Tingxi Primeval Forest

Tingxi Primeval Forest

The Tingxi Primeval Forest in Jing County spans an area of over 100,000 mu, serving as a well-preserved concentration of natural forests and one of the better-preserved natural historical foundations in Anhui. Tingxi Township is a green ecological haven, featuring stunning landscapes and a pristine environment. Here you can find the mysterious Ghost Millstone, vast primeval forests covering 100,000 mu, as well as attractions like Cat’s Ear Cave and Guanxi Pavilion. It’s the perfect destination for leisure, sightseeing, vacationing, and wellness.

The Tingxi Primeval Forest serves as a relatively intact natural research base for studying the development of subtropical mountain forest ecosystems, forest vegetation renewal and succession, systematic classification and evolution of wildlife, as well as the conservation and management of flora and fauna resources. It is also a natural germplasm gene bank.

The currently established “Tingxi Nature Reserve” covers an area of approximately 7,000 hectares, with about 6,600 hectares being forested land. The main landforms within the reserve consist of mountains extending from the Huangshan Mountain range. The uplifted areas feature towering peaks and undulating ridges with distinct layers; fault zones have developed into mountain valleys and plains through river erosion, presenting a breathtaking panoramic view.

Rare tree species here include the nationally first-class protected Southern Yew and Ginkgo, second-class protected species such as Toona sinensis, Emmenopterys henryi, Pseudolarix amabilis, Torreya grandis, and Eucommia ulmoides, along with countless other precious tree species under third-class protection or provincial-level safeguard. Precious animals include nationally first-class protected species like the clouded leopard and black muntjac, second-class protected species such as macaques, short-tailed monkeys, pangolins, large Indian civets, silver pheasants, and tiger frogs, as well as countless fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and up to 83 species of butterflies including the Troides helena, Musk Deer Butterfly, Beauty Butterfly, Melitaea diamina, Lethe diana, Neptis sappho, Lethe sicelis, Sibatania arizana, and Erynnis tages—truly a vibrant animal kingdom.

Wandering through the forest, you’ll see valleys and ridges interlacing, ravines crisscrossing, clouds and mist lingering among the lush trees, and everywhere peculiar rocks, cascading streams, and waterfalls, alongside birds and colorful butterflies. Here, sunlight filtering through branches sparkles on the ground like scattered petals, making it hard to tell where the light ends and butterflies begin; the melodious singing of tea-picking girls, faint and distant, blends into the air, making it difficult to distinguish human voices from birdsong. You might even encounter playful monkeys waving and making faces in the trees, or hear the joyful calls of leopards, roe deer, muntjacs, deer, and roe deer welcoming you.

Even more interesting is the wild boar farm here—give the caretaker’s whistle, and these well-trained boars will happily dash out from the woods and line up along the path to greet visitors, leaving you both startled and amused.

The Tingxi Primeval Forest is filled with fragrant flowers, tranquil tea, lush woods, and hazy fog—an intoxicating scene that makes you never want to leave.