Zhangjiajie Qixing Mountain
Located in Daping Town, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, Qixing Mountain is in the middle of Tianmen Mountain and Xiongbiyan,with the highest peak of 1528 meters above the sea level. it is also the dividing range of Zhangjiajie Lishui River and Yuanjiang River.
There was a village on Qixingshan long time ago, but since the village is located above an average altitude of 1,200 meters, without electricity, access or communication, most of the villagers gradually moved to the surrounding area of Daping Town at the foot of the mountain 10 years ago. Only Two or three families are well-preserved, and they only go up the mountain regularly every year to collect medicines,wild vegetables or go hunting.
There is a huge hilly platform on the top of Qixing Mountain, the average temperature there is about 9C°, it is cool with beautiful temerature even in the summer time.The forest coverage rate is 87% with abundent Rare animals and plants, nearly 1300 square kilometers of priminitive forests are well preserved. Animals include macaques, civet cats, muntjacs, hedgehogs, pangolins, barmots, white noodles, hares, wild boars, wild dogs, wild cats, golden pheasants, spotted pheasants, rock eagles, colorful pheasants, weasels, etc., especially red monkeys precious. Plants include Liriodendron chinensis, Magnolia officinalis, Wuling pine, wild pear, washing clothes, thousand-year-old boxwood, Davidia involucrata, Gastrodia elata, fortea, beizi, sumac, and yellow lotus.
