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There are many such places around the world which are amazing to know about. Such places also attract people as well. While some of these places have been made by people's hard work and some of them have been molded by Nature. One such place is China's Tianmen Mountain, which is also the main tourist attraction there. Tianmen Mountain is located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie, in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. The height of Tianmen Mountain is 1518.6 meters. It is famous for the world’s highest cave. Actually, this mountain has the highest cave in the world. This cave is also called as "The Gate of Heaven" or Heaven's Gate. It is said that In 263, the huge chunk broke away from the mountain, and the cave was formed, with a length of 60, a height of 131.5 and a width of 57 meters.
This cave is surrounded by clouds due to its height at about 5000 feet. Probably for this reason people started saying it as the Gate of heaven. The tourists also use the cableway in addition to the road to go here. Tianmen Mountain Cableway is claimed in tourist publications as the "longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world", with 98 cars and a total length of 7,455 m and ascent of 1,279 m. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. A staircase of 999 steps leads to Heaven's Gate or Cave. Due to the Taoist philosophy, these mystical 999 steps are the supreme number and the symbol of the emperor. You can also use a path on the ground. Tourists can walk on kilometres of paths built onto the cliff face at the top of the mountain, including sections with glass floors. An 11 km road with 99 bends also reaches the top of the mountain and takes visitors to Tianmen cave. There is a Buddhist temple located on Tianmen Mountain which is popular among the pilgrims and tourists. It is said that in the 20th century, the sudden flows of water fell down from the top of the Tianmen Mountain for unexplained reasons. The waterfalls occurred at an altitude of 1500 meters, lasted only for 15 minutes and disappeared also suddenly. It is also said about this mountain that there are many treasures hidden here. Many treasure hunters tried to find it, but they failed. Tianmen Mountain and Heaven’s Gate are the most popular tourist attractions in China. It is a beautiful, thrilling place to visit.
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