Rising on the southern bank in the middle reaches of China’s No. 1 great River of Yangtze and by China’s first great fresh-water Lake of Poyang, it is a horst block mountain. With the great mountains, great rivers and great lakes integrated in its single total combination, it is world famous for its having been “magnificent, queer, perilous and elegant”; and is rich in its unique Lushan culture as well as is of important scientific value and aesthetic value.

 With an area of 302km2, the Lushan Scenic and Historic Area has an outlying protecting belt of 500km2. Having the unique Quaternary glacier remains, Mt Lushan is provided with rivers, lakes, slopes, peaks and multiple other geomorphologic categories, being reputed as geological park.