A spectacular mountain

Huangshan

“Huangshan, known as ‘the loveliest mountain of China’, was acclaimed through art and literature during a good part of Chinese history. Today it holds the same fascination for visitors, poets, painters and photographers who come on pilgrimage to the site, which is renowned for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of a sea of clouds.” This is a quotation from UNESCO’s description of Huangshan.
Mt Huangshan holds the charms of all other famous mountains in China, and claims to be “the most spectacular mountain in the world”. It is as magnificent as Mt Taishan, precipitous as Mt Huanshan, graceful as Mt Emei, and has the misty cloud of Mt Hengshan, the delicate rocks of Mt Yandang, and the pouring waterfalls of Mt Lusha. Xu Xia-ke, traveler and geologist of Ming Dynasty, visited Mt Huangshan twice and praised that “Once on top, one finds no other match. This is the acme!” And soon after, there is the saying “No mountain is worth seeing after a trip to the Five Sacred Mountains, but none of the Five is worth seeing after a trip to Huangshan.”