Mt Huangshan is located in the southern part of Anhui Province. It was called Mt Yishan or Mt Beiyishan in ancient times. A fable goes that Emperor Huangdi once lived here to cultivate personality and to concoct pills of immortality, it was therefore named Mt Huangshan in the sixth year of Emperor Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty.
The scenic zones of Mt Huangshan covers an area of about 154 square kilometers, including 72 peaks such as the Lianhua Feng (Lotus Flower Peak), 24 brooks such as the Taohua Xi (Peach Flower Brook), 12 caves and 8 rocks. People often summarize the beautiful scenery of Mt Huangshan into "four unique features", legendary pine trees, strange shaped-rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs.
