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Finally, the area of Danxia was formed. [2] Since six million years ago, the basin of Danxia area has experienced several intermittent rises, which average increase of about one metre (3 ft) per 10,000 years. With the favor of water washing by the river, the mount of Danxia is cut into many layers, and formed the mount of Danxia nowadays. [3]
Mount Longhu also has cultural significance as a historical burial site of the Guyue people, who placed the deceased in hanging coffins on the mountain's cliff faces. [2] In August 2010 UNESCO inscribed Mount Longhu on the World Heritage List as part of the complex of six sites that make up the China Danxia. [3]
[1] [2] Four years later, monk Shi Bumei (释不昧), a former general, came to the Mount Danxia to build two temples, namely Yuanzhen Palace (元真观) and Danxia Temple (丹霞寺). [1] [2] One was a Taoist temple, the other was a Buddhist temple. [1] [2] In 1638, travel writer and geographer Xu Xiake explored the region.
Nanshan Temple (Chinese: 南山寺; pinyin: Nánshān Sì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-soaⁿ-sī) is a Buddhist temple in the foothills of Mount Danxia (丹霞山) to the south of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China.
As the landform gets older, valleys widen and one gets isolated towers and ridges. The danxia landform is named after Mount Danxia, one of the most famous examples of the danxia landform. A very peculiar feature of danxia landscape is the development of numerous caves of various sizes and shapes. The caves tend to be shallow and isolated ...
The following is an incomplete list of mountains in the People's Republic of China, sorted in alphabetical order.Some of these mountains that are claimed by the PRC, including those under the control of the Republic of China and those disputed with other countries, such as Mount Everest, are noted after the list.
Mount Qingcheng is one of the birthplaces of Taoism, China's indigenous religion, and is dotted with ancient Taoist temples amid its lush forested landscape, offering a serene and spiritual experience. The Dujiangyan Irrigation System, constructed in the 3rd century BCE, is an ancient technological marvel still in use today.
Evidence for an "original cultic center" [8] near Nancheng (南城) county in southwestern Jiangxi includes several place names, and, among them, two mountains'. The famous Magu Shan ( 麻姑山 "Magu Mountain") is located in Nancheng, and Taoists regard its Danxia Dong ( 丹霞洞 "Cinnabar Cloud Grotto"), as the 28th of 36 sacred dongtian ...