Mount Wuyi Natural Resort

Mount Wuyi Natural Resort was listed by UNESCOWHC on December 1st , 1999 as a Dual World Cultural Natural Heritage .

　 Lying 15 kilometers in the southwest of Wuyishan city of Fujian province , Mount Wuyi has a perimeter of 50 km . and is 750 m . above the sea-level . It is formed of red sandstone . "Its brooks are clear as jade and its green peaks are skyscraping ."Its main scenic sites are the nine-bends stream , the thirty-six peaks , the ninety nine queer rocks , the ruins of a city in the Han Dynasty and the ruins of a porcelain kiln in the Song Dynasty , etc .

　A legend says that at the end of the Shang Dynasty , the longest living man in the ancient times Peng Zu came to Mount Wuyi . He loved so much the clear water of the nine brooks that he stayed in Mount Wuyi for long periods . He brought long his two sons Wu and Yi . So, the Mount got the name Wuyi .

　Mount Wuyi lies in the subtropical zone . In its east , west and north are many mountain ridges . But in its middle and south it is hilly and more flat . Its landform is terraced and declines from northwest to southeast . Its highest ridge Huanggang Ridge is 2,158 m . above the sea-level , known as the "roof ridge of East China." Its lowest place is Xiangtain Town , at 165 m . above the sea-level . There are the world renowned Mount Wuyi Natural Resort and Mount Wuyi Natural Reserve . The natural conditions of Wuyi city possess many peculiarities .

　The conditions of the Mount Wuyi Nature Reserve suit the propagation of many kinds of plants and animals . A survey shows there are over 3,000 kinds of plants . The Nature Reserve is also known as "kingdom of snakes" and "zoo of subtropical animals".

 

2010-12-13

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