2025 Heyang Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in July)

🚄Transportation Guide ▫️Xi'an → Weinan: The G3154 high-speed train takes only 16 minutes and costs CNY 29.5. ▫️City Transportation: The Huashan scenic area uses the taxi starting price. For attractions in the city center, it is recommended to use shared electric bikes (CNY 2/hour). 🗺️Itinerary (suitable for Friday evening departures) 👉🏻DAY1: Night climb of Mount Hua → Watch the sunrise at East Peak → Take the West Peak cable car down the mountain → Tongguan Ancient City 👉🏻DAY2: Qiaochuan Wetland bamboo raft → Sima Qian Temple → Weinan Old Street Night Market ⛰️[Mount Hua Nanny-Level Guide] ✅Lazy Route: West Peak cable car up → South Peak (highest point) → Plank Road in the Sky → East Peak → North Peak cable car down (5 hrs to see all the highlights) ✅Night Climbing Gear: Headlamp + gloves + light down jacket (0℃ at the top of the mountain). There are supply points along the way that sell instant noodles for CNY 15. ✅Photo Spots: Qinglong Back Cliff Photo, Xianzhang Cliff Hanfu, Golden Lock Pass Lovers Lock Wall ❗Note: Buy tickets 3 days in advance on the official account (including cable car combo tickets are more cost-effective), and bring your ID card to enter by scanning your face! 🌊[Hidden Ways to Play in Qiaochuan Wetland] ◆ Bamboo raft rafting should be done at 4pm. The sunset + reed marshes = a cinematic experience (CNY 40/person, including folk song performances) ◆ The lotus festival in July and August is a must! Wear a white dress and take a new Chinese-style blockbuster at the Lotus Viewing Pavilion. ◆ Virgin Spring Hot Spring: Natural 40℃ hot spring, containing sulfur minerals (remember to bring a swimsuit) 📸[Niche Photo Spots] 📍Tongguan Ancient City: Free! Climb the city wall to photograph the confluence of the Yellow River and the three rivers. Wear denim shorts + Martin boots for a cool look. 📍Hancheng Ancient City: Photograph the humanities of the ancient Ming and Qing streets. The photo spot is on the second floor of the cafe at the diagonal of the Chenghuang Temple. 📍Weinan Museum: Spiral staircase + bronze exhibition area, a niche high-end exhibition hall 🍜[Eat Your Way Through Weinan in 24 Hours] 🌅Breakfast: ▫️Lao Zhu Jia Tofu Bubble (opens at 5:30! Soybean milk boiled with fried dough sticks and chili sauce is a must with sugar garlic) ▫️Shichen Steamed Buns (old store on Dongfu Street, wild vegetable filling + oily chili dipping sauce is the best) 🌞Lunch: ▫️Chengcheng Lao Ge Water Basin Mutton (crescent moon bread with meat + free refills of mutton soup, CNY 25 per person) ▫️Chao Wa Roujiamo (Tongguan time-honored brand! Crispy crust, served with duck slice soup) 🌙Night Market: ▪️Beitang Night Market (opens at 18:00): Grilled pig's trotters CNY 15/piece, fried oil cake CNY 2/piece ▪️Qianjin Road Night Market: Babao Chili Roujiamo, Zhe Mian (the same kind of non-heritage coarse grain noodles as in "A Bite of China") 💡Local Insider Tips 1️⃣Check the "Huashan Meteorology" official account in advance to see the sunrise on Mount Hua. The probability of sunny days is higher. 2️⃣Choose live Yellow River fish for Tongguan Iron Pot Fish. The second floor of "Wanghe Tower" is recommended for its view. 3️⃣Qiaochuan bamboo raft bargaining skills: If you have 4 people, you can get a group price of CNY 30/person. 🎒Packing List ◆ Essentials: Sunscreen + sunglasses (Mount Hua has strong UV rays) ◆ Outfit: Quick-drying clothes + hiking shoes (night climbing), Hanfu/cheongsam (wetland photography) ◆ Artifact: Folding foot bath bucket (it's so refreshing to soak your feet after climbing the mountain) 📸Cover Photo Spot Recommendations Huashan Plank Road in the Sky Suspension Photo｜Qiaochuan Ten Thousand Acres of Lotus Pond｜Tongguan Ancient City Yellow River Sunset

|Named after a healing spring. Located in Fang Town, Heyang County, on the Weibei Plateau in northeastern Shaanxi, this ancient village has a history of over 2,000 years. It is 15 km east of Heyang County, with the Yellow River winding westward to the east and Mount Hua standing tall to the south. The village is surrounded by Fushan, Shoushan, and Lushan, making it a feng shui treasure. Legend has it that 2,000 years ago, the village was named Lingquan Village after a healing spring behind Fushan to the east. Address: Lingquan Village, Fang Town, Heyang County, Weinan Transportation: Take the Xilin Expressway to Weinan, then take National Highway 108 to Heyang County. From Heyang County, drive east along X305 for about 20 km to reach Lingquan Village.

