Jufeng Cableway
Jufeng Cableway Station is located in the core area of Laoshan Scenic Spot: Jufeng scenic spot. Jufeng Peak is 1,132.7 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak on the 18,000 kilometers long coastline of mainland China. It starts from Qianfeng Temple and end at the natural tablet. The cableway is a complete set of equipment imported from the POMA Company of France. It is a single-line circular six-person suspension cableway with detachable grips. The whole length of the cableway is 1,768 meters and the height difference is 385 meters. It is advanced in technology, reliable in performance, safe and comfortable. It is one of the most advanced forms of cableway in the world today.
Taking the Jufeng Cableway, tourists can enjoy the natural and magnificent fairyland like scenery of Laoshan's main peak. Through the naturally formed "Li Gate", "Xun Gate", "Zhen Gate", "Gen Gate", "Kan Gate", "Qian Gate", "Dui Gate" and "Kun Gate", tourists can enjoy the natural beauties the natural tablet, Zhuque Stone, Jufeng Peak, Bigao Mountain, Lingqi Peak, Wuzhi Peak, Danlu Peak, Taiyi Spring, Dujuan Slop and Qiannv Peak. Tourists can also enjoy the spirit of heaven and earth and the secret workings of nature in the eight gates. In the Jufeng Peak scenic spot, tourists can appreciate the five thousand words ofTao Te Jing, Mr. Fan Zeng's works for Laoshan, such asLao Tzu's Study of Taoism,Taibai's Seeking of Immortality andQiu's Preaching of Taoism as well as Wu Zhongqi's "No. 1 Famous Mountains on the Sea" cliff inscriptions, all of which reveal the cultural connotation of Laoshan.
Ticket price of Jufeng Cableway: 40 yuan per person per trip.
Qingdao Laoshan Scenic Tourism Development Company Tel: 0532-88891206
Taiqing Cableway
Taiqing Cableway is located in Taiqing scenic spot of Laoshan Scenic Spot, which is 35 kilometers away from Qingdao City. It was built in 1990 and put into operation in April 1991. It is rebuilt in October 1996. The complete set of the cableway is imported from the POMA Company of France. It is a single-line circular four-person suspension cableway with detachable grips. The whole length of the cableway is 1,200 meters and the height difference is 220 meters. The single trip capacity is 800 person per hour and the maximum speed is 5m/s, making it relatively safe to ride.
The cableway spans between Yakou and the Songding Peak passing over unique sceneries and find landscapes. Taking the Taiqing Cableway, tourists can not only enjoy the unique peaks and rocks of Pantao Peak and Yaochi Peak, but also lost themselves in the mysterious and unpredictable scenery of mountains and seas. Looking east, tourists can see the bay of Qing and Huang Mountains as well as the top of Laoshan Mountain; looking south, it’s the beautiful scenery of Taiqing Bay with beautiful mountains and water, and charming birds and flowers; looking west, it’s the magnificent Longtan Waterfalls, which goes straight up into the clouds. The views of mountains, waters and seas make people relaxed and happy. The end of cableway is also the Mingxia Cave and Shangqing Palace, the famous places of Taoism where is ideal to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountain and the changing rosy clouds.
Ticket price of Taiqing Cableway: 80 yuan per person per trip (round trip); 45 yuan per person per trip (one-way trip)
Qingdao Laoshan Scenic Spot Taiqing Cableway Station: 0532-87948019
Qingdao Laoshan Scenic Tourism Development Company Tel: 0532-88891206
Yangkou Cableway
Yangkou Cableway is located in the northeast of Laoshan Scenic Area. It was built in the early 1990s. With a total length of 1,000 meters, it is the earliest fixed-rope passenger cableway designed and manufactured independently in China. It was also the first one to obtain the national passenger cableway safety permit.
Taking the cableway, tourists can go directly to the main scenic spot in Yangkou, the Heavenseeking Cave. When ascending, the cableway floats up. The breeze against cheeks makes people relaxed and happy. Rocky caves, ravines and creeps moves past tourists’ feet. The Taiping Palace, a "sea palace" between green pines and straight and thin bamboo is dimly visible. Lion Peak, Sheep Stone, Xiantao Stone, Shouzi Peak and other exotic peaks pass by.
With Tianyuan Peak approaching from far away, it feels like being in fairyland and roaming in the sky. By then, one can truly understand the poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai: "leaps on the chariot of clouds, I will follow Confucius to the Temple of Heaven". When descending, a bird's-eye view of the distant Yangkou Bay's golden beach is like a golden "crescent moon", which is more brilliant against the blue sea and sky, giving people endless reverie and yearning...
Ticket price of Yangkou Cableway: 60 yuan per person per trip (round trip); 35 yuan per person per trip (one-way trip)
Qingdao Laoshan Scenic Spot Yangkou Cableway Station: 0532-87849482
Qingdao Laoshan Scenic Tourism Development Company Tel: 0532-88891206
