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Located about 35 km
northeast of Jixian County seat, the Eight
Immortals Mountain in Tianjin contains a secondary
forest nature reserve covering an area of 10.493
million square meters. In this nature reserve,
most forests are natural secondary forests and
the forest coverage reaches eighty percent or
higher. According to legends, when eight immortals
pass through here they are attracted by the
deep forests, long valleys, clean streams and
other beautiful natural scenes and subsequently
decided to sit around a huge rock for drinking
and resting. Later the rock is famously known
as the 'Eight Immortals Table' and the mountain
is then named as the 'Eight Immortals Mountain'.
Admission: 25 yuan
Transport:
Visitors may get on bus from Tianjin to Jixian
County.
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