Pingliang is also famous for a local mountain range that includes Kongtong Mountain, a site sacred to Taoism and mythical meeting place of the Yellow Emperor and Guangchengzi, an immortal. We will visit this sacred mountain after breakfast and then leave the province of Gansu and enter the province of Shaanxi. We can either have lunch in Pingliang or on the way. After arrival at Baoji we have dinner and stay overnight at the "Wan Li Hotel" (3*).

Surrounded on three sides by mountains, Baoji is located in a valley opening out to the east. Its location is strategic: it controls a pass along the Tsinling Mountains and between the Wei Valley and the upper Han River. Founded early in the Tang dynasty, it is now a large industrial centre. Railways first reached Baoji in 1937 and have been the key to its modern growth.