Zhangjiajie is located between the uplift area of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the subsidence area of Dongting Lake, which is influenced by both uplift and subsidence, coupled with strong surface water cutting and extremely developed karst landforms, forming today's landform with great disparity in height and numerous peaks and valleys. Most of the mountains in Zhangjiajie have sprung up, such as Wulingyuan and Tianmen Mountain. The peaks on the mountain are steep and grotesque, or exquisite and beautiful, or terrible; As flat as a platform or as strong as a sword. Zhangjiajie has a variety of karst landforms and rare sandstone peak forests in the world.
There are many rivers and streams in Zhangjiajie, which either flow straight ahead or gurgle. Still calm as a mirror. There are spectacular waterfalls, mysterious strange springs and numerous hot springs.
Because of its peculiar landforms, Zhangjiajie became a refuge and habitat for plants and animals in the North and South during the Quaternary Glacial Period and the Interglacial Period respectively, so there are many kinds of plants and animals. The main rare animals are flying tigers, palm-turning rats, rice monkeys, water-backed chickens, white snakes, glass snakes and so on. It belongs to Davidia involucrata, Eucommia ulmoides and Bole, which are endemic to China. There are all kinds of woody trees, and there are also lobster flowers and hornbeam unique to Zhangjiajie.
Zhangjiajie has a long history, with human activities as early as 4,500 years ago. Zhangjiajie was called "the land of southern wilderness" in ancient times, and "outside Jiuzhou, saints listen to nature". Zhangjiajie is known as the "hometown of qigong", and the hard qigong programs performed by the people are heroic and powerful. Many people can perform difficult and thrilling programs such as silver spear stabbing throat, steel fork prone, knife bed breaking bluestone. Zhangjiajie is a minority area, and Tujia, Miao and Bai people account for 60% of the city's total population. In the long-term historical development, they have formed their own unique and colorful customs. Zhangjiajie, the landscape shown to people, the magical, thrilling and bizarre hard qigong is also incredible, and those deep valleys that no one has set foot on so far make Zhangjiajie even more mysterious.
Zhangjiajie is a magical land.