The
rainy days, wet mountain roads, dense fog, soft winds and the fresh
smell of the pine trees... all reminded me of the first time when I
visited Yellow Mountains in 1982. I couldn't remember how I climbed to
the top of the mountains back then, but today, it seemed unimaginable!
Nonetheless,
Yellow Mountains is as breathtaking and mysterious as I can ever
remember. I wish I could some day have a chance to live up on the
mountains for a year or tow -- just to experience all phases of this
amazing places!
The
Yellow Mountains is one of the most famous and beautiful mountainous areas in
China. It was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1990. Its spectacular
natural scenery includes
oddly-shaped pines and rocks and mystical seas of cloud.
The Yellow
Mountains are not so called because the mountains are yellow, but because the
area was renamed after the legendary Yellow Emperor (Huang Di) in 747 AD. After
that Huangshan began its ascent to fame. Many Buddhist temples have been built
there and, more recently, it has become a major tourist attraction, because of
its scenic qualities.
It is said
that the Yellow Mountains is the place where the
Yellow Emperor, the mythical ancestor of the Chinese, lived, refined
precious medicines and became a supernatural being. Xu Xiake, a noted Chinese
geologist in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), who visited the Yellow Mountains
twice, left his praise in this quote: “You
don't need to see any more mountains after seeing 'the Five Mountains', and you
don't need to see ‘the Five Mountains’ after seeing Huangshan (Yellow Mountains).”
Yellow Mountains, China
March 23-25, 2017
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