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Mount Lushan is located on Lake Poyang about a 3 and a half hour bus ride north of Nanchang. The national park covers an area of 500 square kilometers (about 320 square miles) and has more than 90 mountain peaks. The tallest of these is Hanyang Peak which soars to a height of 1473.4 meters (4,834 feet). Lushan owes its reputation to its wonderful, elegant, steep and spectacular features that embrace ravines, waterfalls, grottoes, rocks and rivulets.
There are 12 main scenic areas, together with 37 attractions, over 900 cliff inscriptions, and over 300 steles. The major spots include Wulao Feng, Sandie Spring, Lulin Lake, Flower Path, Ruqin Lake, Jinxiu Valley, Xianren Dong and Donglin Temple. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a well known summer result in China.
One trip when my mom returned to China to visit her family, she took a trip to Huangshan (Mount Huang or Yellow Mountain) which is quite famous in Chinese paintings. Seeing the pictures my mom took, it was quite apparent that Chinese paintings, which are praised for being so impressionistic, actually are quite realistic.
It looks like we may have the opportunity to visit Mount Lushan (or should it really be Mount Lu?) and see Lake Poyang along the way.
