Wulingyuan
Wulingyuan, known as "China's Yellowstone," is a spectacular karst landscape near Dayong City in western Hunan Province. Its designated Scenic Area covers 265 square kilometers and incorporates China's first national park, Zhangjiajie, as well as the Tianzishan and Suoxiyu nature reserves. The impressive scenery includes more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars, many over 200 meters high, as well as ravines, gorges, streams, pools, waterfalls, caves, and natural bridges. The Zhoutian Dong cavern is thought to be the largest in Asia, and the Tianqia Shengkong natural bridge, the world's highest. Wulingyuan has both subtropical and temperate vegetation and contains numerous endangered plants and animals, including dove trees (Davidia), Chinese giant salamanders, Chinese water deer, Asiatic black bears, Asiatic wild dogs, and clouded leopards. Wulingyuan was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992.
Further Reading
Hunan sheng di fang zhi bian zuan wei yuan hui bian (Hunan Province Local History Editorial Committee). (1998) Wulingyuan feng jing zhi (Wulingyuan Scenery). Changsha, China: Hunan ren min.
Li Wenhua and Xianying Zhao. (1980) China's Nature Reserves. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press.
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