1 Days Hike and Nature Observation in Mt. Qingcheng

Mt. Qingcheng is the world heritage site and one of the four most famous Taoist mountains in China. In Spring, the tranquil gorges in Mt. Qingching are decorated with blossoming flowers and chirping birds. From the tree branches, you may find the beautiful Red-billed Blue Magpie singing with their long tails. On the roadside, you can find the elegant iris flowers bringing lives to both sides of the trail. By the side of a stream, you may see a lizard ( Sphenomorphus indicus ) enjoying the warm sunshine with its head up. On one of such charming spring days, you can join us during one weekend with your loved ones to enjoy the fun from hiking in nature, and appreciating the beauty of nature in the process of exploring and discovering out of your curiosity.

This trip will be guided by an ApandaTour plant expert and a natural teacher. We will search for various wildflowers along an old trail winding through the forest and look for birds hopping freely between tree twigs. For your better enjoyment of the trip, we have carefully prepared some nature games intending to increase parent-and-child communication and make this trip a sweet spring memory.

▲ Primula chienii Fang——China Rare and Precious Plant, found in the valley of the Qingcheng gorges

Trip Targets

1. Cultivate interests：As our slogan says, "To enjoy nature, and grow in nature", we go to nature to feel the spring, cultivate our curiosity, build up our wills to explore nature, and enjoy the fun brought by our nature games;

2. Learn knowledge：Learn the common wildflowers and birds in Mt. Qingcheng through the nature observation methods learned in this trip. We will also learn the forest ecological system, explore the historical and cultural buildings of Taoism and feel the harmonious unification between nature and culture;

3. Better behavior：Practice Leave No Trace and raise our awareness of ecological and environmental protection（Leave No Trace, or LNT in short, is an outdoor model started in the US, aiming at reminding people of trying their best to protect and maintain local ecological environment during their activities in nature).

4. Enhance parent-and-child relationship：Encourage children and parents to stay away from electric appliances, and increase communications and cooperation during parent-and-child games and nature observations.

Trip Highlights

1. Be a nature observer：We feel the growth process of nature creatures, in our search and observation of the blossoming flowers such as corydalis flowers, primroses, and irises in Qingcheng gorges, and of hopping birds like Red-billed Blue Magpie and Rufous-capped Babbler;

2. Nature games in the forest：In our nature games, we will guide the participants on how to use their five senses such as eyes, nose, ears, and hands in the games, and get to know some flowers, trees, and little animals we encounter in Qingcheng gorges during the Springtime;

3. DIY your nature artwork：With their imagination and creativity, the children will create their nature work by hand-drawing or hand-making in a combination of art and nature;

4. Taiji Experience：Feel the charm of traditional Chinese Kongfu by practicing Taiji with relaxation.

▲ Iris Flower