之首，其景色之奇丽，令人啧啧赞叹。

鸳鸯溪国家级风景名胜区位于屏南县东北部，距县城30公里，处屏南、周宁、政和三县交界。总面积78.8平方公里。是我国目前唯一的鸳鸯鸟保护区。

鸳鸯鸟属国家二类保护动物，是人们喜爱的观赏水鸟。鸳鸯溪长14公里，附近山深林密，幽静而清净，是鸳鸯栖息的好地方。每年秋季有数百上千只鸳鸯从北方飞来越冬，使这一带溪流早在一百多年前就发现鸳鸯，故屏南有“鸳鸯之乡”之美誉。

鸳鸯溪共分白水洋、鸳鸯溪、叉溪、水竹洋——考溪、鸳鸯湖等5个游览区。

白水洋游览区在鸳鸯溪上游，为鸳鸯溪四大景观之一，除溪流两岸的大小飞瀑和岩洞之外，最使人称绝的为“十里水街”，它是由三块平坦的巨石铺于水底而成，最大的一块达4万平方米。人行其上，水恰淹脚背，波光潋滟，一片白炽，故称“白水洋”。白水洋平坦宽敞，上面可骑自行车，可驾驶汽车。下游有一条50多米长的天然滑道，赤身下滑不伤肌肤，被称为“天然冲浪游泳池”。

鸳鸯溪游览区，该游览区为鸳鸯溪的中心景区，它以野生动物鸳鸯、猕猴和稀有植物为特色，融溪、瀑、峰、岩、洞、潭、雾等山水景观为一体，成为不可多得的综合性游览区。其中最有特色的是“百丈祭水濂洞”，它已列为全国五大水濂洞之首。清代宜洋武举张朝升称之为“祭水成烟”，它的特点是落差大、瀑面宽、水量足且不枯竭，并可进洞仰看水濂。

叉溪游览区位于鸳鸯溪下游，它以数千亩原始次森林为主，辅以丰富多彩的河谷景观，主要景点是可与“百丈祭水濂洞”相媲美的“百丈祭”。

水竹洋——考溪游览区位于叉溪游览区西面，它以险峰、幽谷和黄山松为主要特色。

鸳鸯湖游览区位于双溪镇，以湖光、小岛、鸳鸯、野鸭群及四季杜鹃花和寺庙、古塔等组成。

游客可乘汽车抵达屏南县城后转乘旅游车直达景区，景区内“风景区管理站”设有宾馆可供游客食宿。

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各位游客，大家好!

我代表_旅行社欢迎大家观临本地，我先自我介绍一下，我姓_，你们可以叫我X导，在我身边的是王师傅，他的驾龄丰富，请大家放心乘坐，今天就由我和王师傅为大家服务，各位有什么建议和要求都可以提出来，我们将尽力为大家服务。[大家在以后的游览中有什么困难都可以来找我，全心全意为您服务是我社宗旨]在此我希望各位能够在本次游览中玩得开心，吃得放心，住得安心。最后请大家记住我们的车牌号。

首先让我为大家介绍一下古田的地理位置和古田会议会址的基本情况。

古田镇位于上杭县的西北部，与新罗、连城两县交界，地形奇特，山清水秀，军事有利防守，当年龙岩同往古田，只有一条崎岖的山路，上下个二十里，真可谓一夫当关，万夫莫开。

接下来，让我为大家介绍一下古田会议会址的情况。古田会议会址初建于1848年，红军第一次挺进闽西，根据《少年先锋队队歌》又将和声小学改为曙光小学，而闻名中外的古田会议就是在这里召开的。

各位，我们的目的地到了，请大家带好随身贵重物品跟我下车，我们的游览时间为2小时，现在是9点，11点我们将在这里集中乘车参观下一个景点，请大家记住我们的车牌号，车是一辆蓝百相间的旅游中巴。

各位，展现在我们面前的是我们将要参观游览的地方，你们看，在一片开阔的田野上，座落着一幢，庄严肃穆的祠堂，后山坡上，森林茂密，古树参天。“古田会议永放光芒”八个红色大字在绿荫的衬托下，闪闪发光，那就是著名的古田会议会址。

在古田会议广场，左侧就是当年红军的阅兵场，场上设有司令台，1930年元旦，在此召开了别开生面的军民联欢会，演出结束后，朱德军长还给了每位演员两个铜板的压岁钱，在往右看，那有一口饮水井和荷花池。古田会址大门横匾上书写着“北郭风清”四个大字，大门两侧，刻着一幅对联：“学术放西欧开笛子新智识，文章宗北郭振先生旧家风。”字里行间透视出祠堂主人，学习，开放，振兴的意识，体现了古田人民既学习西洋文明又不放弃传统文化的办学思想。

