Mt. Huangshan is located in Huangshan City, south of Anhui province. The mountain range measures 40 kilometers long from north to south, and 30 kilometers wide from west to east. It occupies a total area of 1,200 square kilometers with a core area of 160.6 square kilometers. It is situated at 118¡ã01'¡ª118¡ã17' E, and 30¡ã01'¡ª30¡ã18' N. It starts from Huangshixiao at east, Xiaolingjiao at west, Erlong bridge at north, and Tangkou town at south. Mt. Huangshan is divided into 9 scenic areas, namely, hot spring, cloudy valley, jade screen, north sea, pine valley, fishing bridge, fuxi, yanghu, and fugu. The buffer area is 490.9 square kilometers, and it borders 5 towns and one forestry center (Tangkou town, Tanjiaqiao town, Sankou town, Gengcheng town, Jiaocun town and Yanghu forestry center).
Spring
Mt.Huangshan changes its colour and appearance with the alternation of seasons. The spring in Mt. Huangshan provides you a fresh and gay environment. Flowers blossom among steep cliffs and rocky crevices, of which the amazing colorful azalea is starring in gentle breeze. The singing birds haunt about the greenish pine branches occasionally with squirrels jumping across the path.
The Yellow Mountains abound in flowering plants; many of them are rare ones, such as Goddess Flower, the Yellow Mountains Azalea as well as camellia, plum, lily crape myrtle, orchid, Spring Herald Ina Flower and so on. It has a rich store of medicinal herbs; more than 300 kinds are found here, the notable ones being glossy ganoderma, ginseng, Chinese goldthread rhizome and Chinese cinnamon. In spring, you will have more chances to see the breath-taking sea of clouds.
Summer
It is hard to resist the charm of the cool green mountain sides in summer when an exuberance of plant life covers the valleys and peaks with a green blanket. The green trees and ivy mingle to form natural pavilions where you can sit and refresh yourself while enjoying the beautiful scenery with a cooling breeze to sooth you.
Dawn in summer is most splendid as the rising sun lights the sky and the peaks and the plants and the whole world takes on a brilliant glow. After a storm, Mt. Huangshan becomes a world of water. Numerous streams and waterfalls compose an exciting and vigorous symphony. The sea of clouds during this season is not as vast as during autumn or winter but it revels in its brightness. If you are really lucky you will see a vivid rainbow flying over two peaks. Sunset is no less enchanting than sunrise. Mt. Huangshan in summer is the best resort in which to escape high temperature of southern China.
Autumn
Autumn on the mountain is colorful due to the blue sky, white clouds, red maples and yellow fruits. At this time of the year the scenery can be compared with that of spring but with a mature beauty. If spring is like a bud ready to bloom, autumn is a flower showing its last significance before withering. Such is the beauty of the autumn scenery of Mt. Huangshan that it can be seen in many famous Chinese paintings. Having enjoyed the fall scenery of Mt. Huangshan, you will really begin to believe that the scenery on Chinese paintings indeed exists on the earth.
Winter
Snowy Mt. Huangshan is like a crystal palace. Though winter lasts a long time in Huangshan, it is not as cold as you might expect. A poem has it that Mt. Huangshan is beautiful all year round but with the winter scenery being the best. The sea of clouds, one of the five wonders of Mt. Huangshan, appears more often in winter than in any other season. The spectacle of rimed trees sparkling in the sun is the privilege of winter alone for it is then that you may find yourself in a silver world with icy peaks, clusters of frosty corals suffused with a plentiful supply of the freshest of oxygen rich fresh air.
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