Mount Lu
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Mount Lu | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,836 ft (1,474 m) |
Coordinates | 29°33′34″N 115°59′36″E / 29.5594°N 115.9934°E |
Geography | |
Location | Lushan National Park, Jiangxi, China . |
Official name | Lushan National Park |
Criteria | Cultural: ii, iii, vi, v, vi |
Reference | 778 |
Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
Area | 30,200 ha |
Mount Lu or Lushan
Mount Lu is known for its grandeur, steepness, and beauty and is a prominent tourist attraction, especially during the summer months when the weather is cooler in the mountains than elsewhere. The mountain and the surrounding region is also one of the "spiritual centers" of China, containing many
History
Mount Lu contains important sites and temples for
The Song dynasty poet Su Shi famously described the difficulty of conveying the mountain's beauty in his expression, "Why can't I tell the true shape of Lushan? Because I myself am in the mountain."[4]
In later years,
During the Long March, in early 1935, a battle took place in this area between the Chinese Red Army and nationalist forces, in which Hu Yaobang, later General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, was seriously injured.[citation needed]
Mount Lu was once dubbed the hsiatu (xiadu, "summer capital") of the
Mao Zedong convened three large conferences of senior party officials at Mount Lu, in 1959, 1961, and 1970. The 1959 conference became known as the Lushan Conference. The meeting saw the purge of decorated Chinese Civil War and Korean War general Peng Dehuai, who was critical of Mao's Great Leap Forward policies. The 1970 Lushan Conference took place during the Cultural Revolution, and marked the increasing antagonism between those loyal to Mao and those loyal to his chosen successor Lin Biao.[citation needed]
In 1980 the famous movie Romance on Lushan Mountain, which was entirely shot on Mount Lu, was released to the public and won considerable positive reception. It was considered as the most progressive film since the founding of communist China, because there was a kissing scene in the movie, which was seen as public taboo in the pre-reform-and-opening-up China. It still holds the Guinness World Record for "the longest first run of a film in one cinema" for having been shown continuously since 1980 until today.[7]
Attractions and features
Popular attractions on Mount Lu include the Immortal Caverns (仙人洞), Meilu Outhouse (美庐别墅), Five Old Man Peaks (五老峰), White Deer Cavern Academy (白鹿洞书院), Three Tiled Springs (三叠泉), Lulin Lake (芦林湖), Lushan Hot Springs (庐山温泉), Lushan Botanical Garden (植物园), Bamboo Temple (竹山寺), Guanyin Bridge (观音桥), Peach Blossom Garden (桃花源), and the Catholic Church of Mount Lu (庐山天主堂).[8]
- The Lushan Botanical Garden features tens of thousands of plant species.
- Below the Five Old Men Peak is the White Deer Grotto Academy, named after the poet Li Bo (Chinese: 李渤) (not to be confused with the famous poet Li Bai), who raised white deer there. It is one of the most famous higher learning institutions in ancient China.
- West is the Flower Path which provided inspiration to Bai Juyi, a famous poet who lived during the Tang dynasty.
- Between the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake lie the Greater and Lesser Tianchi Lakes, the Jingxiu Valley, and Lulin Lake. On the north bank of the latter is the Mount Lu Museum, which features pottery and bronzes dating from various periods of ancient China, as well as calligraphy from the Tang dynasty and paintings from the Ming and Qingdynasties.
- At the centre (between three peaks), and at an altitude of over 1 kilometer above sea level, is the town of Kuling, which is linked by a mountain highway to neighboring spots in the region.
- World-famous 'Lushan clouds and mist tea' (simplified Chinese: 庐山云雾茶; traditional Chinese: 廬山云霧茶) is grown on the mountain.
Gallery
Climate
Climate data for Mount Lu (elevation 1,165 m (3,822 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
2.9 (37.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 85.3 (3.36) |
98.5 (3.88) |
167.9 (6.61) |
202.2 (7.96) |
251.2 (9.89) |
306.1 (12.05) |
274.2 (10.80) |
290.3 (11.43) |
147.8 (5.82) |
97.4 (3.83) |
83.0 (3.27) |
61.7 (2.43) |
2,065.6 (81.33) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.3 | 13.7 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 13.5 | 15.3 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 168.2 |
Average snowy days | 9.3 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 26.1 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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73 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 84 | 75 | 69 | 65 | 78 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 112.3 | 102.4 | 112.9 | 130.4 | 136.5 | 111.4 | 175.7 | 153.9 | 147.6 | 158.8 | 144.0 | 142.7 | 1,628.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 35 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 37 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[9][10] |
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