Mount Hua | |
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Mount Hua's West peak.
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,154 m (7,067 ft) |
Coordinates | 34°29′N 110°05′E / 34.483°N 110.083°E |
Geography | |
Parent range | Qin Mountains |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Cable Car |
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"Mount Hua" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese
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Traditional Chinese | 華山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 华山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Huà shān |
IPA | [xu̯â ʂán] |
Wu | |
Romanization | Gho上 se平 |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Waah sāan |
Jyutping | Waa6 saan1 |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Hôa-soaⁿ |
Tâi-lô | Huà san |
Mount Hua (simplified Chinese: 华山; traditional Chinese: 華山; pinyin: Huà shān) is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi province, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Xi'an. It is the western mountain of the Five Great Mountains of China, and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as having three peaks, in modern times the mountain is classified as five main peaks, of which the highest is the South Peak at 2,154.9 metres (7,070 ft).
Mount Hua is situated in Huayin City, which is 120 kilometres (about 75 miles) from Xi'an. It is located near the southeast corner of the Ordos Loop section of the Yellow River basin, south of the Wei River valley, at the eastern end of the Qin Mountains, in southern Shaanxi province. It is part of the Qinling or Qin Mountains, which divide not only northern and southern Shaanxi, but also China.
Traditionally, only the giant plateau with its summits to the south of the peak Wuyun Feng (五雲峰, Five Cloud Summit) was called Taihua Shan (太華山, Great Flower Mountain). It could only be accessed through the ridge known as Canglong Ling (蒼龍嶺, Dark Dragon Ridge) until a second trail was built in the 1980s to go around Canglong Ling. Three peaks were identified with respective summits: the East, South, and West peaks.
The East peak consists of four summits. The highest summit is Zhaoyang Feng (朝陽峰, Facing Yang Summit, i.e. the summit facing the sun). Its elevation is reported to be 2,096 m (6,877 ft) and its name is often used as the name for the whole East Peak. To the east of Zhaoyang Feng is Shilou Feng (石樓峰, Stone Tower Summit), to the south is Botai Feng (博臺峰, Broad Terrace Summit) and to the west is Yunű Feng (玉女峰, Jade Maiden Summit). Today, Yunű Feng considered its own peak, most central on the mountain.