Yandang Mountain: Beautiful Mountains in Daytime andImaginary Images at Night

Yandang Mountainis located in the northeastern coastal city of Wenzhou City in ZhejiangProvince. In 1982, it was selected by the State Council as the first batch ofnational key scenic spots. In recent years, it has been awarded the title of"National Sanitary Hill, Safety Hill, Civilized Mountain","National Civilized Scenic Area", "National AAAAA TourismArea", "National Civilized Scenic Spot Demonstration Spot" and"World Geopark" . Situated in Leqing, Wenzhou, Yandang Mountain isone of the 10 famous mountains in China.

Locating in Yueqing Wenzhou City Zhejiang Province, Yandang Mountainis of the first group of national important scenic sites and it is consideredas one of ten famous mountains in China. The name "yandang" comesfrom the lake of beautiful view on the top of the mountain and where the spreadingreed，and the wildgeese come and live here in autumn.

Famous for its peaks, screen-like peaks, caves and waterfalls, it isa mountainous natural resort on seaside. With the good reputation of "thefamous mountain in the sea", "the emperor of mountains", themountain was called as "The First Mountain in Southeast China". Withabundant and rich culture, it was set afoot in South and North Dynasty, anddeveloped in Tang Dynasty.

Yandang Mountain has its special features, "it can standscrutiny in daytime, and it also can thrill with joy at night","Different positions, different sceneries" and "Tasting seafoodwhile watching landscape". The first two are taking about the night sceneon the Yandang Mountain. One of the most fascinating peaks is just like akissing couple on behalf of devoted love, and almost every couple will takephotos before it. The last is about the seafood there. There are manyagritainment (农家乐) providinglocal food like including fresh fishes and vegetables for tourists. All ofthese are the three features which are different from other famous mountains.

Yandang Mountain is a typical ancicnt rhyolite volcano with area of450 square meters in total. It was formed 120 million years ago, is the mostcomplete and typical Cretaceous rhyolite volcano in the volcanic belt of thePacific Rim. It is called "Natural Museum" by Chinese and foreigngeologists. Since the 1980s, Britain, the United States, South Africa, Denmarkand other Chinese and foreign geologists have come to visit, in 1996,Yandangshan was listed as the 30th session of the Yandang Shan, InternationalGeological Conference of scientific inspection points, in February 2005 byUNESCO as a world geological park. Yandang Shan erupted after four eruption,its eruption than the Pacific Andes volcanic belt, the western United Statesvolcanic belt, the Russian Far East volcanic belt is more ancient. Volcaniceruptions made Yandangshan magnificent magnificent landscape, the ruins willalso be exploring the Asian continent marginal structural magmatism and deepgeological nature of the window, so that Yandangshan become the world's onlyset of landscape aesthetics, history and culture, natural science in one Of thefamous Chinese.

    Themountains chisel of Yandang Mountain began in the Northern and SouthernDynasties, Xing Yu Tang, Sheng in the Song. The Prince of the LiangZhaoMingbuilt towers under the hibiscus peak for the beginning of the mountain;mountain in the beginning of the mountain; TangXiu domain monk NuOn that becauseof MuYangDang mountain "flower village bird mountain" reputation,rate of disciples three hundred to promote Buddhism. Was regarded as theoriginator of the Yandang Mountain; to the Song, Yandangshan gradually increasethe scale of development, build a total of 18 Temple, 10 homes, 16 Pavilion,Yandang Shan for the development of heyday. At present, the party and stateleaders Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Qiao Shi, Li Ruihuanand so on have inspected Yandang Mountain. The writers and writers of the pastdynasties kept pouring on the ink and ink from immortal poets and writers, suchas Xie Lingyun, Guan Xiu, Shen Kuo, Xu Xiake, Kang Youwei, Zhang Daqian, ShaMenghai, Pan Tianshou, Yu Dafu, Guo Moruo, Deng Tuo and Shu Ting.

Over the past 20,000 years, the volcano in Yandang Mountain hasexperienced four periods and several dozen eruptions. Thanks to multieruptions, falls, revivals and rises, and the erosion by water and wind formillions of years, the present landforms were formed.

ScenicSpots

Yandang Mountain covers an area of 450 sq km, and has more than 500tourist attractions and eight major scenic zones. Of all the scenic spots inYandang Mountain, Lingfeng Peak, Lingyan Rock and Dalongqiu Waterfall are themost famous, known as the “three perfections in Yandang Mountain”.

Yandang Mountain features complicated landforms and abundant tourismresources. When one takes a step forward, the scenery will change; and thepeaks show different shapes when they are viewed from different angles.

If one enters the Dalongqiu Waterfall Scenic Zone from the entranceof the valley along the stream, one will first see the Scissor Peak, whichchanges the shapes when it is viewed from different angles. Now it looks likethe bud of a yulan magnolia flower ready to burst; now, like a pair ofscissors; now, a woodpecker catching insects; now, a big bear holding a treewith its arms; and now, a stone pillar piercing into the sky. If one walksforward a few steps and turns one head back, one will find it resembles asailing boat….

The scenery in Yandang Mountain is mainly composed of peaks,waterfalls, caves and steep cliffs. The main tourist attractions in themountain include the Two-palm Peak, Double Bamboo Shoots Peaks, Scissor Pak,Lotus Peak, Heavenly Pillar Peak, Flay Display Peak, Pingxia Peak, DalongqiuWaterfall and Xiaolongqiu Waterfall.

With a high elevation, all the peaks in Yandang Mountain riseabruptly from the ground, and the 100-m-high peaks and cliffs can be seeneverywhere. It is almost impossible for tourist to climb the mountain as it isso steep. Going up the mountain along the undulating paths, tourists canappreciate oddly-shaped rocks and steep peaks.

Yandang Mountain contains Dalongqiu Waterfall, Xiaolongqiu Waterfalland numerous streams. Now the streams get together to form a mirror-like lake;now they flow along the winding paths; and now they fall down, like a string ofpearls scattered on the green water surface, presenting various types of whitepatterns.

Lingfeng Peak, Lingyan Rock and Dalong Qiu Waterfall are called as"Three Famous Scene Sites of Yandang Mountain". Ling Feng is the EastGate of Yandang Shan, Yandang Shan one of the most beautiful music. Along theMing Yuxi and on the mountain wall two walls, dangerous peak chaos stacked,streams gurgling. Day King look, night ecstasy. When night fell, Zhu Feng cutthe film shadows, "Eagle wings", "Rhino Mochizuki","husband and wife peak" "Acacia woman". One by onemanifestation, both physical and mental, it is spiritual thinking, imagination.

There is a lake at the top of YandangMountain, which is a haven for wild geese, hence the name "Yandang".Covering 450 square kilometers, the place features volcanic rocks, deepvalleys, precipitous peaks, mysterious caves and strange rock formations.

There are more than 500 scenic spotsscattered through eight major scenic areas, the most famous of which are theThree Best Wonders – the Spiritual Peaks, Dalongjiu Waterfall and the SpiritualRocks.

Transport

All the tourist attractions in YandangMountain are easily accessed by roads. Shuttle buses go directly to all thescenic spots; and tourists may reach all the scenic spots by driving a car. Allthe stone paths in the mountain are anti-skid, with gentle slopes, so oldpeople and children can walk along the paths safely.

No scheduled flights from Shanghai toYandang Mountains. Tourists may fly to Wenzhou, which takes one hour; and thentake a bus from Wenzhou to the mountain. So tourists are suggested go fromShanghai to Yandang Mountain by train.