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Location: A half way stop among the Hot Spring and the Xihai (West Sea) and Beihai(North Sea) scenic areas.

Description: Yuping Scenic Area is famous for its Yuping Tower which is also the name coming from. The Yuping Tower (Jade Screen Tower)stands against Yuping Peak (Jade Screen Peak)with the high of 1,668 meter. Originally the seat of Manjusri Temple, it is now a tourist center with complete service facilities. Around the Tower are elephant and lion shaped rocks and ancient pines.

The Yuping Tower (Jade Screen Tower) is a half way stop among the Hot Spring and the Xihai (West Sea) and Beihai(North Sea) scenic areas. Moving further ahead, tourists pass the Farewell Pine and the Hassock Pine. If one looks back, an ox-shaped rock on Ox Nose Peak comes into sight. The scene is known as Rhinoceros Watching
the Moon. The distance from Yuping Peak (Jade Screen Peak) down to the bottom of the Lotus Ravine is about two and half kilometers. Here the terrain rises. Climbing up several hundred steps stairs, one reaches Lotus Ridge. Standing above in the right direction is Lotus Peak.