Sanqingshan

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Sanqingshan (三清山) or San Qing Mountain is a famous Taoist Mountain located 50 miles north from Yushan, Jiangxi Province of the People's Republic of China with an outstanding scenery. San Qing literally mean 'three distincts' in Mandarin as the San Qing Mountatin is made up of three main hills namely the Yujing, Yushui and Yuhua, a Chinese slogan “三峰峻拔、如三清列坐其巅” explains why it was named San Qing, amongst the three hills, the Yujing hill is the highest of its 1817 meters above sea level.

The San Qing Mountatin had been classified as a Nationally Focused Scenerio Heritage, and is also a famous honeypot in mainland China as well as a shelter for many fauna and flora, the total area of the San Qing Mountain is 2200km2 containing about 1000 types of flora and 800 types of fauna.

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