进入红漆木门，就是当年古田会议会场旧址，你们看4跟圆柱上张贴着字纸标语“中国共产党万岁”，“反对机会主义”，“反对盲动主义”，“反对逃跑主义”。大厅6列学生桌椅陈旧而整洁，左边主席台上摆着两张四方桌和一排长凳，墙上架着一块黑板。黑板上方中央挂着石印的马克思和列宁像，再上方挂着红色会标“中国共产党第四军第九次代表大会”，会场下厅的三合地板有好几处斑斑黑迹，这是当年古田会议召开期间，天气寒冷，红军代表们衣裳单薄，代表们烤火取暖留下的痕迹.从这里可以看到革命前辈没当年创业的艰苦，我们再看左右两边的厢房，右侧的第一间是临时办公室，房间陈设极为简陋，只有一桌两凳。

下面，让我为大家介绍一下古田会议召开的情况和主要功绩：

1920_年12月28日至29日，这是值得永远纪念的日子。中国共产党红军第四次第九次代表大会在曙光小学召开。120多位红军党代表，士兵代表以及地方干部代表和妇女代表参加了会议。会上同志作了报告，并多次讲话，朱德同志作了军事报告，陈毅同志传递草的《古田会议决议》。

那么古田会议的主要功绩在于总结了中国红军建立两年多的丰富经验，纠正了部队中存在的各种错误思想，从而奠定了我军政治工作的基础，使我军同一切旧式军队划清界限而开始成为一支新型的真正的人民军队，它是我建党建军伟大的历史进程的一个里程碑。可以说古田会议铸造了中国人民解放军的军魂。了中央来信，并作了反对枪毙逃兵的讲话。代表们经过热烈的讨论一致通过起草的《古田会议决议》。

那么古田会议的主要功绩就在于总结了中国红军建立两年多的丰富经验，纠正了部队中存在的各种错误思想。从而奠定了我军的政治工作的基础，使我军同一切旧式军队划清界限而开始成为一支新型的真正的人民军队，它是我建党建军的一个里程碑。可以说古田会议铸造了中国人民解放军的军魂。

在即将结束这次参观游览的时候我们热忱的欢迎游客们再次踏上这块红色的土地，再来沐浴古田会议决议所放射出的灿烂光芒，再来领略革命根据地的人民的浓浓深情!

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俗话说:“来武夷山不漂流,等于白来.'这不,今天下午我们就驱车来到九曲溪准备漂流.码头上的人真多呀!就象一条长龙.排了好长的时间,终于轮到我们了.我怀着忐忑不安的心情上了竹筏,竹筏分三排,共六个座位.我们穿好救生衣,一切准备停当.艄公拿起竹篙轻轻一点,竹筏便离开溪岸,顺水漂去.只见溪水清澈见底,两岸的青山倒映在水中,真有”舟行碧波上,人在画中游“的感觉.我一边欣赏两岸的美景,一边听艄公为我们讲解动人的传说.在艄公的指点下,一块块普通的石头仿佛都变成活的人,动物,令我们遐想联翩.你看,那磨盘石的一道道印痕多象是溢出的豆汁呀!酒坛峰又象是一个未曾开启的酒坛.还有大王峰,三仰峰壮丽雄伟.最秀丽的要数玉女峰了,远远望去,就象一位秀美绝伦的少女在沉思,等待.....相传，玉女是玉皇大帝的女儿，她热爱人间，偷偷下凡与武夷山的大王成亲，被玉帝知道了，便施了魔法，把他们点化为石，从此玉女峰便与大王峰遥遥相望，真让人叹息呀!

啊，武夷山的美景令我陶醉，真不愧“奇秀甲东南”啊!

