Elephant’s Trunk Hill

Jiangxi


Close to Longhu Shan’s main entrance, this is the first stop you’ll reach if you catch the miniature train. Here you can hike a loop past rock formations and rebuilt temples, then descend to the river from where you’ll be able to spy the mountain's 2500-year-old hanging coffins (悬棺; xuán guān) on the opposite side of the bank.


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