Huangshan

Huangshan National Park is a national park in the Anhui Province of China, three hundred kilometers from Shanghai. Granite rocks in the mountains inspired Chinese poets and landscape painters, one of the poets Li Bo in 747 named this place the "Yellow Mountains" (Huangshan). Over 70 mountains have a height of more than a thousand meters, of which the highest are the Lotus Peak (1864 meters), the Peak of the Heavenly Capital (1829 m) and the Peak of Light (1840 m). In 1990, the Huangshan area was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List for the beauty of the mountains, as well as because many rare animals and plants live here.

Mountains began to form in the Mesozoic era about 100 million years ago. Glaciers broke mountains, leaving behind rocks of bizarre shapes. The clouds here are below the mountain level several times a month, forming natural phenomena such as "Buddha's Light" and "Cloudy Sea". Endemic pine trees grow on the slopes of Huangshan, giving the mountains a recognizable look.

The national park has a well-developed tourist infrastructure: cable cars have been built, small clearings have been cut for climbing to the peaks, there are observation decks and hotels on the trails. There are hot springs near the Purple Cloud Peak mountain, which keep the water temperature at 45 °C. With a classic hiking route, park visitors will walk around the peaks of the mountains, admire the sunset and sunrise.