Best Place to Visit Zhangjiajie in Different Seasons

The scenery in Zhangjiajie is beautiful all year round. If plan well, you can pay a visit anytime in a year to appreciate its different beauty in different time periods.

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In spring, mountain flowers are in full blossom and plants turn green, presenting a beautiful scenery of spring’s vitality. Located in mountainous areas, Zhangjiajie is a nature summer resort, bringing coolness and freshness to people in summer. When autumn comes, Zhangjiajie becomes a dynamic landscape painting, drawing colorful scrolls every day. In winter, it presents another unique style of beauty shrouded in white snows. 

Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park (Spring)

Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park, located 8km away from Zhangjiajie city center, is the highest mountain in Zhangjiajie. It is regarded as the symbol and soul of Zhangjaijie. The mountain is relatively gentle, full of old trees, winding vines, mosses, stalagmites. The rare mountaintop scenery makes it the most beautiful sky garden world over and a paradise.

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Fenghuang Ancient Town (Summer)

Fenghuang Ancient Town, is situated on the western boundary of Hunan Province in an area of outstanding natural beauty where mountains, water and blue skies prevail. Ranking as the top ancient town in China, the town is a guidebook for people to know the past life in the pre-modernization period. Here dozens of alleys paved with flagstones run between the houses, each showing wear caused by the feet of generations of local people who have used them when going about their daily business. For the visitor, these alleys are the way to see the typical high gabled wooden houses built on stilts along the banks of the Tuo Jiang River at close quarters.

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Yuanjiajie Scenic Area (Autumn)

Yuanjiajie, located in the north of Zhangjiejie National Forest Park, which is a naturally formed platform mountain, surrounded by higher summits which are divided by deep valleys. Decorated by the world's most beautiful valley Golden Whip Valley, Yuanjiajie scenic area tells travelers what is a marvelous mountain in China. So far, there are some Tujia people living in the Yuanjiajie, from whom one can experience the Tujia customs.

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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Winter)

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is located in the southern part of the Wulingyuan Scenic Zone, which was established by the State Council in 1982 as the first National Forest Park of China. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is known for its unique landscape with lush forests dominated by quartzite sandstone pillars. Beautiful brooks and charming lakes wind around the area and connect giant caves. Its main scenic spots include Golden Whip Stream, Huangshi Village and so on. In winter, it turns to be a mysterious fairyland, when blanketed with snow.