Places in China — Beautiful Sceneries and Exceptional Cultural Attractions

There are many attractive Chinese places that are worth visiting, from extraordinary feats with great historical and cultural values to stunningly beautiful natural scenic areas with fascinating legends.

Five Great Mountains

In the Chinese creation myth, Pan Gu’s head and limbs incarnated into the Five Great Mountains after he departed.

They are divine, magnificent, and spectacular, and they were believed as the path to heaven or the residence of different deities.

Therefore, in those great mountains, emperors held grand ceremonies to worship heaven and pray for blessing, and Taoists and Buddhists built temples to practice.

In addition, mountains seem eternal, compare to human history; hence, they also have accumulated lots of folktales and legends that passed on from generation to generation for thousands of years.

Therefore, besides amazing natural scenes, every mountain’s origin, and historical and cultural values are interesting as well.

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Mount Tai

Mount Tai was the most sacred place in history, where accomplished emperors used to hold grand Fengshan ceremonies to worship heaven and earth.

In mythology and religion, it is believed the place that connects immortal deities, humans, and ghosts.

Mount Hua

Mount Hua, the steepest mountain in China, has been respected as the origin place of Chinese culture and the holy land of the Taoism Religion.

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North Mount Heng

North Mount Heng is famous for the Hanging Temple, a splendid representative of syncretism of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

Besides, it had been an important military site in history, which left there many battlefield-related ruins.

South Mount Heng

South Mount Heng is the representative of longevity in Chinese culture and an important center of private Confucianism academies in history.

Mount Song

Mount Song had been believed as The Centre of Heaven and Earth in ancient Chinese culture, where locate the oldest observatory and the famous Shaolin Monastery.

Exceptional Mountain Landscapes in China

Besides Five Great Mountains, there are many other magnificent mountains that have amazing natural scenes, fascinating legends, and significant historical, cultural, and religious values.