Huangshan is a famous mountain range in eastern China known for its scenic beauty. It features pine trees, rocks, lakes, springs, peaks, streams, and waterfalls that give it astonishing beauty. Huangshan is renowned for its strange pines, absurd stones, sea of clouds, and hot springs. The sea of clouds and constantly changing cloud shapes and colors are unique features of Huangshan.
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of beautiful Huangshan
• The Huangshan (黄山) is a mountain range in southern Anhui Province (安徽
省) in eastern China, covering a total area of more than 100 kilometer
squares. It is famous for its scenic beauty and is a frequent subject of
traditional Chinese paintings and literature. Mount Huangshan has been a
UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.
• Huangshan beauty lies in its pines, rocks, lakes, springs, peaks, streams and
waterfalls. It is thus known as the most astonishing mountain in China (天下第
一奇山). Mount Huangshan is famous for its 4 wonders, namely the strange
pines (奇松), absurd stones (怪石), sea of clouds (云海) and hot springs (温泉
). Every pine is unique in there with the most famous pine being the Guest-
Greeting Pine (迎客松). Spectacular rocky peaks taking the shapes of human
beings, birds, animals and many other objects are everywhere in Mount
Huangshan. The sea of clouds in Mount Huangshan is unique if compared to
what one can see in other high mountains in China. The shapes and colors of
the clouds are forever changing over there. Besides, one can also refresh
themselves in one of the many hot springs on Mount Huangshan.