Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is located in the southwest part of Wulingyuan Scenic Spot which is situated in the northwest part of Hunan Province. It is renowned all around the world by its natural wonders of marvelous peaks and crisscrossing streams and valleys, and abundant animal and plant species. This place is characterized by a mild temperature and adequate rainfall, devoid of extremely hot summer and cold winter.

The peaks of varied shapes are the main attractiveness of Zhangjiajie. In this area, three thousand peaks rise on the primitive field and the valleys here are decorated with eight hundred winding streams. All over the mountains, there are thick woods and the forest coverage here is as high as 97%. Zhangjiajie is the combination of woods, caves, lakes, waterfalls and the integration of marvel, beauty, serenity and danger. So it is a magnificent masterpiece of nature. Huangshi stockaded village that is surrounded by overhanging cliffs is the place where the majority of beautiful sceneries of Zhangjiajie concentrate. Looking around from this natural scenery appreciating platform, you will find that the marvelous peaks and grotesque rock formations are all in the command of your eyesight. Jinbian Stream is a stream that runs more than ten kilometers, through Zhicao Pond, Tiaoyu Pond, Nanmu Platform and Tianzizhou. Visitors can arrive at Suoxi Valley along this stream. Many valleys standing on the two sides and red cliff and green trees are reflected in the stream. Aside from this, there are also a lot of humane sceneries like Puguang Temple in Zhangjiajie.

The varied landforms help to turn Zhangjiajie into a treasure house of biological resources. There are a lot of woody plants and vertebrate species here, including 56 national protected plants such as gingko, yew, oriental cherry; 40 species of animals under state protection, such as giant salamander, unicorn, South-China tiger, clouded leopard, civet and so on. This area also produces precious herbs as ganoderma, Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, so on and so forth.

In the Zhangjiajie region, there are more than twenty ethnic groups living here, such as Han, Miao, Bai, Tujia, to name just a few. So this place is also proud of varied national customs, in which, the most representative ones must be the Baishou Dance, Maogusi Dance of Tujia ethnic group, Zhanggu Dance of the Bai ethnic group and Jielong Dance of the Miao ethnic group. The Tujia brocade and purple-clay pottery produced in this area are also very famous. In addition, the colorful folk houses such as Tujia stockaded village and suspending wooden building of the Miao ethnics add glamour to the natural landscape. 

In 1992, Wulingyuan Scenic Spot with Zhangjiajie as its main part was inscribed by the UNESCO on the “World Natural Heritage List”.