Yuanjiajie (Avatar Hallelujah Mountain)

张家界国家森林公园 袁家界景区（迷魂台·乾坤柱）

A forest of sandstone pillars poking through the cloud

⚠ Timed, passport-linked entry

Hours

07:00–18:00 (Wikivoyage); most park gates stop admitting at 17:00

Tickets

National Forest Park 4-day pass ¥236 (entry + eco-buses, re-entry allowed), entry-only ¥165 (chinafortravelers, Sept 2026; other sources say ¥224–239). Real-name timed booking required

Address

Inside the National Forest Park, on the plateau; enter at the Wulingyuan east gate (Biaozhimen) and ride the eco-bus or the Bailong Elevator up

Lean on the railing at Mihuntai and the ground drops away into hundreds of sandstone needles, with mist sliding slowly between them. One of them, standing alone with a few pines on its crown, is the pillar sold as the 'Avatar Hallelujah Mountain', properly Qiankun Column. The same plateau has the First Bridge Under Heaven, a natural rock span joining two summits. Paths are mostly level: an hour or so covers the main lookouts, half a day covers the lot. Most people link it with Tianzi Mountain or Yangjiajie by eco-bus on the same day.