Transportation is very convenient. The Tongpu and Houxi trunk railways serve as the major transportation arteries in this area, together with a branch railway from Liyuan to Gudui.
Highways radiate outwards centering on Yuncheng City. Major routes include Taiyuan-Maojindu, Jincheng-Yumenkou, Linyi-Daning and Yuncheng-Fenglingdu. Branch highways cover Wenxi-Yongji and Fenglingdu-Pinglu.
The expressways from Yuncheng to Sanmenxia and from Yuncheng to Fenglingdu have been open to traffic, while the Datong-Yuncheng Expressway is currently under construction.
Railway
Trains depart from Yuncheng for Beijing, Xi’an, Tianjin, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang, Datong, Linfen and other cities.
Highway
National Highway 209 runs through Yuncheng, leading to Sanmenxia City in Henan Province and Huayin City in Shaanxi Province.
Long-distance buses bound for Wutai Mountain leave Taiyuan Coach Station every 33 minutes.
If you set off from Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Xi’an or Zhengzhou for Wutai Mountain, you can first take an express train to Taiyuan, then take a direct long-distance bus from Wuyi Square in Taiyuan to Wutai Mountain.
Air Travel
There are direct flights to Taiyuan from major cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Xi’an. After arriving in Taiyuan, tourists can take long-distance buses from Wuyi Square to Wutai Mountain.
Since neither trains nor planes can reach Wutai Mountain directly, road transport is particularly important.
Travellers may get off at Shahe, Fanshi, Dai County or Yuanping along the Beijing-Yuanping Railway and then transfer to buses heading for Wutai Mountain.
Buses to Wutai Mountain are also available at Ningwu and Yuanping on the North Tongpu Railway between Datong and Taiyuan. Xinzhou runs multiple long-distance buses to Wutai Mountain every day.
Direct coaches run from Fuping of Hebei Province to Taihuai Town of Wutai Mountain, with daily shuttle buses between Taihuai Town and Taiyuan.
The peak tourist season coincides with the Wutai Mountain June Fair (from the 1st day of the 6th lunar month to the 10th day of the 7th lunar month). Extra tourist buses are put into service from surrounding towns including Dongye, Yangquan, Fuping, Fanshi, Yuanping and Shahe.
Scenic Introduction
Fenglingdu is located 30 kilometres southwest of Ruicheng County. It sits at the junction of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan provinces and has always been a strategic military stronghold contested by warring parties.
According to legend, the mausoleum of Nüwa, the primordial ancestor of mankind, was built here. Nüwa bore the surname Feng, hence the place name "Fengling" (Feng’s Mound).