Mount Huangshan

Mount Huangshan

Mount Huangshan, also known as Yishan in ancient times, is a famous mountain range located in the southern part of Anhui Province. It spans about 40 kilometers from north to south and 30 kilometers from east to west, with 88 peaks over 1,000 meters high, including the Lotus Peak, the Bright Summit, and the Tiandu Peak, all with an altitude exceeding 1,800 meters. Mount Huangshan is renowned for its unique pine trees, peculiar rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs, and winter snow, earning it the reputation as the "No.1 fantastic mountain in the world". Its most famous attraction is the Welcome Pine, which represents hospitality in Eastern culture.

Mount Huangshan boasts a rich blend of natural beauty and cultural significance, with forest coverage reaching 84.7% and an abundance of cultural elements such as ancient trails, couplets, bridges, pavilions, temples, and pagodas. As an ancient saying goes, "Once you have visited the five sacred mountains of China, there is no need to visit any other mountain; and once you have seen Mount Huangshan, there is no need to see any of the other four sacred mountains". This highlights the unparalleled beauty of Mount Huangshan. Men of letters and artists used to be drawn to the mountain to find inspiration to create original works of calligraphy, painting, and poetry In 1990, Mount Huangshan was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a cultural and natural site, and in 2004, it was declared as a UNESCO Global Geopark.

黃山

中國名山黃山古稱黟山，位于安徽省南部，南北長約40千米，東西寬約30千米。黃山境內有千米以上高峰88 座，其中蓮花峰、光明頂、天都峰為三大主峰，海拔均超過1800米。黃山以奇松、怪石、云海、溫泉、冬雪著稱于世，被譽為"天下第一奇山"，其中最著名的是黃山迎客松，展現著東方禮儀文化。

黃山擁有豐富的自然景觀和人文景觀，境內森林覆蓋率達84.7%，富集著古蹬道、古楹聯、古橋、古亭、古寺、古塔等文化遺存，享有"五岳歸來不看山，黃山歸來不看岳" 的美譽。中國歷代文人雅士熱衷于游歷黃山，以黃山為靈感來源，留下眾多摩崖石刻和文學書畫作品。1990年，黃山列入聯合國教科文組織世界文化與自然遺產名錄。2004 年，黃山被聯合國教科文組織公布為世界地質公園。