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140: 133: 49: 324: 481:(or Avalokitesvara Temple) is a Buddhist temple located on Mt. Yandang, in the Lingfeng Peaks scenic area. The temple lies between two rock peaks leaning against each other such that a big crack-like cave is formed; the peaks are together known as the "Holding Palms Peak". The cave is 100 metres high, with the cave bottom sloping steeply up. The temple follows this natural structure and has nine levels (floors), with the 460: 499: 601:
The great majority of domestic tourists only visit the key scenic areas, which can get very crowded, and not all development has been kind to the surroundings. However, areas outside the formally developed scenic spots can be quite serene. Mt. Yandang is also increasingly popular as a hiking area for
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Mt. Yandang is known for its natural environment, arising from its vertical rock faces and pinnacles, mountain slopes with forests and bamboo groves, streams, waterfalls and caves. The area also hosts several temples and shrines, many of them with a long history; characteristic of the temples is that
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Yandang Mountains are everywhere influenced by human activity; there is an extensive network of official tourist paths, clearings for fire-prevention, and unofficial paths used by the local people for collecting resources from the mountains; nevertheless, because of the steep terrain, some parts are
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North Yandangshan, in the geographic sense, contains three scenic areas, Yangjiaodong/Fangshan, Middle Yandangshan and North Yandang, the latter commonly referred to as the Yandangshan, the most famous of the scenic areas in the Yandang Mountains.
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trees. There are also some bamboo grooves. Lower slopes and valleys are used for agricultural purposes, for example for growing tea, or as fruit gardens. Herbs and mushrooms collected from the mountain are sold locally.
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complex with a diameter of 13 square kilometers (5.0 sq mi), of which the north-east part was destroyed by a later regional fault. Yandangshan volcano erupted in four episodes. The mountain consists of various
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386:. The mountain shows often conspicuous layering corresponding to the four different episodes of eruptions, giving rise to terrace-like structures where flatter, forested areas are separated by vertical cliffs. 350:-120 million years (Ma) ago. Similar igneous rocks are widespread in SE China, forming a ~400 km (250 mi) wide and ~2,000 km (1,200 mi) long belt of volcanic-intrusive complexes. 709: 758:
He, Z.; Xu, X.; Yu, Y.; Zou, H. (2009). "Origin of the Late Cretaceous syenite from Yandangshan, SE China, constrained by zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopes and geochemical data".
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is centered on Mt. Yandang and has an area of 450 km (170 sq mi). China's National Tourism Administration rated North Yandang as a "
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is on the border between Wenzhou and Taizhou. This is a single mountain, but the name of the scenic area changes on the border. Yangjiaodong (
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Yandang Mountains are dotted with temples and shrines, many of them with long history. Most of them were destroyed during the
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difficult to access. Whatever wildlife survives tends to be very elusive. Notable inhabitants of Yandang Mountains include
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might still persist, but there is no positive evidence and the species is considered functionally extinct in the wild.
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Feng, C.G., Yu, Y.W., and Dong, Y.H., 1997, Geology of Zhejiang 13:18–25 (in Chinese with English abstract)
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shrine occupying the highest, most hidden section of the cave. The temple was first built in 265.
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Other sources give an altitude of 1,056 meters (3,465 ft) or 1,108 meters (3,635 ft)).
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In 2004, Yandangshan became National Geological Park and in the beginning of 2005, a member of
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South Yandang is a "4A scenic area" and consists of five scenic spots near Nanyanzhen town in
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A number of plant and animal species have been named after Mt. Yandang. A species of sedge,
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Petrogenetic sources and tectonic characteristics of Yandangshan caldera, Zhejiang Province
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Mt. Yandang is mostly covered by deciduous and evergreen forests, mixed with some
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sp. nov. (Cyperaceae; C. Sect. Rhomboidales) from Zhejiang, China".
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Yandang Mountains were formed through volcanic activity during the
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Yandang Mountains have been considered as one of the areas where
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has been named after Mt. Yandang, but this has been challenged.
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Wenzhou Yandang Mountain Scenery Tourism Administration Bureau
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Cave, with the lower gate of the Guanyin Temple just visible.
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many of them are built inside caves or in mouths of caves.
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prefecture. The mountain range is divided in two by the
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Yandangshan

Elevation
Coordinates
28°22′N 121°04′E / 28.37°N 121.06°E / 28.37; 121.06
Yandang Mountains is located in China
Zhejiang
China
simplified Chinese
雁荡山
traditional Chinese
雁蕩山
pinyin
mountain range
Zhejiang
province
China
prefecture-level city
Wenzhou
Pingyang County
Yueqing County
county-level city
Wenling
Taizhou
Oujiang River
雁荡



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