中国 黄山

Mountain Huangshan - China Archives of the World Heritage

黄山位于安徽省南部，是自然和文化双重遗产。黄山系花岗岩地质，南北长约40公里，东西宽约30公里，主峰光明顶海拔1841米，最高点莲花峰海拔1873米。 黄山以奇松、怪石、云海、温泉闻名于世，原生植物资源和野生动物资源十分丰富，植物呈垂直分布，原生种质植物203科，1452种。明代地理学家徐霞客曾游黄山，并载入具有科学，文化双重价值的《徐霞客游记》。

Mount Huangshan, situated in Huangshan City, South of Anhui Province, covers an area of 154 square kilometres and has a height of 500 to 1864 meters above sea level.

As a site of natural heritage, the geological formation of Mount Huangshan featuring granite peaks and rocks is unique in the world, serving as important materials for scientific studies of the glacier site dating back to the Quaternary Period. Mount Huangshan also boasts exceptional topographic features of grotesque peaks, rich resources of protophyte，endangered flora species, rare wild animals, valuable hot springs, and picturesque seas of clouds.

As a site of cultural heritage, the mountain is the cradle of "Mount Huangshan Civilization". Well preserved ancient constructions, old climbing routes, petroglyphs, and landscape names of poetic connotations can be found in all places, and there are countless cultural and artistic work with Mount Huangshan as their themes. All these cultural and artistic work are the heritages and innovations of the ancient Huizhou civilization, becoming the mainstream of the specified "Mount Huangshan Civilization", which not only possess distinct artistic characters, but also add to the cultural treasure of China.