Baiyun Mountain (Guangdong)
Baiyun Mountain | |
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![]() Baiyun with Zhujiang New Town in the distance | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 427 m (1,401 ft) |
Coordinates | 23°09′28.4″N 113°17′35.9″E / 23.157889°N 113.293306°E |
Geography | |
Location | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
Baiyun Mountain | ||||||||||||
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Hanyu Pinyin | Báiyúnshān | |||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Yúnshān | |||||||||||
Literal meaning | Cloudy Mountain | |||||||||||
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Baiyun Mountain, also known as White Cloud Mountain, is a mountain located a few miles to the north of Guangzhou, China. It has a height of 427 metres (1,401 ft).[1]
Name
Báiyún is
Baiyun is informally known as the "City's Lung" (市肺), from its greenery. It is also acclaimed as the "First Beauty in Guangzhou” (羊城第一秀)[2] or the “Most Famous Mountain South of Ling” (岭南第一名山).[3] Moxing Peak, its highest point, is similarly sometimes called the “First Peak under the Southern Sky” (天南第一峰).[2]
History
Scenes on Baiyun Mountain named in Eight Sights of Guangzhou | ||
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Time | Chinese | English |
Song Dynasty | 蒲涧帘泉 | Lianquan Fountain at Cattail Gully |
Yuan Dynasty | 蒲间濂泉 | |
白云晚望 | Evening Vista from Baiyun | |
景泰僧归 | Jingtai's Returning Monks | |
1963 | 白云松涛 | Baiyun's Pine Sea |
1986 | 云山锦绣 | Cloudy Mountain's Grandeur |
2002 | 云山叠翠 | Cloudy Mountain's Lush Greenery |
2011 | 云山叠翠 | Cloudy Mountain, Green and Tidy |
Baiyun Mountain has been famed as a scenic spot since
In its most recent years, Baiyun has become home to a small Kung Fu community. Baiyun Kung Fu or White Cloud Kung Fu. Named after the landscape they train in.
Gallery
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Suoai Tai
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The entrance to Moxing Peak
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China Mobile's telecom tower
Wildlife
The White Cloud Mountain minnow, now a popular aquarium fish worldwide, was discovered in this area in the 1930s.[6]
References
- ^ "White Cloud Mountain (Baiyun Shan)". Guangzhou. Michelin. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "白云山简介 [Brief Introduction to Baiyun Mountain]", Baiyuan Scenic Area, archived from the original on 3 November 2020, retrieved 7 July 2010. (in Chinese)
- ^ a b "新世纪羊城八景 [Ram City's Eight Sights in the New Century", Official site, Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, 10 June 2005, archived from the original on 16 August 2016, retrieved 7 July 2010. (in Chinese)
- ^ a b "白云山风景名胜区 [Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area]", Guangzhou News, 1 September 2008, retrieved 7 July 2010. (in Chinese) & (in English)
- ^ "历史上的羊城八景 [Ram City's Eight Sights in History]", Guangzhou Culture Bureau, retrieved 7 July 2010. (in Chinese)
- ^ "Rediscovering the Wild Population of White Cloud Mountain Minnows (Tanichthys albonubes)", Europe PMC, retrieved 12 March 2016.