Huangshan

Huangshan
Huangshan
	"Huangshan" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	黄山
Traditional Chinese	黄山
Literal meaning	"Yellow Mountain(s)"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huángshān
Wade–Giles	Huang2-shan1
IPA	[xwǎŋʂán]
Wu
Romanization	Waon入 se平
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Wòhng-sāan
Jyutping	Wong4-saan1
Southern Min
Tâi-lô	N̂g-san (col.); Hông-san (lit.)

Huangshan
黄山
Huangshan; 黄山
	Panoramic view of the Huangshan landscape
Highest point
Elevation	1,864 m (6,115 ft)
Prominence	1,734 m (5,689 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	30°07′30″N 118°10′00″E / 30.12500°N 118.16667°E
Geography
	Huangshan; 黄山 Location in eastern China Huangshan; 黄山 Huangshan; 黄山 (China)
Location	Huangshan City, Anhui
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Mount Huangshan
Criteria	Cultural and Natural: (ii), (vii), (x)
Reference	547bis
Inscription	1990 (14th Session)
Extensions	2012
Area	16,060 ha (62.0 sq mi)
Buffer zone	49,000 ha (190 sq mi)

Huangshan (Chinese: 黄山),^[2] literally meaning the Yellow Mountain(s), is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. It was originally called "Yishan", and it was renamed because of a legend that Emperor Xuanyuan once made alchemy here.^[3] Vegetation on the range is thickest below 1,100 meters (3,600 ft), with trees growing up to the treeline at 1,800 meters (5,900 ft).

The area is well known for its scenery, sunsets, peculiarly-shaped granite peaks, Huangshan pine trees, hot springs, winter snow and views of the clouds from above. Huangshan is a frequent subject of traditional Chinese paintings and literature, as well as modern photography. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of China's major tourist destinations.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lianhua Feng - Lotus Peak, HP Huang Shan" on Peaklist.org - Central and Eastern China, Taiwan and Korea. This data is specific to the high point of the range only. Retrieved 2011-10-5.
^ Bernstein, pp. 125–127.
^ "Origins and new interpretations on the theory of Pleistocene glaciation in South-East China - the case of the Lushan and Huangshan ranges". Annales de Géographie. 101: 472.

[peaklist-1] "Lianhua Feng - Lotus Peak, HP Huang Shan" on Peaklist.org - Central and Eastern China, Taiwan and Korea. This data is specific to the high point of the range only. Retrieved 2011-10-5.

[berlitz-2] Bernstein, pp. 125–127.

[3] "Origins and new interpretations on the theory of Pleistocene glaciation in South-East China - the case of the Lushan and Huangshan ranges". Annales de Géographie. 101: 472.

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