Emerald/Jade Valley (翡翠谷; pinyin: Feicui Gu), also known as Lovers’ Valley, is another beautiful scenic spot worth visiting in the Yellow Mountains Scenic Region. Located at the east part of the mountain range, the 6,000-meter-long valley originates from Liandan and Shixin Peak. It is called “Emerald” or “Jade” Valley due to the hundreds of pools of natural blue-green water dotting its rocky terraces. It is known as Lovers’ Valley because mandarin ducks, a traditional Chinese

There are plenty of ancient places to explore in the Huangshan Scenic Region—the villages of Chengkan, Hongcun, Xidi, the Yellow Mountains—but none as old and bewildering as the man-made “Mysterious Grottoes,” thus nicknamed for their unknown purpose. About 15 kilometers to the west of the Mysterious Grottoes (花山谜窟; pinyin: “Huashan Mi Ku”) sits Huangshan City (a.k.a. Tunxi), the main transportation hub for tourists coming to see the Huangshan Scenic Region. From here, one ca

A two-hour drive or a five-hour slow-rail ride from Ma’anshan lies the great mountain range “Huang Shan”, or Yellow Mountains. It’s not to be confused with the five great mountains of China, which include Mount Tai (Taishan) in Shandong province, Mount Hua (Huashan) in Shaanxi province, Mount Heng (Hengshan) in Hunan province, Mount Heng (Hengshan) in Shanxi province, and Mount Song (Songshan) in Henan province. But perhaps it’s true what the noted Ming-dynasty geologist, Xu

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