10 Days in Pingxiang
Ten days around the meadow mountain — Anyuan's memorial and mine sites, two summit days on the 1,918-metre grasslands, Yangqi's temple and the dragon cave, and Liling and Yichun neighbour days.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Pingxiang?
10 days lets you go beyond Pingxiang's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Pingxiang guide
10-day Pingxiang itinerary at a glance
Use our full Pingxiang travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
City arrival
Half an hour from Changsha by high-speed rail; start with the museum's bronzes and the story of a city that made both gunpowder fireworks and coal history.
- pingxiang city museum
Anyuan — memorial & mine sites
The memorial hall documents the September 1922 strike of some 17,000 miners and railwaymen; the preserved pithead and offices around it are visited as historical monuments, respectfully and factually.
- pingxiang anyuan memorial
- pingxiang anyuan mine sites
Wugong mountain — summit night
Two cableway stages to Jin Peak at 1,918.3 metres, sunset over a hundred thousand mu of treeless meadow, and a summit guesthouse for the stars.
- pingxiang wugong mountain
Meadow ridge day & descent
Dawn on the hundred-thousand-mu grass sea, the cliff skywalk between viewpoints, and a slow walk down the ridge to the Luxi side for noodles and a valley bed.
- pingxiang wugong mountain
Luxi valley slow day
River paths, village lanes and the geological museum's explanation of how these treeless meadows formed — a legs-down day between summits and temples.
- pingxiang wugong mountain
Yangqi mountain — Zen ancestry
The Ordinary Temple, ancestral seat of the Yangqi line of Linji Zen since the early Northern Song nine centuries back, rewards the forest climb with incense-quiet halls and valley views.
- pingxiang yangqi mountain
Shangli county — dragon cave & fireworks town
The Nielong cave's lit galleries and cool underground river, then a look around Shangli, a county long known for its fireworks workshops — shop windows sell more sparklers than snacks.
- pingxiang nielong cave
Neighbouring Zhuzhou — Liling porcelain
An honestly labelled neighbour-city day, about an hour north into Hunan — Liling's kilns fired underglaze five-colour porcelain that won world-fair medals a century ago, and the modern ceramic park still glazes, throws and paints.
- pingxiang liling ceramics
Neighbouring Yichun — Mingyue mountain springs
Another honest neighbour day, east into Jiangxi — the Mingyue mountain cableway, waterfall walks, and the Wentang valley's springs that hold about 70°C year-round, famous for the selenium-rich water.
- pingxiang mingyue mountain
Return & departure
An easy ride back to Pingxiang, a last chili-and-smoked-pork lunch, and the high-speed train out.
- pingxiang city museum
Budget for 10 days in Pingxiang
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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