Five-Spring Mountain

Located at the northern foot of Gaolan Mountain in Lanzhou, Five-Spring Mountain is 5,250 feet above sea level. It was so named because there are five springs in the mountain. Chongqing Temple is symbolic of the traditional architecture in the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
 

Five Spring Park acquired the name from the five springs here. The Middle Peak of the Five Spring Mountain, the highest point in the park, reaches 1,600 meters (5,294 feet). It serves as the park axis. Ganlu Spring, Juyue Spring, and Mozi Spring are distributed over the Middle Peak area. Meng Spring and Hui Spring are located on either side of Middle Peak.

 

The five springs are not the only tourist magnet. This park is also a famous scenic religious spot. Wenchang Temple, Butterfly Pavilion, Golden Buddha Temple, Mahavira Hall, Wanyuan Pavilion, Thousand Buddha Temple, etc., are arranged along a passage on Five Spring Mountain. Corridors and stone steps, which add artistic atmosphere to the park, connect the buildings.

 

Five Spring Mountain was built into park in 1955, has now become the first place Lanzhou people will choose for leisure travel, is also ideal destination for tourists from other places. Five Spring Mountain can be divided into west, middle and east three routes to visit, they all have towers, pavilions, arched bridge, spring waterfall, but the layout is different, they have their unique feature of each.

 

Activity

Every April 8^th in China lunar calendar, Five Spring Mountain Park will has temple fairs, in addition to the Bath Buddha and religious activities; there also is a flower show and all kinds of folk cultural activities. During the Spring Festival there is an also decorative lighting exhibition every year. On the west side of park there is zoo, where are hundreds of kinds of animals. In the park, there is various children's amusement facilities.
 

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