Zhangjiajie West Railway Station, 10 km to Tianmen Mountain, waiting for the bus, starting and traffic jam, together, half an hour, plus buying tickets, delivering packages, security check, 4: 30 pm, stop selling tickets, 6 o'clock, the scenic spot closes, and the cableway goes up. If the weather is fine, you can try it.

The development of history

The origin of the name

"Boundary" has two meanings in a city: one is territorial boundary, and the other is high mountain. The Daoguang edition of Yongding County Records in Qing Dynasty wrote: "Wuxuxi originated in Zhangjiajie." The Republic of China edition of Cili County Records reads: "Suoxi originated in Zhangjiajie." Zhangjiajie here refers to the surrounding area of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park today.

The name Zhangjiajie was first seen in the preface to Zhang's Genealogy in the fourth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (163 1). The author of the preface is the sixth generation grandson of Zhang Wancong, the governor of Yongding. During the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty (1488- 1506), the court saw that Zhang Wancong had made meritorious service in guarding the country and gave him the "land of mountains and forests" in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park as a fief. So he went up the mountain with his family to run his business.

In the third year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1630), Zhang Zaihong, the sixth generation grandson of Zhang Wancong, was given an official position here. This area became Zhang's hereditary territory and was called "Zhangjiajie". By the end of the 20th century, descendants of Zhang had lived here for generations 17, with a population of nearly 1,000. Another way of saying it is: According to legend, Sean, Liu Hou of the Western Han Dynasty, lived here in seclusion, and was buried in the Four Gates of Water Ring after his death, so he was called Zhangjiajie for a long time.