Fanjingshan

Fanjingshan
The "Red Cloud Golden Peak" (New Golden Peak) of Fanjingshan
Highest point
Elevation	2,570 m (8,430 ft)
Coordinates	27°53′44″N 108°40′48″E / 27.89555556°N 108.68°E / 27.89555556; 108.68
Naming
English translation	Mountain of the Pure Land of Brahma
Language of name	Chinese
Geography
Fanjingshan Tongren, Guizhou, China
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Fanjingshan
Type	Natural
Criteria	(x)
Designated	2018 (42nd session)
Reference no.	1559
Region	Eastern Asia
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The Fanjingshan (Chinese: 梵净山; pinyin: Fànjìngshān) or Mount Fanjing, located in Tongren, Guizhou province, is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains in southeastern China, at an elevation of 2,570 m (8,430 ft). The Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve was established in 1978 and designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1986. Fanjingshan is a sacred mountain in Chinese Buddhism, considered to be the bodhimaṇḍa of the Maitreya Buddha. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.^[1]