Mount Hua

Mount Hua (Traditional Chinese: 華山; Simplified Chinese: 华山; Pinyin: Huà Shān), is one of the "Five Sacred Mountains" of China.

Mount Hua is located in the Shaanxi Province, about 100 kilometres east of the city of Xi'an, near the city Huayin. Hua was historically the location of several influential Taoist temples, and was known as a centre for the practise of traditional Chinese martial arts. In the latter part of 2006, the mountain was featured in video advertisements for Snapple green tea.

Minibuses that go direct to the town just north of the mountain regularly leave from near the Xi'an main train station. The Hua Shan train station is about 25 km to the east of the mountain. A cable car to near the North Peak is available from the east entrance to the area.

Thousands of steps have been cut into the rock in order to facilitate ascending and descending.

Many pilgrims tie red strips or lock locks to various locations near the summits for some sort of religious purpose.

Banpo

Shaanxi History Museum

Stele Forest

Small Wild Goose Pagoda

Giant Wild Goose Pagoda

Terracotta Army

Great Mosque of Xi'an

City wall of Xi'an