梵净山，中国西南部 Mount Fanjing in southwest China (© zhuxiaophotography/Shutterstock)

梵净山，中国西南部 Mount Fanjing in southwest China (© zhuxiaophotography/Shutterstock)

Mount Fanjing

In honor of Taking the Stairs Day, we're here in China's Guizhou province peering over at Mount Fanjing. Rising more than 330 feet above the surrounding landscape, visitors will need to climb almost 9,000 steps to reach the summit. Look closely at the image and you can see how the stairs wind up, up, up around stone outcroppings and through a gorge.

The buildings you see perched at the top are two Buddhist temples—the Temple of the Buddha and the Temple of Maitreya—linked by a small footbridge. For visitors who can't fathom walking the 8,888 steps to the top, there's a cable car that will take them two-thirds of the way there. Wherever you are today, we encourage you to forego the cable car, the elevator, or the escalator, and take the stairs instead!

梵净山

为了庆祝爬楼梯日，我们来到中国贵州省，眺望梵净山。游客需要爬上近9000级台阶才能到达山顶，这一高度超过周围景观330英尺。仔细看这张图片，你可以看到楼梯是如何向上、向上、向上绕着露出地面的石头，穿过峡谷的。

你在顶部看到的建筑是两座佛教殿宇——释迦殿和弥勒殿，由一座小人行桥连接在一起。对于那些无法通过8888级台阶到达山顶的游客来说，有一辆缆车可以载他们三分之二的路程。无论你现在身在何处，我们鼓励你放弃缆车、电梯或自动扶梯，而是走楼梯！