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Recommend ten must-see attractions in China.

Huangshan Mountain in An Wei, West Lake in Hangzhou, Longmen Grottoes, Huangguoshu Waterfall and Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi are all must-see attractions.

1. World Cultural and Natural Heritage, World Geopark, National AAAAA Tourist Attractions, National Scenic Spots, Demonstration Sites of National Civilized Scenic Spots, Top Ten Famous Mountains in China and the First Wonder Mountain in the World.

Huangshan is located in Huangshan City in the south of Anhui Province. * * * There are 72 peaks in the territory, and the elevation of Lotus Peak, the main peak, is1864m. It, together with Guangmingding and Tiandu Peak, is called the three main peaks of Huangshan Mountain, and it is one of the 36 peaks. Huangshan Mountain is the symbol of Anhui tourism and the only mountain view among the top ten scenic spots in China.

Huangshan Mountain, formerly known as "Shan Zhi", is famous for its blue-black peaks and the prospect of the sky. Later, it was renamed "Huangshan" because it was said that the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan had been an alchemist here. The representative landscape of Huangshan is "four wonders and three waterfalls", and the four wonders are: strange pines, strange rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs; Three waterfalls: herringbone waterfall, Baizhang Spring and Jiulong Waterfall. Huangshan welcoming pine is a symbol of the warm and friendly people in Anhui, bearing the oriental etiquette culture that embraces the world.

2. West Lake, located in the west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is the first batch of national key scenic spots in Chinese mainland and one of the top ten scenic spots in China. It is one of the main ornamental freshwater lakes in Chinese mainland, and it is also one of the few lake-type cultural heritages in the World Heritage List and the only one in China.

3. Longmen Grottoes are located in Longmen Pass in the southern suburb of Luoyang, which is 12.5km away from the urban area. It was excavated when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved to Luoyang (AD 493). After that, it went through the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, which lasted for more than 400 years, including the large-scale construction of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty 140 years.

Of all the caves in Longmen, caves in the Northern Wei Dynasty account for about 30%, those in the Tang Dynasty account for 60%, and those in other dynasties only account for 10%. The largest Buddha statue in Longmen Grottoes, Lushena Buddha, is 17. 14m high, with a head height of 4m and an ear length of1.9m. The smallest Buddha statue is in the Lotus Cave, and each statue is only 2cm long, which is called micro-sculpture.

4. Huangguoshu Waterfall (Huangguoshu Waterfall) is located in Zhenning Buyi and Miao Autonomous County, Anshun City, Guizhou Province, China, and is named after a common local plant "Huangguoshu". Huangguoshu Waterfall belongs to Xijiang River, Nanpanjiang River, Beipanjiang River, Dabang River and Baishui River downstream of Booker. It is the largest first-class waterfall in Huangguoshu Waterfall Group and one of the world-famous waterfalls, which is famous for its huge water potential.

The waterfall is 77.8 meters high, of which the main waterfall is 67 meters high. Waterfall width 10 1 m, in which the top of the main waterfall is 83.3 m wide. Huangguoshu Waterfall is a typical karst landform erosion crack waterfall. Huangguoshu Waterfall has more than one waterfall. With it as the core, there are 18 waterfalls with different styles in the 20 km reach of the upper and lower reaches. 1999 was rated as the largest waterfall group in the world by Guinness World Headquarters and listed in Guinness World Records.

5. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Daji Temple in Jinchangfang, Chang 'an City (now southwest of Shaanxi Province) in Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ci 'en Temple Pagoda". In the third year of Tang Yonghui (652), Xuanzang presided over the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to preserve the Buddhist scriptures brought back to Chang 'an by Tianzhu via the Silk Road. At first, the pagoda had five floors, and then it was built with nine floors. Later, the floor and height were changed several times, and finally it was fixed as the seven-story pagoda seen today, with a total height of 64.5438+07 meters and a bottom length of 25.5 meters.

As the earliest and largest square-pavilion-style brick tower in the Tang Dynasty, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a typical material evidence that ancient Indian Buddhist temples were introduced into the Central Plains with Buddhism and merged into China culture. It is a landmark building that embodies the wisdom of the ancient working people in China.