Huangshan

Huangshan
黄山
Panoramic view of the Huangshan landscape
Highest point
Elevation1,864 m (6,115 ft)[1]
Prominence1,734 m (5,689 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates30°07′30″N 118°10′00″E / 30.12500°N 118.16667°E / 30.12500; 118.16667[1]
Geography
Huangshan 黄山 is located in Northern China
Huangshan 黄山
Huangshan
黄山
Location in eastern China
Huangshan 黄山 is located in China
Huangshan 黄山
Huangshan
黄山
Huangshan
黄山 (China)
LocationHuangshan City, Anhui
Official nameMount Huangshan
CriteriaCultural and Natural: (ii), (vii), (x)
Reference547bis
Inscription1990 (14th Session)
Extensions2012
Area16,060 ha (62.0 sq mi)
Buffer zone49,000 ha (190 sq mi)
Huangshan
"Huangshan" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese黄山
Traditional Chinese黄山
Literal meaning"Yellow Mountain(s)"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuángshān
Wade–GilesHuang2-shan1
IPA[xwǎŋʂán]
Wu
RomanizationWaon se
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWòhng-sāan
JyutpingWong4-saan1
Southern Min
Tâi-lôN̂g-san (col.)
Hông-san (lit.)

Huangshan (Chinese: 黄山),[2] literally meaning the Yellow Mountain(s), is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. It was originally called "Yishan", and it was renamed because of a legend that Emperor Xuanyuan once made alchemy here.[3] Vegetation on the range is thickest below 1,100 meters (3,600 ft), with trees growing up to the treeline at 1,800 meters (5,900 ft).

The area is well known for its scenery, sunsets, peculiarly-shaped granite peaks, Huangshan pine trees, hot springs, winter snow and views of the clouds from above. Huangshan is a frequent subject of traditional Chinese paintings and literature, as well as modern photography. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of China's major tourist destinations.

  1. ^ a b c "Lianhua Feng - Lotus Peak, HP Huang Shan" on Peaklist.org - Central and Eastern China, Taiwan and Korea. This data is specific to the high point of the range only. Retrieved 2011-10-5.
  2. ^ Bernstein, pp. 125–127.
  3. ^ "Origins and new interpretations on the theory of Pleistocene glaciation in South-East China - the case of the Lushan and Huangshan ranges". Annales de Géographie. 101: 472.