Mountain Sanqing----- One of the Top Five Beautiful Mountains in China

Mount Sanqing is a renowned Taoist sacred mountain located 25 miles (40 km) north of Yushan County in Jiangxi Province, with outstanding scenery. Sanqing means the "Three Pure Ones" in Chinese as Mount Sanqing is made up of three main summits: Yujing, Yushui, and Yuhua, representing the Taoist trinity. Mount Sanqing has been classified as a national park of China. It is a famous honey pot as well as a shelter for animals and plants. It contains more than 2300 species of plants and 400 species of vertebrates. The total area of Mount Sanqing is 229 km². It became a National Geopark in 2005 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008.

As early as the ancient time, the Sanqingshan Mountain enjoys a special reputation known as “the only blessed place of the world cut from the hustle and bustle; and the first fairy mountain of South Yangtze River towering into the clouds”. Mr. Paul, the President of the National Park Foundation of the U.S., remarked that: "Mountain Sanqingshan is one of the few essences and the treasure of the world". Chinese National Geography recommended it as one of the "top five beautiful mountains in China" and geologists from China and America all agree that it has "the most spectacular granite along the verge of western pacific ocean".

Sanqing Mountain has been a sacred place for Taoists since a visit by the alchemists Ge Yun and Ge Hong during the East Jin Dynasty (317 A.D. - 420 A.D.). The man who first built a Taoist temple at the foot of Sanqing Mountain was a descendant of Wang Jian, a prefecture chief in Xinzhou during the Tang Dynasty. During the period of Emperor Tang Xizong, Wang Jian received the emperor's order to mollify the people of the region during an uprising. Once he reached the north foot of Sanqing Mountain, he marveled at the scenery so much that he finally brought his family to live there.

During the Song Dynasty, his descendant Wang Lin invested to build Taoist temples, making Sanqing Mountain a major destination for Taoists. In the period of the Jingtai emperor, during the Ming Dynasty, the descendant of Wang Lin – Wang Hu – continued with large-scale construction and rebuilt Sanqing Palace. Throughout the mountain there are temples, pavilions, carved stones, statues, gates and bridges, with a total number of more than 200 relics.

The scenic spot covers an area of 84.89 square miles (220 square km), of which 27.41 square miles (71 square km) is the main scenic area. The three peaks Yujing, Yuxu, Yuhua looks like three divine spirits Yuqing, Shangqing and Taiqing of Taoism resting in a row, hence the name Mountain Sanqingshan. It combines the beauty of Huangshan Mountain, the spectacular of E'mei Mountain, the nimbus of Lushan Mountain and the steepness of Huashan Mountain in one, thereafter displaying a unique quality.

The granite landforms are the most valued component of Sanqingshan landscape. Mountain Sanqingshan has plentiful granite morphological landscape resource, picturesque meteorological landscape resource, ecological landscape resources, rare plant and animal resources as well as landscape resources of lakes and waterfalls and Taoism culture. Visitors can see the pictographic stone landscape here, lifelike natural sculptures, such as the Oriental Goddess, Gigantic Boa, Colorful Screen at Ninth Heaven, Thousands of Peaks Competing for the Best, Three Dragons Rushing to Sea and Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Enjoys Music. Visitors may also enjoy various special meteorological phenomena, of which the most important ones are: Cloud Sea, Cloud Waterfall, Sanqing Divine Light, Five Colors Road in the Clouds, and Meteor Showers. During winter, you can experience another landscape type, mountain blanketed in snow. Mountain Sanqingshan has been an important spiritual center for Taoism, an ancient religious culture unique to China. The historic Taoist stone structures, such as Sanqing Temple, Dragon and Tiger Palace and Wind and Storm Pagoda remain important relics of the Taoism culture.

 

Mountain Sanqingshan presents a stunning array of natural beauty combining primeval landscapes and pristine flora. Few, if any, other world sites can rival it in terms of grandeur and majesty of Mother Nature. Come and visit, you will find it a special and beautiful place, not only for China, but also to the world.

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