Shen Zhou Lansheng: A Travel Guide to 120 National Key Scenic Spots

Author: Bai Wenming
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: China is a country with geographically and topographically complex and diverse landscapes. With its majestic mountains and rivers, vast territory, long history, numerous ethnic groups, and rich cultural heritage, it boasts a wide array of cultural and scenic attractions. Religious beliefs, aesthetic philosophies, territorial concepts, and geomancy and feng shui theories, influenced by political, economic, and military contexts, have made China's tourism market highly varied and distinctive.
In terms of natural landscapes:
There are snow-covered plateaus and glaciers, as well as tropical and subtropical coastal scenery;
There are the perilous Yangtze Three Gorges and the turbulent Yellow River waterfalls;
There are diverse floral communities, as well as deserts, oases, and singing sand dunes;
There are karst caves and travertine waterfalls, as well as volcanoes, Danxia landforms, peculiar peaks, and stone forests;
There are coastal erosion cliffs, rocky islets, and coconut groves with sunshine and tidal beaches.
In terms of cultural landscapes:
There are the Five Great Mountains revered by emperors for imperial sacrifices, as well as imperial gardens and private parks;
There are the Great Wall with its beacons and fortifications, as well as military strategic passes and ancient roads;
There are Taoist paradises and blessed lands, as well as Buddhist sacred mountains.
In short, China's mountains and waters form an endless scroll of grand landscapes and a timeless epic. The author spent over a decade traveling across China multiple times, meticulously compiling this masterpiece that features 120 major national scenic spots and historical sites, making it of immense value.