Английская Википедия:Baiyun Mountain (Guangdong)
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Baiyun Mountain, also known as White Cloud Mountain, is a mountain located a few miles to the north of Guangzhou, China. It has a height of Шаблон:Convert.[1]
Name
Báiyún is Mandarin Chinese for "White Clouds", derived from views of the mountain's peaks shrouded in mist during late Spring or after a rain.[2] Its former English name, Pakwan, is a form of the Cantonese pronunciation of the same name. In English, it is also known as Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap or—since the "mountain" is, properly speaking, a "mountain range"—the "Baiyun Mountains".Шаблон:Cn
Baiyun is informally known as the "City's Lung" (Шаблон:Lang), from its greenery. It is also acclaimed as the "First Beauty in Guangzhou” (Шаблон:Lang)[2] or the “Most Famous Mountain South of Ling” (Шаблон:Lang).[3] Moxing Peak, its highest point, is similarly sometimes called the “First Peak under the Southern Sky” (Шаблон:Lang).[2]
History
| Scenes on Baiyun Mountain named in Eight Sights of Guangzhou | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Chinese | English |
| Song Dynasty | Шаблон:Lang | Lianquan Fountain at Cattail Gully |
| Yuan Dynasty | Шаблон:Lang | |
| Шаблон:Lang | Evening Vista from Baiyun | |
| Шаблон:Lang | Jingtai's Returning Monks | |
| 1963 | Шаблон:Lang | Baiyun's Pine Sea |
| 1986 | Шаблон:Lang | Cloudy Mountain's Grandeur |
| 2002 | Шаблон:Lang | Cloudy Mountain's Lush Greenery |
| 2011 | Шаблон:Lang | Cloudy Mountain, Green and Tidy |
Baiyun Mountain has been famed as a scenic spot since ancient times.[2] Its visitors predated the foundation of Panyu (now Guangzhou) in 214 BC, with various celebrities of the Warring States period (5th–3rd centuries BC) known to have traveled there. Its beauty was again celebrated during the 3rd–5th century Jin dynasty and the 7th–9th century Tang.[4] Since the Song, various scenes at Baiyun have been named among the Eight Sights of Ram City, lists of Guangzhou's loveliest spots.[4][5][3] However, few of the historical sites have survived to the present day[2] and others—such as the view of Guangzhou's old walled city at dusk—have changed drastically as the city has expanded to and around the mountain.
Gallery
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Suoai Tai
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The entrance to Moxing Peak
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China Mobile's telecom tower
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The Beautiful Southern Sky (Шаблон:Lang, Jinxiu Nantian) Memorial Arch
Wildlife
The White Cloud Mountain minnow, now a popular aquarium fish worldwide, was discovered in this area in the 1930s.[6]
References
External links
Шаблон:Baiyun District, Guangzhou Шаблон:Guangzhou Шаблон:Coord
