Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark

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**Lushan National Park**¹
**UNESCO World Heritage Site**

State Party	China
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii, iv, vi
Identification	#778
Region²	Asia-Pacific
Inscription History
Formal Inscription:	1996 20th WH Committee Session
WH link:	http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/778
1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List 2 As classified officially by UNESCO

Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark (Simplified Chinese: 庐山第四纪冰川国家地质公园; Traditional Chinese: 廬山第四紀冰川國家地質公園) is located in the Mount Lushan region of Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China, and extends across a 500 km² area to the Lake Poyang basin.

It is a favoured domestic tourist destination. It features exceptional upthrows from the Quaternary age, amidst stunning landscapes: summits and peaks, valleys, gorges, gullies, rock formations, caves and waterfalls. The area also contains large numbers of Taoist and Buddhist temples, as well as several landmarks of Confucianism.

In 1996, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2004, the Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark became a UNESCO Geopark, and is included in UNESCO's International Network of Geoparks (which includes forty-eight geoparks, eighteen of which are located in China).