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Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark - China World Heritage |
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 Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark is located in the Mount Lushan region of Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China, and extends across a 500 km² area to the Lake Poyang basin.
It is a
favored domestic tourist destination. It features exceptional up throws from the Quaternary age, amidst stunning landscapes: summits and peaks, valleys, gorges, gullies, rock formations, caves and waterfalls. The area also contains large numbers of Taoist and Buddhist temples, as well as several landmarks of Confucianism.
In 1996, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2004, the Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark became a UNESCO Geopark, and is included in UNESCO's International Network of Geoparks (which includes forty-eight geoparks, eighteen of which are located in China).
Lushan or Mount Lu lies on the southern bank in the middle reaches of China's longest river -
The Yangtze. It is by the Poyang Lake, the biggest freshwater lake in the country. Lushan is a horst style fault block, which integrates mountain, river and lake into one unit. It combines strategic mountain with
beautiful scenery. It is famous worldwide for its grandeur, queerness of shape,
perilous-ness and elegance. The distinctive Lushan culture has important aesthetic values. The Lushan scenic area extends over 302 sq km, being protected by an outlying zone of 500 sq km. In Lushan we find unique glacial remains of the Quaternary Period
containing varying landforms-river, lake, hillside field and mountain peak. Lushan is known as a geological park.
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