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Red Clouds Golden Summit

Two Buddhist temples stand on separate rock pillars high above a deep crack on China’s sacred Fanjingshan Mountain.

9/18/2026

Red Clouds Golden Summit (Chinese: Hongyun Jinding) is an extraordinary rock spire on sacred Fanjingshan Mountain in China’s Guizhou Province.

Its summit is about 2,336 m above sea level, and the formation rises almost straight up about 100 meters above the surrounding mountain ridge.

A deep crack called Gold Sword Gorge splits the top of the rock into two pillars. Each pillar has a small Buddhist temple: one dedicated to Buddha Shakyamuni and the other to Maitreya. A stone bridge stretches high over the crack to connect them.

Fanjingshan is part of the Wuling range and has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2018.