National Parks of ChinaOverview
| Designation | National Park of China (third batch) AAAAA tourist attraction |
| Province | Tianjin |
| Location | Ji County, Tianjin |
| Latitude, longitude | 40.1, 117.3 |
| Highest point | 864 m |
| Nearby cities | Tianjin, Beijing, Shenyang, Dalian, Taiyuan |
| Nearby sites | Badaling & Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty, Chengde Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao, The Temple of Heaven, Beijing, The Forbidden City (Palace Museum), Beijing, The Summer Palace, Beijing, Beijing Central Axis |
| Themes | Mountains, Hills, Temples, Historic buildings, Statues, Cable cars |
Mount Pan
Mount Pan lies on the southern edge of the Yan Mountains in Ji County, Tianjin, 120 km north of Tianjin and 90 km east of Beijing, “the first mountain east of the capital”, famed for its three tiers, five peaks and eight rocks: pines on the upper tier, rocks on the middle and water on the lower. The main peak, Guayue (“Hanging Moon”), is 864 m.
A passenger cable car runs to the Wansong Temple area, and the Yunsong cable car from there to Yunzhao Temple.
Dule Temple
Dule Temple on West Street in the Ji county town was founded in the Tang and rebuilt in the Liao; it is a national protected site.
Its Guanyin Pavilion is a famous ancient building 23 m high, using 24 kinds of bracket-set joint and no nails. Inside stands a 16 m clay Guanyin with ten small Buddha heads on its crown, the Eleven-Faced Guanyin, the largest surviving clay statue in China.