Tianmenshan

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Tianmenshan
Tianmen with the 'Heavenly Gate'

Tianmen with the 'Heavenly Gate'

height 1518.6  m above sea level NHN
location Hunan , China
Coordinates 29 ° 3 '10 "  N , 110 ° 28' 59"  E Coordinates: 29 ° 3 '10 "  N , 110 ° 28' 59"  E
Tianmenshan (China)
Tianmenshan
View from the cable car

View from the cable car

Guanyin Hall in Tianmenshan Temple

Guanyin Hall in Tianmenshan Temple

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View of the stairs and the gate of heaven

The Tianmenshan ( Chinese  天門山 , Pinyin Tiānmén Shān  - "Heavenly Gate Mountain") is a 1518.6 m high mountain in Tianmenshan National Park, Zhangjiajie , in the northwestern part of Hunan Province , China .

geography

Location and surroundings

temple

There is a large temple on the summit , accessible by cable car or a footpath. The original temple here was built in the Tang Dynasty . Today there is a newer building with Tang Dynasty architecture on the site, which houses a vegetarian restaurant.

caves

An 11 km long road with 99 curves leads to the top of the mountain and to the Tianmen Cave, a natural hole in the mountain called "Heaven's Gate" with a height of 131.5 meters.

Skywalk

In August 2016, a glass skywalk over Tongtian Avenue called Coiling Dragon Cliff was opened to the public.

Cable car

A cable car was built in 2005 by the French company Pomagalski from the nearby Zhangjiajie train station to the top of the mountain. The Tianmen mountain railway is described in tourist publications as the "longest passenger railway in the world", with 98 gondolas and a total length of 7455 m and 1279 m. The highest slope is 37 degrees. Tourists can hike miles of trails built on the rock face atop the mountaintop, including sections with a glass bottom.

Events

GoPro published on August 15, 2013 that Jeb Corliss was the first to fly in a wingsuit through "Tianmen Cave", "Heaven's Gate in Tianmen Mountain", a naturally created window in the mountain. A wingsuit plane typically flies 50 knots, i.e. 80 km / h. The window is 2.5 km horizontally and about 500 m lower than the jump platform.

The World Wingsuit League hosted the first and second wingsuit world championships in Tianmen. On October 8, 2013 Viktor Kováts fell to his death during a training jump for the second World Cup when he could not open his parachute.

In February 2018, Ho-Pin Tung drove a Range Rover Sport up the 999 steps of the 45-degree staircase to the Gate of Heaven.

On September 2, 2019 Romain Dumas drove the VW ID.R electric racing car on the 10.9 km long mountain road to the Himmelstor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Note. The opening leads horizontally through a rock wall. The height of 131.5 m is the maximum inside diameter of the opening.
  2. ↑ This Skywalk is not for the faint of heart. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung .;
  3. ↑ Terrifying skywalk opens in China. News Corporation , August 3, 2016 .;
  4. ↑ GoPro: Jeb Corliss Flies Through Tianmen Cave youtube.com, GoPro, August 15, 2013. - Video (11:01), sketch altitude.
  5. ↑ leap into the unknown. Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 25, 2013 .;
  6. ↑ Hungarian wingsuit flyer plunges to his death in trial run for world championships in China after parachute fails to open. Daily Mail , October 11, 2013 (English).;
  7. ↑ Record on China's "Heavenly Gate" , Volkswagen Newsroom, September 2, 2019