Mangshan (Chinese: 莽山) is located in the south of Chenzhou (郴州) Hunan (湖南), China. Mangshan still preserves around 6,000 square kilometers of forest, if you want to enjoy the purity of Mangshan’s forest, Monkey Foothold (猴王寨) is an ideal location.
Monkey Foothold is a serene valley, it is said that Sun Wukong (孫悟空) the Monkey King has visited here long time ago.
In winter, all steps in Monkey Foothold are covered by frost, but tourists can hold the handrail to avoid slipping.
There is very little sunlight in the valley, so it is freezing, better visit Monkey Foothold in summer.
Monkey Foothold is smaller than expected, Choumeizai takes around half an hour to reach the end of the trail, perhaps winter doesn’t have much rainfall, the waterfall looks quite small.
The scenery of Monkey Foothold is not amazing, but the air quality here is excellent, even though you don’t enjoy the scenery here, you can still find it a good place to clean and refresh yourself.
