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Jinggang Mountain Scenic Area of Ji’an City
Source: en.cnta.gov.cn
Time: 2010-May-27 09:49
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Jinggang Mountain scenic area covers 261.43 square kilometers, and is divided into 11 scenic zones, 76 scenic spots, more than 460 scene and sight. Thousands of majestic and precipitous peaks compete with each other in beauty; hundreds of thousands of rivers rush forward. Forest is vast and luxuriant; waterfalls fly down straightly and water in springs flows quietly and calmly. The scenery in this scenic area is majestic, precipitous, beautiful, quiet, peaceful and unique. Peaks and chains of mountains, rocks, waterfalls, karst caves, thermal springs, rare wild animals and plants, high mountains and pastoral scene could be found here and there. The magnificent and mighty sea of clouds, fantastic and distinct flying waterfalls, tremendous and wonderful sunrise, famous Ten-mile Rhododendron Corridor at home and abroad, prestigious Huangyang Jie in the world, Octagonal Display Hall of Maoping, the main peak of Jinggang Mountain printed in the bill of 100 RMB as the background, subtropical primeval forest of second growth, rare and precious trees, rare birds and animals contribute to the glamorous image of the area so that people could not take in with their eyes and they often linger on and forget to leave. After decades of constant efforts, six scenic areas Ciping, Longtan, Main Peak, Huangyang Jie, Maoping and Long City and more than 30 scenic spots have been developed. Jinggang Mountain has a nice environment with fresh air and picturesque scenery. The number of negative oxygen ion is more than 8000 per cubic centimeter in the air, in some places, it reaches 12 thousand per cubic centimeter, and therefore, the scenic area is called “natural oxygen bar”. Without pollution, noise, it is an ideal resort for touring, spending holidays in summer, having rest and recuperating with superb ecological environment that exceeds the first class nation standard and rich forest resource with the cover rate of 86%. In the past, Chairman Zhu De wrote the inscription of “the first mountain in China” when he climbed Jinggang Mountain again. Famous litterateur Guo Moruo wrote the verse to sing high praise of it with all sorts of feelings “after climbing Jinggang Mountain, without thinking other mountains” after his visit. In 1982, Jinggang Mountain was approved to be listed in the first group of national key scenic area, and then it was elected one of the “Forty Best Scenery Spots of China” and “China Excellent Tourist City” respectively in 1991 and 1998.

Editor:Li Honglei
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