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Mt.Huashan
Mt Huashan is also called "The Great West Mountain" in the past, it is one of China's five sacred mountains. It is located to the south of Huayin City, 120 kilometers east of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province With an elevation of 2200 meters, the mountain overlooks the Huanghe River and the Weishui River to the north and links with the Qinling Mountains to the south. Mt Huashan is the tallest among the five great mountains. It is one of the famous mountains as well as a very beautiful scenic spot of China.

Mt Huashan boasts numerous imposing peaks with sheer precipices and overhanging rocks. It has five peaks, the south one is called the Peak of the Wild Goose, the east one, the Peak of the Rising Sun, the west one, the Peak of Lotus, the central one, the Peak of the Charming Maiden and the north one, the Peak of the Cloud Terrace. The latter two are not so tall as the former three, yet each presents a kind of scenic beauty of its own. The three main peaks, acclaimed as "the three magnificent peaks under heaven", stand like the three legs of a tripod in the blue sky.

Places of historical interest and scenic spots, temples and pavilions can be found everywhere, Owing to its peculiar lie the mountain has its own style of architecture. Many towers, caves and stone steps are built according to local conditions. The cloud - enshrouded cliff path, the sculptured rocky cliff, the floating somersault Cliff, the cliff - excavated Thousand - Foot Precipice, the Hundred - Food valley, Laojun's Furrow, Ear Touching Cliff, Up the Heaven's Ladder, the Heaven Dragon Peak and so on are all marvelous views of precipitous and perilous cliff paths.


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