Nanqingyuan Scenic Area
南清园
The core area where Sanqingshan's scenery is most concentrated. Giant Python Emerging from the Mountain, the Goddess of the East, One Line Sky, Dragon Playing with the Pine and Wanshou Garden all lie along this 2–3-hour loop.
Nanqing Garden lies in the eastern part of Sanqingshan at an elevation of about 1,500 metres. It is the core area reached directly from the upper station of the Jinsha Cable Car. Along a circular trail of roughly 3 kilometres, it brings together the mountain's most famous sights: Giant Python Emerging from the Mountain, the Goddess of the East, One Line Sky (a narrow stone cleft with steep steps, about 300 steps round trip), Dragon Playing with the Pine, Jade Maiden Opening Her Heart, Taoist Priest Worshipping the Moon, and Wanshou Garden. Wanshou Garden is themed around longevity and features shaped rocks such as Guanyin Listening to Music and Pengzu Praying for Long Life, along a gentle route. The full loop takes about 2–3 hours, mostly on stone steps and plank roads, and it is the most densely visited area of the mountain. From Nanqing Garden you can connect to the West Coast and Sunshine Coast plank roads to form a large loop. Included in the ticket. Getting there: take the Jinsha Cable Car from the Jinsha Service Area in the eastern part of the scenic area, about 10 minutes to the Nanqing Garden entrance. It is recommended to take the first cable car up in the morning, tour Nanqing Garden first, and then walk the plank roads. Note: the steps of One Line Sky are steep and narrow, and people going against the flow cause congestion, so avoid large backpacks. During the azalea season and the National Day holiday, visitor numbers are extremely high, so keep together as a group. Nanqing Garden has toilets and a convenience store, which are good places to resupply.
Opening hours
07:00–17:00