Bijia Mountain is situated on the coast of the Bohai Sea adjacent to Jinzhou Port. Bijia Mountain Island and Tian Qiao are the key scenic spots in the mountain resort. The total area of the spot is 8 square kilometers, among which the land area of the scenic spot is 4.72 square kilometers. The mountain has three peaks, one is higher and the others are lower, it gets the name for it shapes like a pen rack (in Chinese we call it bijia). Tian Qiao, the sky bridge, dodges in and out of the water as the tide changes, so the mountain is sometimes called Tianqiao Mountain .
The mountain has many cultural relics and historic sites. It is said to be the place of the Pangu's Creation of the world and there are many pavilions and towers on it. Sanqing Pavilion is the most famous one and is a 'must go' spot. It is a completely stone-made but wooden-like six stories building without a single nail standing at the top of the mountain, from which visitors can have an overlook of the beautiful, vast sea. There are about 50 lifelike and vivid statues of the Buddha and Taoist and Confucian saints in the pavilion. On the top floor there is a shrine to the God of the Creation— Pangu. It is the only one of its kind in China.
During most times of the day, Bijia Mountain can only be accessed by boat. But when the sea recedes, a natural zigzagging cobblestone causeway, over 10 metres wide, links the island to the mainland and that is Tian Qiao, or Tian Lu(Sky road). The Sky Bridge is exactly a 1,620-meter-long (1772-yard-long) sand and pebble road between the island and the seashore, which dodges in and out of the water as the tide changes. It's a very rare attraction which appeals a lot of peolpe to visit here. Its legend has some similarity with the story in a part of Exodus about Moses parted Red Sea.
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