Brief introduction of Tianmenshan Panshan Highway
Can I drive on Tianmenshan Panshan Highway?
I can't.
Tianmen Panshan Highway is a highway located in Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie. It is called "Tiantong Avenue" and has 99 bends. Even experienced drivers have a high risk factor in driving this road, so this road is only open to vehicles in scenic spots and cannot drive by car.
Tianmen Mountain, located in Yongding County, Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, is named after Tianmen Cave, a natural wonder. Tianmen Mountain, known as Song Liang in ancient times, is the earliest famous mountain in Zhangjiajie and has the title of the first mountain in western Hunan. Tianmen Mountain, with steep mountains and magnificent scenery, is known as the natural painting screen of Zhangjiajie, as well as the most beautiful hanging garden and fairyland in the world.
Tianmenshan Panshan Highway is located in Tianmenshan National Forest Park, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province. Tianmen Mountain is only 8 kilometers away from Zhangjiajie. The construction of the winding road in Tianmenshan started at 1998. Due to the unique geological and climatic restrictions, the construction of Tianmen Mountain did not begin until 2005. In May 2005, the Tianmenshan Ring Road was completed and opened to traffic.
The whole journey is about 10 km, and the cost is about 10000 yuan/m (probably the unit price of the road). Therefore, the cost of mountain roads in Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area has exceeded 100 million. A 99-degree steep mountain road in Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area is a relatively suitable road after scientific demonstration, design and construction.
Tianmen Mountain has a winding mountain road, which is called "Tiantong Avenue" in the Gregorian calendar. The total length of Panshan Highway is10.77km, and the elevation rises sharply from 200m to1300m. There are 99 bends on both sides of the highway, with steep cliffs and deep and empty valleys.
Interlocked, layered, like a flying jade belt lingering in the sky.
Tiantong Avenue, towering into the sky, can enjoy the amazing and extraordinary rise of Tianmen Mountain along the way.
Tiantong Avenue is exactly ninety-nine bends, which coincides with the meaning of "nine days and nine clouds".
Tiantong Avenue has become the world's first expressway miracle because of its natural danger of winding through cliffs. If Tiantong Expressway is connected with the sky, it can go directly to the sky.
There are two bridges and two tunnels on Tiantong Street. The first one is called Yinxian Bridge, and the second one is called Entrance Bridge. Yinxian Bridge is named after the legend that there was a looming bridge on the cliff before. It helps ordinary people who come to Tianmen Mountain to worship the gods through the moat and find a way out. The entrance bridge is named after entering the fairyland to realize spiritual communication, while the two tunnels are famous and nameless, the famous one is called Tianmen Tunnel, and the nameless one has gone with Tianmen Fairy and remains nameless.
The first mountain peak seen on Tiantong Avenue looks like a fish scale general. It is one of the Sixteen Peaks in Tianmen, and is said to be the embodiment of General Li Guang in the Western Han Dynasty, which will always guard the peace and tranquility of this land. The waterfall you see is called a seven-level waterfall, which is divided into seven levels, and then falls to the ground in a gentle stream, corresponding to the "seven-level pagoda" mentioned by Buddhism.
Above the avenue is the Tianmen Mountain cableway. The scenery along the ropeway of Tianmen Mountain is similar to the golden turtle carrying the gold ingot and the Tianmen painting screen. Lao Dao Peak and Scarab Peak among the Sixteen Peaks in Tianmen. It is said that Yuan stole the gobbledygook. This scenic spot is also called Laodao North Scarab. Through the Tianmenshan tunnel, there are nine connected. Legend has it that the nine arrow shafts of Houyi shooting the sun are arrow shafts. People who drive here are sweating with fear! It also attracted major news media and stars to visit here, as well as Russian flight performers, who flew with wings and caused a sensation all over the world. It also attracted a large number of winged flight enthusiasts. They put on winged clothes at the top of the mountain and jumped to the foot of the mountain.