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各位团友我们现在车行驶在环岛路上，厦门环岛路全长43公里，路宽44-60米，双向6车道，机动车道18-24米，绿化带80-100米，个别地段达200米。是厦门市环海风景旅游干道之一。

环岛路的建设有两大特点。，“临海见海，把美丽的沙滩留给百姓”的原则，有的依山傍海、有的凌海架桥、有的穿石钻洞、整条路清新、美观、建设起点高，标准严、品位高，充分体现了亚热带风光特色;

第二，道路建设与周围自然环境相结合，体现一种协调美。

胡里山炮台旁边的环岛路隔离带上，雕塑着一些音乐五线谱，它就是著名的歌曲《鼓浪屿之波》的乐谱。该乐谱雕塑长250米，高1.8-3米，由市路桥艺术工程公司于1998年9月8日建成。这座兼具艺术特色和地域特征的雕塑成为环岛路上的主要景点，于20_年11月被列为吉尼斯世界之，成为“世界上长的五线谱音乐雕塑”。

厦门国际会展中心占地47万平方米，居全国首位，由主楼和辅楼组成，包含会议中心、四星级洒店和大型地下停车场，于20_年“9.8”起用。它集会议、展览、观光、休闲、度假、餐饮、娱乐、住宿于一体，有展厅层、设施为齐全、广场面积等特点。主楼长432米，高42米，可容纳上万人。展览馆可设20_多个室内国际标准摊位;前后广场总面积30万平方米，是休闲的好去处。每年9月8日~12日在这里举行的中国投资贸易洽谈会，是国际性的盛会;而其他各类富有特色的专类展，也吸引了不少客户与观众。

我们现在来到了胡里山炮台，现在是8点，我们在这里游览一个半小时，9：30在大门集合。

你们看，这条石径是1984年5月胡里山炮台辟为旅游景点时，为完善旅游设施时铺设的，以前只是一条跑马土道。道路两旁的古榕、相思树与炮台同龄，组成炮台的景“百米榕径”。

各位团友，你们知道清朝政府后期为什么要把胡里山重新建成炮台吗?

这是因为胡里山地势非常险要，与对岸的屿仔尾共同扼守着厦门港的出入航道，素有“八闽门户，南天锁钥”之称，寓意谁占领了炮台，谁就取得了开启“八闽门户”的钥匙。

从《光绪皇帝御览舆图册》中的《厦门地形图》、《厦门附近地形图》得知，光绪年间，厦门港两侧水道共有8座炮台。其中厦门一侧，筑有白石炮台、曾厝安炮台、胡里山炮台、鸟空园炮台、磐石炮台、武口炮台等6座海岸炮台;龙海一侧有屿仔尾炮台、龙角尾炮台。英国侵略者称之为“长列炮台”。

1841年8月25日，英国炮舰进攻厦门，厦门港长列炮台的守军一齐发炮轰击敌人，打得英军狼狈不堪。但岸炮只能直射一个方向，不能旋转多角度放炮。英军窥得此缺陷后，绕过射击方向，突破了防线，从身后袭击清军。守军走下炮台，拣起石块与英军展开肉博战，进行坚决的抵抗，终因寡不敌众，全部壮烈牺牲，厦门从此陷落。

3.福建旅游景点导游词 篇三

开元寺布局，中轴线自南而北依次有：紫云屏、山门(天王殿)、拜亭、大雄宝殿、甘露戒坛、藏经阁。东翼有檀越祠、泉州佛教博物馆(弘一法师纪念馆)、准提禅院;西翼有安养院、功德堂、水陆寺;大雄宝殿前拜亭的东、西两侧分置镇国塔、仁寿塔两石塔，俗称东西塔。

拜庭两旁古榕参天，大雄宝殿雕塑技术高超，尤其是粱槽间的24尊飞天乐伎，在中国国内古建筑中罕见。殿前月台须弥座的72幅狮身人面青石浮雕，殿后廊的两根古婆罗门教青石柱，同为明代修殿时从已毁的元代古印度教寺移来。大殿内用近一百根海棠式巨型石柱支撑殿堂，俗称“百柱殿”，殿内供奉的五方佛像，法相庄严，是汉地少有的密宗轨制。大雄宝殿之后的甘露戒坛，系中国现存三大戒坛之一，坛之四周立柱斗拱和铺作间的24尊木雕飞天。

4.丽江景点英文导游词 篇四

Hello, my fellow friends,Welcome to Lijiang---this beautiful place.It’s my great honor to be your guide.Today I will take you to the ancient town of Lijiang.A Brief Introduction to Lijiang

