(注:中英不是对应的)天门山(英文名:Tian Menshan Mountain),位于湖南省张家界永定区,因自然奇观天门洞而得名,也因天门洞而蜚声世界,被誉为“湘西第一神山”、“武陵之魂”和“张家界之魂”。
[1]简史三国时期,263年,天门山突然裂开一个大洞,当地官员报告给吴国君主孙休,孙休认为是吉兆,故而命名“天门洞”。
[1]1992年7月,天门山被批准为国家森林公园。
[1][] 地理天门山的主峰海拔为1518.6米,平均海拔在1400米之上。
天门山国家森林公园面积达190多平方公里。
天门山始于燕山运动,后经过喜马拉雅山造山运动,以及千万年的风雨剥蚀,形成了喀斯特台型地貌。
植被属于原始次生林。
[1][] 景观[] 天门山索道天门山索道线路斜长7455米,上、下站水平高差1279米,是世界最长的单线循环脱挂抱索器车厢式索道。
[] 鬼谷栈道天门山的侧壁上有鬼谷洞因而得名。
[] 通天大道盘山公路天门山的盘山公路全长10.77公里。
从山脚一直蜿蜒而上山顶。
[] 天门洞天门洞高131.5米,宽57米,深60米。
[] 李娜别墅河南籍歌手李娜1997年5月23日游览天门山,6月6日将户口迁移到张家界永定区,并且建筑李娜别墅一栋于天门山山顶,一月之后在山西五台山普寿寺出家为尼。
后出走美国。
[] 天门山寺明朝汉传佛教寺庙。
Tianmen Mountain (Chinese: 天门山; pinyin: Tiān mén Shān) is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie, in northwestern Hunan Province, ChinaA cablecar was constructed by the French company Poma from nearby Zhangjiajie railway station to the top of the mountain. Tianmen Mountain Cableway is claimed in tourist publications as the "longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world", with 98 cars and a total length of 7,455 metres and ascent of 1,279 metres. The highest gradient is an unusual 37 degrees. Tourists can walk on kilometres of paths built onto the cliff face at the top of the mountain, including sections with glass floors. An 11km road with 99 bends also reaches the top of the mountain and takes visitors to Tianmen cave, a natural hole in the mountain of a height of 131.5 metres.[4]A large temple is also located on the summit with chairlift or footpath access. The original temple here was built in the Tang Dynasty. Today a more recent construction with Tang dynasty architecture occupies the site and includes a vegetarian restaurant in the 10000 square metre setting.On September 25, 2011 Jeb Corliss glided through the 100 feet (30 m) wide archway in the mountain using a wing suit. The flight began from a helicopter at 6,000 feet (1,800 m), and ended with a safe landing on a nearby bridge.[5][6]////////Tianmenshan Mountain,a famous mountain first recorded in the history of Zhangjiajie with an elevation of 1518.6 meters. It is 8 kilometers from the downtown and is one of the most representative natural sceneries of Zhangjiajie. For long time being,Tianmenshan Mountain attracts the attention of the people not only by its miraculous and unique geology and unparalleled landscape, but also well known for its profound cultural connotations and famous colorful humanistic site. It is revered as the soul of cultural and spirit of Zhangjiajie and reputed as Number One sacred mountain in Western Hunan Province.Tianmenshan Mountain is uniquely skyscraping and domineering. Tianmen cave the natural mountain-penetrating karst cave with the highest elevation in the world, hangs on the towering cliff. The cave become the unique sight under heaven and breeds the profound and grand heaven culture of Fairy Mountain in the local area. Tianmenshan Mountain is the second national forest park in Zhangjiajie. On the mountaintop are intact sub-primitive forests with overflowing wild atmosphere in all the seasons. In addition, the densely populated karst hillocks and karrens plus the mating of strange rocks and graceful trees create a grand garden of bonsai as if blessed by the God. Tianmenshan Mountain Temple, with an area of over 10000 square meters, has been honored as a pilgrimage site ever since the Ming Dynasty. It is the Buddhist center of Western Hunan. The sixunresolved mysteries in the past hundreds of years such as Opening of Tianmen cave, shadow of Guigu(famous ancient Toaist), and Auspicious Unicorn have added the mysterious and elusive atmosphere for Tianmenshan Mountain.The mountain winding bus road of Tianmen Mountain is worth the title of world-shocking masterpiece. It brings shocking and unforgettable experience for the tourists. Tianmenshan Mountain cableway; Heaven-linking Avenue, Tianmen cave and Bonsai garden are reputed as the four great wonders. Tianmenshan Mountain cableway, the longest one-way recycling passenger cableway in the world, has a length of 7455 meters and a height gap of 1279 meters. It takes the tourists from the atmosphere of modern city directly to the hug of the primitive garden in the air. Along the way to the top of the mountain by cable car, you see the landscape transforming into a kaleidoscope, experience a miraculous feeling of flying angels in the sky as well as of being blended into a long grand painting of landscape. The mountain-winding bus road of Tianmenshan Mountain, nicknamed as Heaven-linking Avenue, has a total length of less than 11 kilometers, starts from an elevation of 200 meters and winds up to 1300 meters within short range, paves its way painstakingly over the high valleys , along the breathtaking cliffs, zigzags with 99 sharp turnings like flying dragon, declares itself as another world engineering wonder. People couldnt help marveling at it.金鞭溪是天然形成的一条美丽的溪流,因金鞭岩而得名。