Xidai Summit Scenic Area

　　Xidai Summit Scenic Area is situated in Shimen Town, at the southernmost end of Xunyang County, and is the boundary mountain shared by Xunyang, Zhuxi, and Pingli counties. It has long been known as the spot where one foot stands in two provinces and three counties (Zhuxi County of Hubei Province, Pingli County and Xunyang County of Shaanxi Province). With an elevation of 1,544 meters, it is the highest point in the town. Here, you can set foot in Xunyang, Pingli, and Zhuxi counties while overlooking Shaanxi, Hubei, and Sichuan provinces. From the summit, the rolling mountains, elegant ridges, and misty clouds create an illusion of floating on clouds. Up close, the surroundings are majestic, serene, and elegant, with towering ancient trees casting dense shade, and a variety of blooming wildflowers adding to the delightful scenery that is both breathtaking and refreshing. The Xidai Summit boasts numerous tourist attractions, including notable ancient temples such as the Medicine King Hall, Stone Temple, Western Sacred Palace, Putuo Mountain Temple, and the God of Wealth Temple. There are also seventeen stone tablets documenting the construction and flourishing religious activities of the site across different dynasties, featuring sites like the Stone Figures, Stone Boat, Fortune Cave, Deity Statues, Incense Burner Mountain, Azure Dragon Fortress, and Hundred-Step Stairway. At the entrance to the Golden Summit path stand a pair of stone lions keeping watch, along with a turtle-shaped stone stele carved from rock, which holds significant artistic and craftsmanship value. Scattered along the paths are remnants of ancient plank roads, the ruins of old inns, and the undulating Nine-Headed Lion Mound.

　　 In recent years, the town has followed the principle of “restoring the old as it was to preserve its original appearance,” renovating ancient structures such as the Medicine King Hall, Western Sacred Palace, Putuo Mountain Temple, and God of Wealth Temple. Additionally, two tourist-grade restrooms and one scenic area service center have been newly built. Along the way, visitors can enjoy the Eight Scenic Spots of Longtan, the ancient “Shimen” site, the Green Snake Cave in QingShe Gully, the “Fire-Extinguishing Cotton Ox,” “Three Stars Shining Together,” and “Turtle and Snake Generals” at Chen Family Courtyard, the “Four Waters Converging into a Pond” at Longtaowan, ancient trees in Lin Family Bay, the “Couple Trees” at Wangjiaping, the Yangtianba Fields known for producing “Tribute Rice,” and the ruins of ancient Qing Dynasty temple architecture, among many other historical and cultural sites. The area is rich in forestry resources, with abundant forest products and valuable medicinal herbs such as raw lacquer, walnuts, kiwifruit, gastrodia elata, wood ear mushrooms, figwort, and golden-thread nanmu. Free from pollution by industrial or mining enterprises, the air here is fresh, and it has historically been called the “Little Wudang.” It is a natural oxygen bar gifted by nature. The area is accessible via cement-paved roads connected to the Shi-Tian Expressway, making it a convenient destination for leisure and tourism.