Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain

Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain located in the northern outskirts of the city is the closing range of Dayu Mountains in the south. The Mountain was called Baiyun (white cloud) because of the forming of a white cloud over its range. Its highest peak is Moxing Peak, 380 meters above sea level. The mountain home to verdant greens offers breathtaking views of the Bird Paradise#the largest in China. The Park atop the mountain houses the Baiyun Wanwang Pavilion.
Features of Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain:

- Covering an area of 28 square kilometers, Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain in China comprises of 30 peaks. The highest peak, Moxing Ridge (Star-scrapping Ridge) located in the center is also called ‘the First Peak under the Southern Sky’.
- Wind soughing in the Pines on Baiyun Mountain’ is one of the exotic ‘Eight Sights of Guangzhou’, the name being derived from the rustling sounds of pines in the blowing wind. The other eight sights of Guangzhou include Pujian Spring’, ‘looking afar in the evening from Baiyun Mountain’, ‘The Returned Monk at Jingtai’, ‘the Splendid Mountain of Cloud’, testifying to the beauty of the Baiyun Mountain.
- A famous scenic destination in Guangzhou, the Baiyun Mountain offers amazing sights of the city.
- Literary exponents like Sushi, Yang Wanli, Wang Shizhen and others thronged this place and extolled this place in their poems and words.
- This ideal sightseeing destination is home to Mingzhu Tower, Moxing Ridge, Santai Ridge, Mingchun Valley, Fei’e Ridge, the Forest of Steles in Guangzhou, - Nengren Temple, a golf course, Xinghai Garden, Yuntai Garden, the Sculpture Park,Luhu Lake and Baiyun Chute. The Mingchun valley is a bird watcher’s paradise.

How to Reach Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain:

- It can be reached by the 24th and 36th Route Buses and can avail of a fleet of buses from Guangwei Road to reach the peak directly.
- It can be reached by the 24th and 36th Route Buses and bus service direct to the peak is available at Guangwei Road. Baiyun Cableway is the first cable cars for sightseeing in the country to adopt the homemade movable cable-holding device with dual clamping, single-cable cycle with large carrying capacity.

Fast Facts of Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain:

Address: Baiyunshan Rd.,
S.,Guanzhou

Telephone Number: 87714736

Fax: 87714954

Opening hours: From 9: 00 to11: 45 am, from 1: 30 to 4: 45 pm.