We will get there in a few minutes.So now I will give you a brief introduction to Lijiang.It is located in Lijing Prefecture in the Northwest of Yunnan province.The population of Lijiang Prefecture is over 1 million involving 21 nationalities, for example, the Naxi, Yi, Lisu, Pumi,etc.And later you will see the houses of Naxi people in the ancient town.LijiangPrefecture is the major tourist area of Yunnan Province.It contains beautiful natural resources, unique minority amorous feelings, age-old minority cultures, and rich tourist resources.The scenic spots are mainly scattered in Lijiang County and Ninglang County.We can conclude them into:” two mountains, one town, one lake, one river, one culture and one folk custom.”.Two mountains refer to Yulong Snow Mountains and Laojun Mountains, one town is Dayan Town, one lake refers to Lugu lake, one river is Jinsha river, one culture is Dongba Culture and one folk custom refers to the Moso people’s custom, which we call the “Aixa”.What does that mean? I will leave it to you to discover.So you see Lijiang, with its rich resources in plants and animals, the natural beauties and the amazing minority folk customs, attracting more and more tourists from home and abroad.Soon we will get the the Ancient town of Lijiang, it has a history of almost a thousand years.The scenes are unique and unconventional.It is one of the best historical, cultural cities at the state level in China.It consists of three parts: Dayan、Baisha、Shuhe.So why is it called Dayan? Because it is in the middle of Lijiang basin, and the Lijiang basin looks like a big inkstone, and in Chinese the pronunciation of that is “yan”.What’s more,it is also a unique city throughout China.Have you heard about it? Yeah,it is a city which has no walls.It expresses the open-minded character of Naxi people.TheEntrance

Ok, everyone, this is the entrance of the Dayan town.Maybe you have already notice the couple of the water wheels over there.Do you know the function of it ? It is used to transport water and to make use of hydropower to grind grains and crops.Besides it is the Chinese Characters written by Jiang Zeming.And there is an eye-catching pillar, we call it “Dragon Post”, which means the water dragon and indicates the wish to avoid the fire in the town.Let’s get inside and have a look.The Dayan town is famous in China for its old and simple architectural style and the elegant art for the lay-out of the town.In the town the Yuquan River winds in many streams across the town and past all the houses.The roads here are parallel to the streams, and the door of each house is facing a stream.Whatever street and whatever lane you go in ,there is a small stream with small bridges across it here and there.As a saying indicates : A house beside a stream with a small briage across it makes a wonderful scene which you can only find here.” That’s why we regard Dayan town to be the “Oriental Venice”.SifangStreet

Here we are.In the center of the ancient town, here is the Sifang Street.It is a place for country fair trades.Since ancient times, Sifang Street has been a collecting and distributing center of all kinds of products with travelers and traders going and coming everywhere.On a market day people of different minorities in their unique costumes come here to do business and make the place crowed and noisy.If you spend a whole day here, you can experience the poetic changes here.In the morning, the street stretch its arms and woke up;in the midday, it becomes a busy man;When the night comes, the light is on, it changes into a dressed young lady;And at night it becomes quiet and fell asleep.Why the street has a name of “Sifang”? There are two kinds of explanation, one is that the ancient leader in Lijiang named it with a meaning of “spread his power around”, and the other is that “Sifang” in Chinese means four directions, and the street has people and goods from every area.Do you know how do people clean the square? They create three wooden boards as a movable sluice in the western river.When the water overflows, it will remove the sluice, then the streets can be washed automatically.How wonderful!

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5.广州景点导游词英文版 篇五

The Six Banyan Pagoda was built for keeping Buddhist relics. According to the records, some holy ashes from Buddha’s teeth, a sword, a bronze tripod and some other Buddhist treasures are buried under the foundation of the pagoda. This octagonal magnificent pagoda, with its blue glazed tiles, vermilion beams, painted walls and red pillars all in good match, looks like a flowery column and so it is often referred to as the “Flowery Pagod”a.

The highlight of the visit to the temple is to climb the pagoda. This 57-meter-high pagoda looks to have only 9 stories on the outside but actually has 17 stories inside. On each of the 9 external floors, there are many entrances leading to its interior but only one is accessible to the staircase.

So, if you lose your way, you just turn around the circle and you will find your way up or down! On the top floor, there is a huge bronze column with 1023 Buddha figurines in relief. Cast in 1358, this bronze column, together with its attachments, weighs over 5 tons

