Can't you stand the hot summer day?

Then...how about having a trip in a remote wonderland, being far from the madding crowd.

Last week I went to Mt. Lushan to have a short holiday. Lushan is one of China’s key attractions and scenic spots, claiming to have the “peculiar and beautiful mountain under heaven”. It was listed as the World Heritage in 1996 and was approved as National Geological Park in 2001, also was approved as one of the first “World Geopark” by UNESCO in 2004.

Because the average temperature of year is 16-17℃, Lushan is a famous summer resort. It is located in the northern part of Jiangxi Province and the southern part of Jiujiang City.

Since 1895, thousands of villas had been built on Lushan by people from about 20 countries. Lushan played an indispensable role in the Chinese history. The Chinese first Chairman Mao Zedong presided over three conferences of the Communist Party on Lushan.

Historic celebrities gathered here. Chinese remarkable poets and great writers such as Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Zhu Xi, Su Shi of the Song Dynasty and so on, all of whom once traveled and lived here, leaving lots of widely praised poems and inscriptions.

Besides famous tourist spots fairy Cave, Jinxiu (charm and beauty) Valley, Hanpo Mouth, Wulao (five-elders) Ridge, Huajing(flower pathway), Lushan gathers other beauties such as deep and secluded gutters, valleys, ridges, cliffs, waterfalls, odd holes and stones.

The most enchanting natural landscape is Sandie Waterfall, which drops 120 meters. It’s upper part likes flying snowflakes, the middle section likes sparking broken jade and the lowest part likes a silver dragon plunging into a pool.

Travel tips:

1. It is convenient to get Mt. Lushan because it just located in the suburb of Jiujiang City. People can first arrive in Jiujiang City by air, by train or by bus. There are special buses in Jiujiang which can sent you to the Kuling Town on Mt. Lushan.
2. There is a middle-sized town called Kuling Town on Lushan. Hotels can be easily found there. Or you can live in the Villa District near the town, at here lots of the villas work as hotels.