What's interesting about Mount Tai?

Taishan Mountain in Tai 'an City, Shandong Province is also called Daishan, Daizong, Daiyue, Dongyue and Taiyue. There are many names, the highest in the country. The name of Mount Tai was first seen in the Book of Songs, and "Tai" means great, stable and peaceful. Mount Tai stands abruptly in Qilu, an ancient country on the edge of North China Plain. Together with Hengshan, Hengshan, Huashan and Songshan, it is called the Five Mountains. Because it is located in the east, it is called Dongyue, so it is called "the length of five mountains". ..... East of the magnificent sea, west of the Yellow River with a long history, surpassing Qilu, has been the political, economic and cultural center of the East for thousands of years. Mount Tai has profound cultural connotation. The ancient buildings are mainly in Ming and Qing dynasties, integrating architecture, painting, sculpture, rocks and trees. It is a great and solemn symbol of oriental civilization. For thousands of years, Mount Tai has become a sacred mountain for emperors to worship heaven. With the meditation of the emperor, Mount Tai was deified, and two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, literati and celebrities flocked to Mount Tai and Tai 'an, leaving many places of interest. The natural landscape of Mount Tai is majestic and tall. Because of the infiltration and rendering of spiritual culture and the contrast of human landscape for thousands of years, it is known as the "head of the five mountains". It is the epitome of the spiritual culture of the Chinese nation and has now become a precious heritage of the world. Mount Tai Scenic Area, centered on the main peak of Mount Tai, is distributed radially and is formed by the fusion of natural landscape and human landscape. From the place of worship to the Dai Temple in Taicheng, where the emperor was stationed, and then to the Jade Emperor's Peak, a 10-kilometer axis of hell-earth-heaven was formed.

Mount Tai has extremely beautiful and spectacular natural scenery, and its main characteristics are male, strange, dangerous, beautiful, quiet and Austrian. The towering, majestic, heavy and beautiful natural landscape of Mount Tai often makes people lament, and there are countless places of interest and stone carvings on cliffs, making Artest a rare historical and cultural tourist attraction in the world. Mount Tai scenic area is divided into five areas: foothills, secluded, strange, Austrian and wide, among which the foothills are surrounded by mountains and waters, and the ancient temples are deep, which is located on the route around the mountains between the middle road and the west road in the south of Mount Tai. Surrounded by greenery, the secluded place is one step at a time, which is dizzying. It is located between Daimiao Road and Nantianmen. From Nantianmen to Tianjie, although the terrain is flat, there is a hole in the sky and the scenery is particularly pleasant. This part is called the wonderful area. The shadow of Mount Tai is Houshiwu, where trees are lush, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, and it is known as the Olympic District. The open area is located in Dazhong Bridge, across Heilongtan, along Xixi Bridge to Zhongtianmen, with paved roads and deep streams. So there is a feeling of "climbing Mount Tai and being small in the world" and "reaching the top, the other mountains all appear dwarfs under the sky.". .

There are many places of interest in Mount Tai, including Daimiao, Zhao Pu Temple, Wangmuchi, Guandi Temple, Hong Men Palace, Doumu Palace, Stone Valley, Wusong Pavilion, Bi Xia Temple, Xianren Bridge, Sunrise Peak, Nantianmen and Yuhuangding. Among them, the rising sun, the sunset glow, the golden belt of the Yellow River and the jade plate of the sea of clouds are known as the four wonders of Daiding.

location

It is located in the middle of Shandong, at the southern foot of Mount Tai, with Jinan, the provincial capital, in the north, Qufu, the holy city in the south, Zibo, the capital of Qidu, in the east and the Yellow River in the west.

climate

The climate of Mount Tai is characterized by four distinct seasons. It is cool in summer, and the average temperature in the hottest July is only 17℃. Even if you climb a mountain in hot summer, you will feel cool and comfortable under the shade of pine and cypress. When you get to the top of the mountain, you need to bring cold-proof clothes. Although summer is the rainy season of Mount Tai, if we can catch up with the summer rain and clear up, we can enjoy the magnificent scenery of the top of the mountain with red clouds and blue waves at our feet. Spring and autumn are mild, with an average temperature of 10℃, but there are many sandstorms in spring. Wan Li has less wind and rain, more sunshine, crisp autumn and cloudless Wan Li, which is the golden season for climbing to watch the sunrise. Although the weather is cold in winter, there are more opportunities to watch the sunrise.

The best travel time: visit Mount Tai, April-165438+ 10, and watch the sunrise in autumn. The sunset at Daiding is more attractive than the sunrise. It is said that you can see the Yellow River when the weather is fine. When it snows in winter, the scenery is beautiful. Don't give up climbing easily on rainy days. At this moment, the mountains often meet the wonders of the sea of clouds, and it will be even luckier if they meet the sea of clouds at sunrise. There are too many people in Mount Tai during the Golden Week, but the cable car and Panshan Highway on Mount Tai are really well managed.

It covers an area of 426 square kilometers.

Administrative divisions govern Taishan and Daiyue, Xintai and Feicheng, Ningyang and Dongping.

World natural and cultural heritage

Mount Tai, the head of the Five Mountains, is a symbol of the Chinese nation, a microcosm of splendid oriental culture, and a place of repose for the idea of "harmony between man and nature". 1987 is listed in the World Natural and Cultural Heritage List. Since ancient times, Mount Tai has been regarded as a symbol of social stability, political consolidation, national prosperity and national unity. No matter who became an emperor in past dynasties, the first important thing was to worship Mount Tai, which made Mount Tai the only famous mountain in China. Whether it is the emperor