As a National Scenic Spot and Historical Site, the World Natural Heritage for Giant Panda Habitat, the National Forest Park, and the National AAA Tourist Attraction, Mountain Tiantai is located in the southwest of Qionglai City of Sichuan Province, a part of the Qionglai Range. Called “Mountain Dongmeng” in ancient times, it is reputed as “a platform to climb the sky” due to its strange landform. So it is named Tiantai.
110 kilometers away from Chengdu, and 45 kilometers from Qionglai, Mountain Tiantai has an area of 192 kilometers with the highest peak Yuxiao of 1812-meter altitude.
Mountain Tiantai is famous for its “strange mountains, odd rocks, beautiful waters, quiet forest, and charming clouds”. The strangeness of mountains is attributed to its unique geological structure and typical “Danxia” landform. As for fascinating attractions, they include “Daoxue Rock” and “small stone wood” representing its odd rocks, the Jinlong River, Xiaojiuzhai, and Xiangshuitan Waterfalls representing its beautiful waters, the five-kilometer “Green Long Veranda” representing its quiet forest, and “cloud sea of Tiantai” and “Foguang” representing its charming clouds.
There are various species of plants and animals and the rate of vegetation cover is 94.4%. Among plants of 83 families and 400 species, over 20, such as the dove tree, yew and gingko, are endangered species protected by our country. Among 100 species of animals, over 50, such as giant panda, crimson-bellied tragopan, macaque, are endangered animals protected by China.
Water is the soul of Mountain Tiantai. Meandering down from Mountain Tiantai, Jinlong River forms long beach, streams, waterfalls and lakes, etc. Miraculously transformed with the levity of water, a good many sceneries have opened out a Chinese landscape painting in the format of a long scroll, which can be described “In 90 miles of river, there are 800 streams, and among 2,000 peaks there are 9,000 marvelous stones.”
Mountain Tiantai boasts profound history and culture. Since ancient times, Mountain Tiantai has been the living place of the Qiong Nationality. In the enlightened times of Chongqing and Sichuan, Bieling ascended and held a memorial ceremony for heaven, In Han Dynasty, Taoists put up here and built an altar to worship god. In the Song Dynasty, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism united, and formed a union of politics and religion, when there were 108 sites of Taoist shrines, Buddhist Monasteries, and chief cabinets and religions reached its height. At present, many historical and cultural sites like the religious law court, “Government Office of Monks”, religious fair “Monk Street”, “The first Buddhist Temple” and Yongle temple, which are rare in China, are reserved in Mountain Tiantai. |
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