# Yaowang Mountain (Medicine King Mountain) (药王山)

Northern Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province · Northwest, China · Guidebook rating: 4/5
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## Key facts

- **Admission:** ¥70 (March to December), ¥50 (December to March of the following year)
- **Opening hours:** 8:30–17:30 (March to December), 9:00–17:00 (December to March of the following year)
- **Time needed:** 2–3 hours
- **Getting there:** Direct tourist bus line from Tongchuan city centre
- **By car:** From Xi'an, take the Xi-Tong First-Class Road to the south exit of Yaozhou District, then follow National Highway 210 to the Yaozhou City traffic police crossroads. Continue about 200 metres, then turn east and follow the signs.
- **Good for:** History & Culture

## About Yaowang Mountain (Medicine King Mountain)

Yaowang Mountain, also known as Medicine King Mountain, lies 2 kilometres east of the urban area of Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. It consists of five small peaks and is where Sun Simiao, a renowned physician of the Sui and Tang dynasties, lived in seclusion in his later years. In the Ming dynasty, five stone tablets engraved with his medical texts were erected on the mountain. The mountain also holds more than 100 stone steles from various dynasties, seven Buddhist grottoes from the Sui and Tang periods, and precious relics including Tang-dynasty statues and Yuan-dynasty murals.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 673. 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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