|A Buddhist and Taoist holy land. Wudi Mountain Forest Park is a famous mountain in Heyang County and a Buddhist and Taoist holy land. It covers a total area of more than 600 square kilometers, with the highest point at an altitude of 1,548.3 meters. It is also called Liangshan by locals. The mountain is mainly composed of water rocks, with many peaks, stones, trees, grass, and cultural relics. The folk song "Thousand Buddha Cave, Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, Zhaoying Stele, Sleeping to Watch the Yellow River Wind Grinding, Seventy-two Golden Water Buckets" describes the main attractions on the mountain. Descend from the south side of Shengxiantai and head northeast, stepping on the stone-paved "Shendao", where there is a strange stone, shaped like a giant dragon about to fly, called "Shenlong Tan Hai"; another strange stone, like a crouching frog, gathering strength, waiting for an opportunity to leap, is said to predict cloudy and rainy weather, called "Jinchan Mingyu". Continue along the Shendao to see "Mata Leishi Cliff", where Emperor Wu rode his horse. Behind the mountain is Fangma Valley, where there is a spring, where Emperor Wu released his horse, and also the source of Jinshui. Strange stones and peaks, full of spiritual energy, allow you to appreciate the wonders of nature in the midst of magnificence and release your mind in a compact life. Address: Heyang County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province Transportation: Self-driving is recommended

| A large reed marsh. Virgin Spring is actually a group of springs with 10,650 springs of various sizes. It is one of the largest reed marshes in China and the only wetland tourist attraction in China. The wetland reeds stretch as far as the eye can see, covering an area of 150,000 mu, like a huge green painting. Virgin Spring is the treasure of this secret place, known as "East E'Zha", with clear spring water and pleasant scenery. You can take a boat ride through the maze of reeds and experience the unique charm of the "Little Jiangnan of the North". There are also 72 species of rare birds and unique warm-water fish to accompany you, making you feel like you are in a fairy tale world. Address: Xinli Village, Heyang County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province Transportation: Self-driving, from Xi'an (153 km from Xi'an) Xi'an Ring Expressway - Xiyu Expressway - Heyang Exit, via Qiachuan Tourist Road (22 km) to Qiachuan Scenic Area. Tickets: 55

|Visit a brick pagoda from the Song dynasty. Daxiang Temple Pagoda was built in the Song dynasty and was originally part of Daxiang Temple. The temple was destroyed during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, but the pagoda still stands. The pagoda is 13 stories tall and about 30 meters high, and is a square brick pagoda with dense eaves. The first story has a dougong (bracket) under the eaves, which is a rare design in similar buildings. There is an arched door on the west side of the first story. Inside, you can see a square courtyard made of blue bricks and a blurred Buddha niche on the wall. The top of the pagoda's central room is a dome made of bricks, with six layers forming a pyramid-shaped "treasure cover." The first, third, and fifth layers are decorated with five diamond-shaped teeth, while the other layers are flat bricks. The pagoda you see now has been restored. Before restoration, the pagoda was tilted to the northeast, with a vertical tilt angle of 3.51°. Address: Loess Plateau, northeast of Anyang Village, Chengguan Subdistrict, Heyang County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province Transportation: After navigating to Daxiang Temple Pagoda, you need to walk or drive about 200 meters uphill to reach the pagoda.

|Legendary Feng Shui Building. Qianjin Tower, also known as Baiyi Temple Tower, is a national key cultural relic protection unit located in Tianhe Garden, southeast of Heyang County. It was built in the 37th year of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1609 AD) and was built with a donation of 1,000 taels of silver by Kang Shouji, a native of Huaili, the county seat, hence the name "Qianjin Tower." It is an octagonal, 13-story, dense-eave, hollow brick Feng Shui tower. The bottom floor of the tower is 3.3 meters long on each side, with an arched door in the middle of the north side, with the words "Qianjin Tower" on the lintel. Under the eaves of the bottom floor, there are brick carvings of dougong, eaves, and hanging flower columns. The tower is made of blue bricks with eaves, and the bottom has diamond teeth. There are north-south arched windows on the second, sixth, and tenth floors, and east-west arched windows on the fourth and eighth floors. The top is pointed, the tower is gone, and the tower is about 27 meters high. This tower belongs to the Feng Shui tower type building. According to the Qinglong Ben "Heyang County Complete Records": "(County seat) There is a mountain in the southeast, there is a Kuixing Temple on the mountain, there is a Qianjin Tower in the west of the temple, and Wanli Yixi Yimin Kang Shouji donated 1,000 gold to build it." It can be seen that the tower is an auxiliary building of Kuixing Temple, and it is named after Kang Shouji alone donated "Qianjin." The people of the time built this tower with the intention of supplementing the literary context of Heyang. Address: Tianhe Garden, Heyang County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province Transportation: Take Heyang 102 Road to Yujing Haoting Station, and walk to this historic brick tower

The sky breeze suddenly carries the fragrance of lotus, and a leaf floats in memory of my hometown. This is the landmark building in my hometown: Heyang Weinan Confucian Temple, located opposite the Heyang County People's Government. It was founded in the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1093) in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is a group of ancient buildings from the Song and Ming Dynasties with historical and artistic value. The main buildings include Yucheng Hall, Minglun Hall, Zunjing Pavilion, two rooms, two verandas and two wings. Walking into this ancient building complex that has stood majestically in the small county town for more than 900 years, looking at its exquisite red walls and black tiles, cornices and brackets, carved beams and painted columns, can you feel its simplicity, vicissitudes, and Its grace and splendor cannot be concealed by the years. Friends who have not been to this treasure place should go quickly. Tip: Because it is located in the center of the former county, there are many snacks in the side streets, so you don’t need to bring water or food.