6.福建景点英文导游词 篇六

陕西省导游口试考试景点讲解：华山英文导游词Hua Shan is the highest of China’s five sacred mountains.It is 120 kilometers east of Xian.It has five peaks that resemble the petals of a flower.The highest peak is 2180 meters(7085 feet).We had had discussions about going to Hua Shan with some graduate students from Computer Science.That didn’t work out due to changes in schedules on both sides.Also, they were planning to do the climb at night to be able to reach the peak at sunrise.That did not appeal to us.We wanted to spend a night on the mountain.Fran’s department arranged a trip for us, making reservations at the simple hotel on the North Peak.They sent two graduate students to accompany us, though they had not been to Hua Shan before.We met them at 8:00 on Saturday morning and took a taxi to the train station.There we asked around and located a mini-bus.The bus made a couple of stops.One was to see a presentation about the traditional medicines grown on the mountain and a chance to buy some of them.It probably would have been interesting if we understood Chinese.Our guides gave us the general outline about what was said.The other stop was a quick lunch stop.There are two approaches to Hua Shan.[Chinese proverb: “There is one road and only one road to Hua Shan,” meaning that sometimes the hard way is the only way.] The west entrance involves 10 kilometers of walking on a road before you start climbing.We went with the east entrance, where the bus brings you to the base of a cable car that goes up to the 1500 meter North Peak.Our plan was to walk up to the North Peak, then climb to the four other peaks the next day and take the cable car down.We started the climb in the early afternoon.The path consists of stone steps with rough chain link handrails in the narrowest areas(we wore our bicycling gloves for hand protection).Physically, it is more like climbing the steps of a skyscraper than trails at home.However, the temperature was about 95 degrees and there was not much shade.We brought lots of water, including some bottles that we froze and some Gatorade that we got at the fancy department store in downtown Xian.There are plenty of refreshment stands along the way where you can buy bottled water, the Chinese equivalent of Gatorade, and other drinks or snacks at a premium price.We reached the North Peak before 4:00 PM and rested at the hotel.Our room was basic, but comfortable and clean enough.Because water is scarce on the mountain, there were neither showers nor sinks available for washing.In that sense the experience felt like camping, but we were sleeping in a big tent!

After dinner at the hotel restaurant, we spent some time talking with our guides.We were a bit surprised to find that they both think of Japan negatively, but like the U.S.It seems that Japan’s WWII behavior in China has not been forgotten, and is emphasized in school.We saw a beautiful sunset and watched the sky become resplendent with thousands of stars, including the Milky Way galaxy.This was the clearest sky that we have seen in China.The fresh air at Hua Shan is a treat!

Our guides had both been planning to get up at 4:00 AM to watch the sunrise.Fran and I made sleep a priority.We did happen to wake up a bit before sunrise(our room faced east)and went outside to watch the sky become rosy.Ironically, our guides missed the sunrise because they had stayed up late watching the European soccer championships on the television in their room The plan for the day was to climb the other four peaks, but we reserved the right to shorten the route.The first part was a steep climb to Middle Peak.After the low North Peak, all the others are at roughly 2000 meters.There were crowds on the way to Middle Peak – mostly Chinese hikers but we did see a few other wai guo(foreigners)as well.We visited two Taoist temples en route to Middle Peak.Each one had an altar with incense and offerings of fruit.The friendly monks invited us to say a prayer or to send blessings to loved ones.Fran accepted their invitation.At the first temple, she lit incense sticks and knelt on a cushion in front of the altar saying a silent prayer for our safe journey to the various summits of Hua Shan(the prayer was answered).At the second temple, she knelt on a cushion in front of the altar and sent silent blessings to several friends who are experiencing challenging situations in their lives at present.After each blessing, she leaned forward and the monk struck a drum.After Middle Peak, the crowds got much thinner.The next was East Peak, which had a steep ladder climbing rock.Fran was dubious about this ascent, but realized that the ladder wasn’t so bad and went for it.That was a good decision because we were then able to do a loop and the trails got almost empty at this point.After skirting the top of a cliff with a steep dropoff on both sides, we had a pleasant walk to South Peak and West Peak.There was even a small amount of dirt trail!The summit of South Peak was the highest point on Hua Shan, so of course we asked another hiker to take a photo of our guides and us.The views from the tops of each peak were beautiful.Hua Shan and the surrounding mountains are very rugged and remind us somewhat of hiking in the southwestern United States or the Sierras.We took a route that eventually brought us to the main line returning down from Middle to North Peak.We were happy to have ascended each of the five peaks(petals)of Flower Mountain.By cable car(the longest in Asia), it was just 7 minutes down to the park entrance.We caught a shuttle bus into town, then transferred to a bus for Xian.Our guides told us that we had walked up and down a total of 4000 stairs!We were glad that we did not have this information when we started.For three days after returning home, our sore leg muscles instructed us to take the elevator to our fifth floor apartment rather than climbing the stairs.