Guijianchou – Incense Burner Peak (鬼见愁)

Peking · Kina · Natural site · Uhygge 2/5

The highest peak of the Fragrant Hills bears the name 'Even Ghosts Despair' – too steep for the living, and by legend barred even to the dead.

The summit of the Fragrant Hills, Incense Burner Peak, is known in Beijing speech as Guijianchou – 'where even ghosts weep in despair'. The two great boulders on its crest resemble a smoking incense burner when the morning mists rise, and the paths up were once so steep that not even spirits were thought equal to them. Legend tells of a water demon in the deep pool below the mountain that envied the view from the top and one night began climbing the cliffs by way of an ancient tree. In that instant the sky burst into lightning and thunder, and the demon was hurled back, terror-struck, into its black water. Since then, Beijing's ghosts have known the peak is closed to them. At dusk, when mist rolls over Guijianchou, a long drawn-out sobbing is sometimes said to rise from the ravines – the demon's everlasting envy.

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Hvor uhyggelig er Guijianchou – Incense Burner Peak (鬼见愁)?

Guijianchou – Incense Burner Peak (鬼见愁) har en uhyggefaktor på 2/5 ifølge Haunted Places’ verificerede vurderinger.

Hvor ligger Guijianchou – Incense Burner Peak (鬼见愁)?

Guijianchou – Incense Burner Peak (鬼见愁) ligger i Peking, Kina.