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Tianmenshan cableway,the longest sightseeing passenger ropeway in the world

News 2022/07/13 View:1875

The Tianmen Mountain cableway starts from the downtown garden of Zhangjiajie and ends at the sky garden at the top of Tianmen Mountain. The whole journey takes 28 minutes. Along the way, visitors experience the serenity of sunset, but also feel the majesty of mountains.

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Source from:Chen Zuoyi,rednet

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