最新泰山英文介绍

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About Mount Tai (泰山英文介绍)

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Mount Tai in Shandong was included in "World Cultural and Natural 4

Heritage" by UNESCO in Dec 1987.

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Mount Tai, a typical representative of the Chinese famous traditional 6

mountains, is a mountain with a long history and a special historic status. 7

In 1982, Mount Tai was up into the list of State key scenic spots（国8

家重点旅游景点）and was formally listed in the directory（名录）of World 9

Natural and Cultural Heritage in 1987. It becomes a precious heritage 10

of human being. Mount Tai is located in the east of North China Plain 11

and the middle of Shandong province erecting（矗立） from the Shandong 12

hills（丘陵）. It is prominent around other hills. The prominent peak, 13

Yuhuang Peak, is 1545 meters high and is located at 117.6 degree east 14

longitude（东经）, 36.16 degree north latitude(北纬). The south of Mount 15

Tai is higher than the north. Its southern foot of mountain begins from 16

Tai'an city and its northern foot of mountain stops in Jinan City, the 17

distance between which is 60kms. The transportation there is convenient 18

with the Jinghu railway passing by in the west. In its north is Jinan 19

city, which has another name of "Spring City". The distance between Mount 20

Tai and Qufu is 70kms. Many roads and railways such as Taifei, Taixin, 21

Taining, and Taiji meet in Tai'an city, which is just located in the south 22

of Mount Tai.

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Mount Tai is in a superior geographic location with abundant water and 24

thermal resources, and it belongs to monsoon climate of medium 25

latitudes(温带季风气候). As regard to its historic position, in the

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ancient times, Mount Tai is a developed region——in the lower reaches(下27

游) of the Yellow River. As regard to its cultural position, it is the 28

center of Dongyi Culture. At the southern foot of Mount Tai, there is 29

Dawenkou Culture, and there is Longshan Culture at its northern foot, 30

it is the center of Qi and Lu. And its transportation is more superior.

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Mount Tai is in a key position where the railway from central plains to 32

Shandong peninsula meets the railway connecting the south and north of 33

the east coast. There are no hills between Mount Tai and the capitals 34

in the ancient times as well as the developed regions. This superior 35

condition helps Mount Tai gain the first position among the Five Sacred 36

Mountains in China.

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As a mountainous scenic spot, Mount Tai has high values in terms of 38

aesthetics(美学) and science, especially the aesthetic value, which is 39

the foundation for Mount Tai to become a famous mountain in the history 40

and the World Natural and Cultural Heritage today. For thousands of years, 41

during the process of studying on Mount Tai in terms of adoration[,ædə'rei 42

ʃən]崇拜, taste(审美), religion and science, the people have created 43

extremely abundant and valued Taishan scenic culture. Moreover, in the 44

Taishan scenic culture, the natural scene plays the key role with the 45

literacy scene assisting. The nature and culture penetrate into each 46

other. Here we can see the ideas of philosophy, aesthetics and science 47

about the harmonious development of Heaven, Earth and Mankind（天地人）.

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Thereby, either from the point of time or space, Mount Tai contains 49

extremely abundant contents with high aesthetic, scientific and historic 50

value. We can say that Mount Tai is the symbol of Chinese spiritual culture 51

and the unique heritage of the world.