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IM000666bc World Famous Welcoming Guest Pine and Celestial Capital Peak

Present here from a millenary and half, this pine welcomes and gratifies the courageous ones who climb the long steep grade staircase from the valley to Yupinglou perched eagle nest hotel where we shall sleep, an obliged access to the peaks summits when there was no cable cars; This giant and graceful pine is the Chinese symbol of hospitality; Huangshan has drained millions and millions venerators since millenaries even Chinese mandarins and emperors and we can see some of their names graved in Chinese characters in the granit walls of the mountain and painted with vivid colours; This is without doubt one of the most natural stunning place on earth classified in 1990 by UNESCO as World Heritage on topic Natural Wonders; Behind, in a glowing red sunset light, stands the majestic Celestial Capital Peak. Yellow Mountain boasts 72 peaks, more than 1,000 meters above sea level, with three main peaks rising majestically. They are both fascinating and dangerously steep. Cliffs, stone forests, stone pillars, stone blocks and egg-shaped stones form the unique granite geomorphologic scenery.The pines on the mountain are tall and have fascinating shapes. The famous Welcoming Guests Pine (1,500 years old) and See-Guest-Off Pine have become a symbol of being faithful, unyielding and hospitable. More than 200 days each year on Yellow Mountain are misty and cloudy. The vapors coagulate to form a sea of clouds. As the clouds cloak the mountain, they give a feeling of being in fairyland; China Anhui Province Tunxi area Huangshan or Yellow Mountains UNESCO World Heritage.

 

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Uploaded on December 4, 2012
Taken on September 2, 2002