Opening Hours: Open all day
Ticket Price: Free admission
Contact Number: 0634-6472382
Address: Lixin Town, Gangcheng District, Laiwu City
Best Visiting Seasons: Spring, Summer and Autumn
Complaint Hotline: 0634-6221271
Self-Driving Routes
Visitors from Jinan
Jinan Jingshi Road → National Highway 309 (Jiwang Road) → Zhangqiu → Provincial Highway S242 (Laiming Road) → Downtown Laiwu → National Highway 205 → Yanzhuang Intersection → Laihan Road → Qishan Scenic Area
Visitors from Zibo
Binbo Expressway → Bolai Expressway → Downtown Laiwu → National Highway 205 → Yanzhuang Intersection → Laihan Road → Qishan Scenic Area
Visitors from Tai’an
Tai’an → Tailai Expressway → Downtown Laiwu → National Highway 205 → Yanzhuang Intersection → Laihan Road → Qishan Scenic Area
Visitors from southern Laiwu
Beijing-Shanghai Expressway → Laixin Expressway → Gangcheng District → National Highway 205 → Yanzhuang Intersection → Laihan Road → Qishan Scenic Area
Scenic Introduction
Qishan Mountain lies 5 kilometers away from Lixin Town, running from north to south with an altitude of 596 meters. Apart from the timeless myth of The Rotten Axe Handle on Qishan Mountain (a legend about a woodcutter who watched immortals play go and found his axe handle decayed after a single game, meaning one day in fairyland equals a hundred years in the mortal world), the mountain boasts gorgeous natural scenery and numerous historic sites with graceful peaks and pleasant landscapes.
On the summit stand natural stone formations shaped exactly like go stones and a stone go board, said to be the gaming set used by immortals. These unique rock formations offer great fun for sightseers. Halfway up the mountain sits Snow Straw Cloak Cave, once the dwelling of the Ming Dynasty literatus Su Zhou (art name Snow Straw Cloak). At the foot of the mountain, Qishanguan Village preserves precious well-preserved stone carvings including the Taoist inscription The Mystery of Mysteries (from the Tao Te Ching). The village also houses the Monument to Anti-Japanese Martyrs of Qishan Mountain, inscribed by Marshal Xu Xiangqian