Laikou Mountain National Forest Park

Laikou Mountain National Forest Park

Laikou Mountain National Forest Park is a national AAA-level tourist attraction and a national forest park.

Guide: The Laikou Mountain range is surrounded by peaks, with the main peak standing at an elevation of 418.2 meters. To the northwest is Foding; due north lies Tieguai Mountain; to the northeast is Budaian, where legend has it that the "Buddha Bag Monk" once resided. At the mountaintop, there are remnants of stone caves and stone pagodas; to the due east is Linjiaokou, where two peaks stand opposite each other, allowing passage for only one person; to the due south is Niuxian Mountain. Laikou Mountain is filled with rugged rocks, lush pines and oaks, and flowers and grass covering the slopes, offering spectacular scenery. The mountain boasts a rich variety of fruits, including apricots, June flat peaches (early flat peaches), medium flat peaches, nectarines, autumn flat peaches, flat pears, large yellow pears, grapes, jujubes, persimmons, hawthorns, Golden Delicious apples, small Red Delicious apples, Fuji apples, and figs. Among them, the Laikou Mountain flat peaches are the most famous, enjoying a reputation both domestically and internationally for their sweet taste. Wangjiatuan Village, located at the foot of Laikou Mountain, may not be large, but it has many peach trees, sprawling all over the mountainside from the foothills to the mountaintop. Urban residents can choose their favorite fruit trees in Wangjiatuan Village—normally managed by villagers, or they can manage them themselves. When the picking season arrives, they can bring their family or friends into the mountains to pick fruit. The housing in Laikou Mountain also has its own unique charm; the houses here are mostly built against the mountains and near water, without walls, so what you see when you step outside are either verdant green mountains or gently flowing streams. Here, visitors can fully enjoy the food and accommodation pleasures of agritainment. Introduction

Located about ten kilometers southwest of Weihai, Laikou Mountain relies on a vast national forest park and covers an area of 17 square kilometers.

■ Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province