# Not a teahouse I would ever go to **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386 "2010-08-16T03:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/21 "2010-08-17T03:56:23Z")
I am not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of dying a terrible, plummety death. I’d do it, but the woman daring me to do so would have to be a real keeper. ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/22 "2010-08-17T04:08:58Z")
> [@C3](#): > > Someone goes to work there every day. Probably early in the morning, before sunrise. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/23 "2010-08-17T13:03:44Z")
In the last picture it sure looks like the easier ascent is on the opposite side of the mountain, who planned this trail? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/24 "2010-08-17T16:48:00Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > In the last picture it sure looks like the easier ascent is on the opposite side of the mountain, who planned this trail? Sadist? A masochist who wanted a teahouse? Maniacal Monks? It does sort of remind me of the comic meme of the zen monk perched on top of a mountain somewhere =) ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/25 "2010-08-17T16:50:43Z")
There’s a Best Western hidden in the trees just off camera. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/26 "2010-08-17T17:25:26Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > In the last picture it sure looks like the easier ascent is on the opposite side of the mountain, who planned this trail? Someone with a web cam who wants to achieve YouTube fame. Duh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/27 "2010-08-17T17:36:59Z")
So does this thing actually exist, the way it’s pictured? All I can find is the one website (which is short on details) and others referring back to it. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/28 "2010-08-17T18:54:31Z")
Paging **[Ruffian!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12002558#post12002558)**, we got another one for you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/29 "2010-08-17T19:42:28Z")
I’ve seen photos of that teahouse from the 1930’s when it was a monastery. I’d didn’t know they’d upgraded it to a teahouse. ([Wiki article](Mount Hua Shan)) Next upgrade: a helipad? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386.md?page=1)