Four World Cultural And Natural Heritage Sites In China

The dual heritage of world culture and nature, also known as compound heritage, is one with both natural heritage and cultural heritage. Mount Tai is the first natural and cultural heritage in China and the world. As of July 6, 2019, there are four world cultural and natural heritage sites in China, namely: Huangshan Mountain, Taishan Mountain, Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha, and Mount Wuyi.
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1. Mount Taishan

Mount Taishan, also known as Daishan, Daizong, Daiyue, Dongyue, Tai Yue, is one of the five famous mountains in China, is the world natural and cultural heritage, the world geological park, the national AAAAA level tourist scenic spot, the national key cultural relic protection units, the national civilization scenic area. Located in the middle OF Shandong Province, stretching across Tai ‘an, Jinan, Zibo three cities, the total area of 24,200 hectares. The main peak, Yuhuangding, is 1,545 meters above sea level. It has the title of “the first of the Five Mountains”, “the long of the Five mountains”, “the honor of the five Mountains” and “the first mountain in the world”.
Mount Tai was regarded by the ancients as the heaven of “straight to the throne”, and became the sacred mountain worshipped by the people and the emperors. There is a saying that “Mount Tai is safe and the whole world is safe”. From the first Emperor of Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there were 13 generations of emperors who made pilgrimages to Mount Tai, and another 24 generations of emperors sent officials to make pilgrimages 72 times.
The vast mountain of Mount Tai contains more than 20 ancient buildings and 2,200 stone tablets. Taoism and Buddhism regard Mount Tai as the “Immortal Mountain and Buddhist kingdom”, deify Mount Tai, and build a large number of temple in Mount Tai.
Mount Tai is the symbol of the Chinese nation, the epitome of Eastern culture, the place where the thought of “unity of nature and man” is placed, and the homeland of the Chinese nation spirit.

2. Mount Huang

Mount Huang, the world cultural and natural heritage, the world geological park, the national AAAAA level tourist scenic spot, the national scenic area, the national civilized scenic area demonstration point, the top ten mountains in China, the world’s first strange mountain.
Mount Huang is located in the south of Anhui Province, Huangshan City, there are 72 peaks, the main peak Lotus peak 1864 meters above sea level, and Guangming peak, Tiandu Peak said the three main peaks of Mount Huang, as one of the 36 peaks. Huangshan, the symbol of Anhui tourism, is the only mountain scenery among the top ten scenic spots in China.
Mount Huang, formerly known as black mountain, is famous for its black peak and black sky. After the legend Xuan Yuan Yellow Emperor had alchemy in this, it was renamed “Huangshan”. Huangshan represents the landscape has “four unique three waterfalls”, four unique: odd pine, strange rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs; Three waterfalls: Herringbone waterfall, Baizhang Spring, Kowloon Waterfall. Huangshan Greeting pine is a symbol of Anhui people’s hospitality and friendship, carrying the Oriental etiquette culture of embracing the world.
When Xu Xiake, a traveler of the Ming Dynasty, climbed the Huangshan Mountain, he said: “There is no Huangshan mountain like the emblem among the famous mountains in and around the thin sea. When you climb Mount Huangshan, this is the only view!” Was later extended as “the return of the five mountains do not see the mountain, the return of the Huangshan do not see the mountain”.

3. Mount Emei – Leshan Giant Buddha

Mount Emei – Leshan Giant Buddha is a world cultural and natural heritage. The ancient building group of Mount Emei is a national key cultural relic protection unit. The Mount Emei Scenic area with Mount Emei as the main body is a national key scenic area and a national AAAAA tourist attraction. Located in southwestern Sichuan Province, on the southwestern edge of the Sichuan Basin, it is one of the “Four Famous Buddhist Mountains” in China. With steep terrain and beautiful scenery, it is known as the “World Show of Emei”. The top of Ten Thousand Buddhas on the mountain is the highest, with an altitude of 3,099 meters, more than 2,700 meters higher than the Emei Plain.
Rising from the Emei Plain, the mountain extends north and south for 23 kilometers, covering an area of about 154 square kilometers. It is mainly composed of four peaks: Da ‘e Mountain, Er ‘e Mountain, SAN ‘e Mountain and Si ‘e Mountain. The middle and lower parts of the mountain are distributed with granite, metamorphic rocks and limestone, and the top part is covered with basalt.
Mount Emei is located in the intersection of various natural elements. It has a complex floristic composition, rich biological species and many unique species. It has a complete subtropical vegetation system, with more than 3,200 plants, accounting for about 1/10 of the total plant species in China. Mount Emei is also home to more than 2,300 species of rare animals. There are more monkeys along the mountain road, often in droves to beg for food to visitors, as a major feature of the mountain.
Mount Emei is the ashlair of Puxian Bodhisattva. Religious culture, especially Buddhist culture, constitutes the main part of the history and culture of Mount Emei. All the buildings, statues, rituals, music and paintings show the rich flavor of religious culture. There are many historic sites and temples on the mountain, including Baoguo Temple, Fuhu Temple, Washing Elephant Pond, Longmen Cave, Sashimi Cliff, Emei Buddha’s Light and other scenic spots. It is one of the destinations for tourism, recuperation and summer vacation in China.

4. The wuyi mountain

Wuyi both is one of the world cultural and natural heritage, world biosphere reserve, national key cultural relics protection units (wuyi cliff tombs), the national key scenic area, national AAAAA level scenic spots, national nature reserve, national water conservancy scenic spot, the national ecological demonstration area of tourism, the national civilized scenery tourist area demonstration site. Located at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian, the southeast foot of the north section of Wuyi Mountain covers an area of 999.75 square kilometers. It is a famous scenic and summer resort in China. Is a typical Danxia landform, is one of the first national key scenic spots.
Mount Wuyi is a famous mountain with three religions. Since the Qin and Han DYNASTIES, Mount WuYI HAS BEEN THE home OF Yu Yu’s Buddhist family, and there are many Buddhist temples, MONasteries AND BUDDHIST nunNERies. Mount Wuyi was once a place where Confucian scholars advocated Taoism and gave lectures.
Wuyi Mountain Nature Reserve is the best protected and richest ecosystem in the same latitude area of the earth, with 2,527 species of plant species and nearly 5,000 species of wild animals.