Mount Fanjing


In 2018, Mount Fanjing were inscribed on the list of world heritage by UNESCO.

The Fanjingshan,梵净山 in Chinese,or Mount Fanjing, located in Tongren, Guizhou province, is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains in southwestern China, at an elevation of 2,570 m (8,430 ft).

The Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve was established in 1978 and designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1986. Fanjingshan is a sacred mountain in Chinese Buddhism, considered to be the bodhimaṇḍa of the Maitreya Buddha. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.

The mountain's name "Fanjing" is an abbreviation of Fantian Jingtu (梵天净土), or "Brahma's Pure Land". Fantian is the Chinese name for the Buddhist heavenly king Brahmā, and Jingtu is Chinese for "pure land", the focus of Pure Land Buddhism.

The well-known part of Mt Fanjing is the Gour attracting thousands of the travelers to view it.

The travelers can take cable car to the mountain, or walk up. 

  • Mt Fanjing in Guizhou
  • Mt Fanjing in Guizhou