Shiyan Travel Guide
Shiyan City is 485 kilometers from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province. The city is in the northwestern part of the province, and it takes about four hours to go there from Wuhan. It has a population of about 3 1/2 million, and it covers an area of 23,600 square kilometers. The area has mountains and beautiful scenery and ancient temples, and the city is known as the "Detroit of the East." It is where Dongfeng Automobile company is located. It is a scenic city in the interior of the country.
Shiyan is a tourist destination partly because nearby Wudang Mountain is included in the UNESCO World Heritage list and partly because it is near other major destinations where you can see during a trip through the Three Gorges to Shennongjia to Gulongzhong to Wudang Mountain to the Danjiangkou Reservoir and to Xi'an. Wudang Mountain is considered a national 4-A level tourist spot and a sacred place of Taoism. It is a land where there are hot springs, waterfalls, mountain ponds, valleys, caves, and forests. more about Shiyan »
- Chinese Name: 十堰
- Chinese Pinyin: shí yàn
- English Name: Shiyan
- Location: Central China
- Latitude: 32° 65' N
- Longitude: 110° 79' E
- Area: 23,600 sq. km. (9,112 sq. mi.)
- Time Zone: (UTC+8)
- Area Code: 0719
- Population: 3.4 million
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Mount Wudang
Wudang Mountain, also named Taihe Mountain and Canshang Mountain, stretches for 800 miles of spectacular scenery with secluded valleys and picturesque peaks. There are about 72 peaks, about 24 streams, about 11 caves, pools, and ponds. The main peak is called Tianzhu Peak and has an elevation of 1,612 meters.... more about Mount Wudang
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Hello. You can take train at the train station in Shiyan City, there are also buses at the train station that go for Wudangshan.
From Shiyan to Xi'an, every day there are 6-8 buses that depart from Shiyan. It takes about 5 hours, and the price is no more than 150 yuan per ticket. You can take the bus at Shiyan Express Bus Station （十堰高速客运站）on Kaixuan Road (凯旋路). If you take a taxi from city center, it takes about 20 yuan to get to the bus station.
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