Tiantai Mountain

"Mount Tiantai" redirects here. For other uses, see Mount Tiantai (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Mount Tai.
Not to be confused with Mount Liantai.
Tiantai Mountain
A view of Tiantai Mountain and the pagoda of Guoqing Temple, constructed during the Sui dynasty (6th century CE).
Highest point
Elevation1,138 m (3,734 ft)
Coordinates29°10′44″N 121°02′32″E / 29.178843°N 121.042213°E / 29.178843; 121.042213
Geography
Tian Tai Shan Scenic Area
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Map
Area105 km2 (41 sq mi)
DesignationScenic Area
Designated1985
Tiantai Shan
Chinese天台山
Hanyu PinyinPRC Standard Mandarin:
Tiāntāi Shān
ROC Standard Mandarin:
Tiāntái Shān
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPRC Standard Mandarin:
Tiāntāi Shān
ROC Standard Mandarin:
Tiāntái Shān
BopomofoPRC: ㄊㄧㄢ   ㄊㄞ   ㄕㄢ
ROC: ㄊㄧㄢ   ㄊㄞˊ   ㄕㄢ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhPRC: Tiantai Shan
ROC: Tiantair Shan
Wade–GilesPRC: T‘ien1-t‘ai1 Shan1
ROC: T‘ien1-t‘ai2 Shan1
Tongyong PinyinPRC: Tiantai Shan
ROC: Tiantái Shan
Yale RomanizationPRC: Tyāntāi Shān
ROC: Tyāntái Shān
MPS2PRC: Tiāntāi Shān
ROC: Tiāntái Shān
IPAPRC: [tʰjɛ́n.tʰáɪ ʂán]
ROC: [tʰjɛ́n.tʰǎɪ ʂán]
Guoqing Temple on Tiantai Mountain, originally built in 598 CE during the Sui dynasty, and renovated during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735).

Tiantai Mountain (also Tí Taî in the local language) is a mountain in Tiantai County, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China.[2] Its highest peak, Huading, reaches a height of 1,138 meters (3,734 ft).[2] The mountain was made a national park on 1 August 1988.[citation needed] One of nine remaining wild populations of Seven-Son Flower (Heptacodium miconioides) is located on mount Tiantai.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference unep was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Tí Taî Mountain Scenic Area". Retrieved March 8, 2011.
  3. ^ Lu, H. P.; Cai, Y. W.; Chen, X. Y.; Zhang, X.; Gu, Y. J.; Zhang, G. F. (2006). "High RAPD but no cpDNA sequence variation in the endemic and endangered plant, Heptacodium miconioides Rehd. (Caprifoliaceae)". Genetica. 128 (1–3): 409–417. doi:10.1007/s10709-006-7542-x. PMID 17028968.