Huangshan Mountain contains all Chinese major beautiful scenery, those are the miracle from the nature, has always enjoyed the best reputation. Huangshan Mountain become a world-famous tourist destination by its most precious natural and cultural heritage. For visitors came from all directions, the poet, painter and photographer, this scenic resort Huangshan has a endless charm. Located in the south of Anhui Province, straddling Shexian, Yixian, Taiping and Xiuning counties. It was called Yishan Mountain in the Qin Dynasty(221-206BC), and got its current name in 747 during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Legends and Stories
The wonderful scenery of Huangshan Mountain has attracted many visitors. Among them were said to be immortals, like the Yellow Emperor, the Dragon King and even the Eight Immortals. The story goes that once on the day of the annual gathering of the Eight Immortals, seven of them arrived on time, while Han Xiangzi was late. Zhang Guolao guessed that Han Xiangzi must have been fascinated by the scenery of Huangshan Mountain on his way. Then Zhang Guolao flew into the sky to look for Han Xiangzi. Just as Zhang expected, Han was sightseeing on Huangshan Mountain. He was enjoying himself so much that he forgot the gathering. Zhang tried every possible way to persuade Han to leave. Han, however, was reluctant to go, and turned a stone into a replica of himself, in case he forgot the way to Huangshan Mountain the next time. The stone therefore was named Immortal Showing the Way. Zhang, for fear that Han would slip away again, rode backwards on his donkey to keep Han in sight and also to keep seeing the mountain.


Greeting Pine

The scenic area covers 154 square kilometers, and is celebrated for its peaks, rocks, pines, clouds and springs. The renowned Four Wonders of Huangshan Mountain are the spectacular rocks, oddly shaped pines, hot springs and sea of clouds. Huangshan Mountain has distinctive scenes respectively in spring, summer, autumn and winter, which earns it the name Earthly Fairyland.

Other attractions are lakes, waterfalls, streams, rare flowers and animals. Forests cover 83.4% of the area, with some 1,452 species of native plants in 203 families. Huangshan Mountain also has a rich cultural heritage. Xu Xiake, a famous traveler of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) visited Huangshan Mountain twice, and described it in a poem, calling it best of all mountains in China.

Key Words:
黄山 Huángshān: Huangshan Mountain
迎客松 Yíngkè Sōng: Greeting Pine
奇松 Qísōng: oddly shaped pines 
怪石 Guài'shí: spectacular rocks 
云海 Yúnhǎi: sea of clouds 
温泉 Wēnquán: hot springs
唐朝 Tángcháo: Tang Dynasty
排云亭 Páiyún Tíng: Paiyun Pavilion