# Huading Forest Park (华顶森林公园)

Tiantai Mountain, Zhejiang Province · East China, China · Guidebook rating: 4/5
Canonical: https://cnatrip.com/en/places/huading-forest-park
Language: en

## Key facts

- **Admission:** ¥50
- **Time needed:** 2–4 hours
- **Getting there:** Board a minibus bound for Huading inside North Gate Bus Station
- **Good for:** Photography, Nature

## About Huading Forest Park

Huading Peak is the main summit of Mount Tiantai, and Huading Temple draws crowds of visitors. April and May are the best time to visit, when the cloud-mist tea is fragrant and the azaleas are in bloom. Be sure to sample the tea: mountain tea brewed with mountain spring water is not found just anywhere. In the hills is Huangjing Cave, where Wang Xizhi is said to have written the *Huangting Jing* (Scripture of the Yellow Court). The Youjun Ink Pond near the Summer Resort is where Wang Xizhi practised the eight basic strokes of the character 永 and rinsed his brush. Enjoy the tea, take in the views and reflect on history: don’t miss any of them.

## Tips from the guidebook

- 1. Summer retreat: Huading Forest Park is shaded by ancient trees and has clean, fresh air. It also contains the Huading Summer Resort and Huading Temple. At an altitude of around 1,000 metres, the air is rich in negative ions, and in midsummer temperatures run about 10°C lower than in Hangzhou or Shanghai, making it an ideal place to escape the heat and recuperate.
- 2. The Four Marvels of Huading: azaleas, sunrise viewing, rime frost and cloud-mist tea.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 1239. Prices, hours and transport details are as printed in the August 2024 edition and may have changed. Always confirm with the venue before you travel.
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