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Huangshan City is destined to be one of the most visited
tourist destinations in the 21st Century. Because of its majestic
creation of nature, its more than 2000-year history, and its flourishing
Huizhou culture, the city boasts a multitude of tourist attractions.
They include the world-famous Mt.Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), the
well-preserved ancient villages, crystal Lake Taiping and Qiyun
Taoist Mountain and so on. Old residences, archways, clan temples,
ancient bridges and pagodas are abundant.
Situated in the southern part of Anhui Province in China,
Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) is a famous scenic spot. On the mountain,
the peaks rise one upon another and the pines and cypresses are
luxuriantly green. Among the 72 big and small mountain peaks and
ridges, the lakes, brooks, deep pools and waterfalls can be found
everywhere. All over 1800 metres above sea level, and shrouded in
clouds and mist, its main three peaks: Lotus Flower Peak, Ever Bright
Peak and Heavenly Capital Peak present a scenery of boundless variety.
Huangshan owes its unique scenic value to four factors, i.e. queer
pines, grotesque rocks, cloud seas, and a hot spring. The exquisite
scenery varies with the various seasons. Most spectacular are blossoms
in Spring, pools in Summer, forests in Autumn and snow in Winter.
In 1990, the UNESCO listed Mt. Huangshan as "A World Cultural And
Natural Heritage."
Heavenly Capital Peak
Located in the south-eastern part of Huangshan, and 1810 metres
above sea level, it is the most perilous peak of the three. The
path to the top is via a vertical ladder inlaid in a precipitous
cliff, and fenced in with stone posts and iron chains. The last
section of the path to the top is about 30 metre long and 1 metre
wide hunch-backed rocky ridge rising up from a deep ravine. Due
to its riskiness, in spite of protections provided by the stone
posts and iron chains it is figuratively called "Silver Carp's Back."
On the summit, there is a stone cave large enough to seat a hundred
people. Near the cave entrance, lies a rock resembling "A Drunkard
Immortal Reclining On His Side" who was as if assigned to guard
the gate of the cave. The summit commands a distant view of misty
ranges of mountains and rivers diminishing into tiny lines. Here,
one is at last at "the Peak of Perfection" as the inscription on
a rock close at hand reads.
Lotus Flower Peak
Situated in the centre of Huangshan, and 1886 metres above sea level,
it is the highest one of Huangshan's three main peaks. Lofty and
precipitous, its principal peak towers over a number of smaller
ones around it. The summit area is only a few square metres. Standing
on it, one is as if to assume the dauntless spirit of propping up
the sky from falling down. Far ahead in all directions are myriad
of mountains vying with one another for beauty, and streams and
rivers competing to be the fastest.
First Belief Peak
It is located in the eastern part of Huangshan, and 1668 metres
above sea level. The peak is famous for exquisite rocks and graceful
pines. With its three sides being precipitous and fathomless cliffs,
First Belief Peak, flanked by Rising Peak and Stalagmite Peak as
Fairy Bridge spans the summit. A poetic inscription on a rock there
reads "you are a lone climber from a freezing river."
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