The most breathtaking natural landmarks in China
Together with MeetnGreetMe local travel experts we love to take you around the world, both to popular tourist destinations, such as Rome, Paris and London, to some more sophisticated travel destinations, such as Nepal, Sicily and Colombia. Today we are taking you to nothing less exquisite and unique — China.
The Chinese nature is something absolutely stunning and incredible. It attracts thousands of tourists with its peculiar beauty and numerous photographers heading for breathtaking views.
1. Mount Sanqing
Mount Sanqing is a Taoist sacred mountain 40 km north of Yushan County. Sanqing stands for the “Three Pure Ones” in the Chinese language and it is called like this because Mount Sanqing is made up of three main summits: Yujing, Yushui, and Yuhua. The summits represent the Taoist trinity. The highest hill is Yujing, it is 1817 m above sea level.
In 2005 Mount Sanqing became a National Geopark and in 2008 also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Moreover, Mount Sanqing is a national key scenic spot, a grade AAAA national tourist area, a national natural heritage and a national geopark. Chinese National Geography recommends it as one of the “top five beautiful mountains in China” and geologists from China and America all agree that it has “the most spectacular granite along the verge of the Western pacific ocean”. And we can’t agree more.
2. Reed Flute Cave
Reed Flute Cave with its multicolored stalactites and stalagmites is a major tourist attraction in the city of Guilin. The cave exists for over 180 million years, just imagine: it was formed in the Mesozoic Era, or the Age of Reptiles. So in the days of Jurassic dinosaurs, a natural limestone cave was formed and until today it is one of the most visited attractions of Guilin for over 1200 years. Inside the cave, there are more than 70 inscriptions written in ink, which date back as far as 792 AD in the Tang Dynasty. These aged inscriptions tell us that the cave has been a Guilin landmark since ancient times.
Nowadays, Reed Flute Cave is artificially illuminated with milticoloured lighting.
3. Panjin Red Beach
If you are convinced that a beach without sand isn’t a nice beach, then just skip this paragraph. Because it is about an extraordinary Panjin Red Beach in Dawa Country, China. This beach is not covered in white sand at all and is red because of Sueda seaweed. Sueda starts growing in April and May and is green during the whole summer. In autumn it turns vividly red and attracts much attention from tourists and photographers.
The Red Beach hosts the most completed ecosystem: this area is home to more than 260 kinds of birds and almost 400 kinds of wild animals.
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