Eighteen Bends in Mountain Taishan

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Eighteen Bends is the most advantageous period of Taishan Mountain Handicap, more than 1,600 of the total stone steps, one of the main symbol of Taishan. Here two mountains cliffs, such as cutting, steep drive way mosaic, from afar, like the gate tower ladders.

Eighteen Bends in the Matsuyama North Gaofu above two cliffs lined the streets, formerly known as Cloud Gate, the name mountains, the provision of Qing Emperor Qianlong Dynasty converted winding mountain path, Eighteen Bends since then but the beginning. Mountains north Longmen Dragon Gate Square, after the ruin. West rock have the clear Daoguangnianjian Wei Xiang inscription Cursive "Dragon" characters, the East is large Longyuwan, the rainy season all the water owned by Gap, waterfalls diarrhea.

Before the new Handicap. The Ming Dynasty, Lu Kun cross-stream construction crossing the flyover in politics, and Shun Longyuwan, source repair new winding mountain path, direct Bixia Temple South Shenmen Dengdai top up and down very convenient. The bridge and the winding mountain path were destroyed in the Qing period.

New Handicap North Mountain rise steeply, East fly Longyan, West Xiang Feng Ling, in a thin strip of sky, the name of Shek Pik Valley. Valley on the fontanel, under Shengxian Square, connected by the Eighteen Bends. Nantianmen just in Taniguchi, The Taishan ancient buildings take full advantage of the geographical environment, to highlight and beautify the natural environment, a model of artificial force, is one of the important markers of Taishan. Look up at the Heavenly Gate, plates steep road must, like aerial ladders hanging upside down. Shek Pik Valley on both sides of the day the door and shouts, "layer Cliff lonely valley", "Heavenly Gate ladder", "such as the board of the sky, all engraved.

The Taishan There are three "Eighteen Bends. "18" since the mountains to the gantry, and then to "leisurely eighteen" Shengxian Square, but also to Nantianmen "tight 18", a total of 1630 I order. Tight eighteen West Cliff rock, floating silhouette like the Buddha cephalic pillow, high nose and bald, smiling kindly face, welcoming Buddha. Eighteen the Bends rock steep, dip 70 to 80 degrees rise by 400 meters in less than 1 km away. Eighteen Bends is one of the main symbol of Taishan. Poet wrote:
Pull in five little knowledge Chongxiao Eighteen Bends.
Diameter clump to the poor, see, the days to the gap concept.
Re tired line picturesque, lonely steep if the pole.
The life of Rao wins with this day bone Jew cold.

Taishan majestic, do in the Eighteen Bends, Taishan sublime, to make a climb!

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Zhongtian Gate to Nantianmen, the period of completed roughly 1 to 2 hours or so.

Famousest Mountain Taishan in china

Taishan Mountain in Shandong was included as "World Cultural and Natural Heritage" by UNESCO in Dec 1987.

Taishan ancient name Daishan, also known as Zong. Located in the middle of Shandong Province, China one of the Five Sacred Mountains (Taishan, Huashan, Hengshan, Songshan, Hengshan). Is located in the east, it said Dongyue. Taishan a total area of ​​426 square kilometers, the peak Yuhuangding 1532.8 meters above sea level, majestic mountains, spectacular, magnificent, and many historical sites, 'Wu Yue Only' reputation. Confucius 'Goldenthal mountains and small world' of the language; Tang poet Du Fu 'in excellent shape, list of small hills' Quotes. Taishan in people's minds, has become a symbol of a great and noble.

Taishan into a mountain in the Archean, which is some 2.4 billion years. Taishan Mountain is one of the mountain park, natural history, art museums. It is not only a national key scenic spots, and the United Nations has been identified as one of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Mountains and many historical sites, 20 many of the ancient buildings, 2000 many of the historical and cultural sites, as well as a large number of historical celebrity tribute to Taishan stone tablets. Straight on from the foot of Mount Tai Daiding, a total of over 10 kilometers, there are stone steps will be available on the distribution and the mountain of the resort along the way, the construction of the tea kiosk, restaurants, hotels and other resting place. Taishan's special status by the emperors of revered it as a symbol of Jiangshan Yong solid. Literati in Taishan on the left thousands at Tiyong stone, the precious heritage of the ancient Chinese art of calligraphy. , Taishan is the powerhouse of the two teaching of Buddhism, Taoism, and thus the temples, places of interest all over the mountain. Taishan is not only a long history and splendid culture, geological history is also very ancient, scientific studies show that Taishan has a high historical and cultural value, unique style and aesthetic value and world significance value of Geological Sciences. These three financial become rare in the world of Taishan Scenic Area.

Taishan Mountain in Shandong Province in central uprooted in LUZHONGNAN the mountains above. The peak Yuhuangding 117 degrees east longitude, latitude 36 degrees 16 minutes. Taishan Mountains scenery area across the two cities, Tai'an, Jinan, Jinan, 60 km south known as the "Spring City", said 70 km south from the country capital city, the hometown of Confucius in Qufu, Jinpu railway in the Taishan southwest side by Thai fat, Thailand new , Taining, the Thai economy, a number of railways, highways cross in the south of Taishan Mountain.

Taishan the magnificent natural landscape, the tall, of thousands of years spiritual and cultural infiltration and rendering as well as the cultural landscape of the contrast, and thus is a microcosm of the spiritual culture of the Chinese nation, and now become the world's precious heritage.

In the natural sciences, constitute the Taishan mountain Taishan complex, and 20-25 million years ago the formation of Archean strata. Research the causes of such rocks, typical to solve the division of the Archean strata in eastern China, compared to its historical significance.

Taishan climate is warm temperate semi-humid monsoon climate, vertical variation, the foot of the mountain for a warm temperate, Peak is in the temperate zone.

The cultural history of the Taishan region, almost the same age and the entire Chinese nation, the southern foot of Mount Tai Dawenkou culture, the northern foot of Longshan culture site, can be corroborated, and then earlier, the Xintai five years ago cultural relics. More importantly, had become China's earliest famous Taishan in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Five Sacred Mountains, to become emperors Fengshan worship mountains, this historic run through the entire feudal society, and thus it has a supreme historical status of the pre-Qin era to the end of the feudal society in China, before and after consecutive four thousand years, the number of EMI emperors or on behalf of the imperial envoys worship rituals Taishan, the formation of the most representative emperors Fengshan rituals, the people pilgrim route, from the Hill by Jide's Song imperial resident of the Thai city of Dai Temple, to closure days Yuhuangding and constitute an axis of up to 10 kilometers of hell - earth - heaven.

Taishan in the history of civilization for thousands of years, not only the history of Taishan Fengshan, religious, aesthetic, scientific research and the peasant movement's rich history. Especially in the aesthetic history of the development of aesthetic value is very prominent, Babel valerian Taishan gives a majestic beauty.

In summary, the Taishan contain extremely rich content of natural mountain Hongbo, landscape image of the great spirit of the noble, brilliant, culture and long history. Taishan in front of the emperor or in the minds of the civilian population, are supreme.