Wuyi Mountains
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| Highest peak | Huanggang Mountain ( 2158 m ) | |
| location | Fujian ( PR China ) | |
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 43 ' N , 117 ° 41' E | |
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The Wuyi Mountains ( Chinese 武夷山 , Pinyin Wǔyíshān ) are located in the administrative area of the district-free city of Nanping in the far northwest of the Chinese province of Fujian on the border with the neighboring province of Jiangxi .
It extends over 500 kilometers with altitudes between 1000 and 1500 m . Its highest peak, Huanggang Mountain , is the highest point in Fujian at 2158 m . The area has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999 .
The name of the mountain goes back to a legend. During the Shang Dynasty , a descendant of the Yellow Emperor named Qian Keng lived in what is now Jiangsu . When riots broke out in central China, his two sons Wu (武 = "war") and Yi (夷 = "barbarian") fled to the mountains of Fujian.
You can travel in a boat along the river of nine turns , which meanders through the mountains in a 7 kilometer long gorge and thus get to know the landscape with its 36 rock pillars on the waterway.
Its rich fauna and flora of the Wuyi Mountains, its tea - a special type of oolong tea - and the many medicinal herbs are famous . In the evergreen deciduous and coniferous forests there are 700 year old ginkgo trees , over 140 species of birds, as well as reptiles and amphibians . More than 50 species of snakes, including many poisonous snakes, can be found here.
The Wuyi Mountains are also a linguistic border with the north Chinese- speaking neighboring province of Jiangxi . Min dialects are spoken in Fujian .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center: Mount Wuyi. Accessed August 17, 2017 .
Heritage: Great Wall of China (1987) | Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing ( Forbidden City ) and Shenyang (1987) | Mogao Grottoes (1987) | Qin Shihuangdis Mausoleum (1987) | Peking man's site in Zhoukoudian (1987) | Summer Residence and Eight Outer Temples near Chengde (1994) | Confucius Temple, Cemetery and Residence of the Kong Family in Qufu (1994) | Daoist shrines in the mountains of Wudang (1994) | Potala Palace (1994), Jokhang Temple (2000) and Norbulingka Palace (2001) | Lu Shan National Park (1996) | Lijiang Old Town (1997) | Old City of Pingyao (1997) | Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997) | Yiheyuan Summer Palace (1998) | Temple of Heaven with imperial sacrificial altar in Beijing (1998) | Rock sculptures by Also (1999) | Mount Qingcheng Mountains and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (2000) | Xidi and Hongcun Villages (2000) | Longmen Grottoes (2000) | Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000) | Yungang Grottoes (2001) | Capitals and Tombs of the Ancient Kingdom of Koguryo (2004) | Historic Center of Macau (2005) | Yinxu (2006) | Diaolou towers and villages in Kaiping (2007) | Tulou loam buildings in Fujian (2008) | Wutai Shan (2009) | Historical Monuments of Dengfeng (2010) | Cultural Landscape West Lake near Hangzhou (2011) | Xanadu Site (2012) | Hani rice terraces in Yunnan (2013) | Silk Roads: The Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Road Network (2014) | Kaiserkanal (2014) | Tusi sites (2015) | Petroglyphs at Huashan and the Zuo Jiang River (2016) | Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement (2017) | Liangzhu City Archaeological Ruins (2019)
Natural heritage: Jiuzhaigou Valley Landscape Park (1992) | Lime sinter terrace landscape Huanglong (1992) | Wulingyuan Landscape Park (1992) | Protection zones of the three parallel rivers of Yunnan (2003) | Sichuan Panda Nature Reserve (2006) | Karst landscapes in southern China (2007, 2014) | Sanqing Shan National Park (2008) | Danxia Shan at Shaoguan (2010) | Chengjiang Fossil Site (2012) | Tian Shan Mountains in Xinjiang (2013) | Shennongjia Forest Area (2016) | Qinghai Hoh Xil (2017) | Migratory bird sanctuaries along the coast of the Yellow Sea - Gulf of Bohai (Phase I) (2019)
Cultural / Natural Heritage: Tai Shan Mountain Region (1987) | Huang Shan Mountains (1990) | Mountain landscape of Emei Shan and Leshan Big Buddha (1996) | Wuyi Mountains (1999) | Fanjingshan (2018)