Introduction to Jiuhuashan UGGp

Introduction to Jiuhuashan UGGp

Jiuhuashan Global Geopark is located in Chizhou City of the southern Anhui Province of China and characteristic of the north subtropical zone. Its area is 139.7 km² and the highest elevation is 1,344.4 m. It was ratified as a national geopark in August, 2009, a UNESCO Global Geopark in April,2019 and a Chinese science popularization base of land and resources in December, 2016. It is a national natural and cultural heritage site,a national park of China and one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains in China.

Jiuhuashan is famous for Buddhism, and thanks to mountain shape, Buddhism stands for a long time. The outstanding geological significance and cultural significance are as follows: the clear, magnificent and beautiful granitic composite rock body, large-scale fault-block granitic landform and unique fluid-rich granite crystal structure, which display magmatic activities from sima melting to sial melting in deep crust caused by the collision of Eurasian plate and Pacific plate, granite fault-block landform, paleoclimatic changes and north subtropical vegetation. Jiuhuashan Global Geopark is well-known for the integration of granite landform and Buddhist culture,and the sustainable development concept. You can enjoy more than ten Scenic areas in Jiuhuashan Global Geopark, such as Foothill Scenic Area (including Big Bronze Statue), Jiuhua Street Scenic Area, Tiantai Scenic Area, Huatai Scenic Area, Minyuan Scenic Area, Lianfeng Sea of Clouds Scenic Area, Jiuziyan Scenic Area, Shenlonggu Scenic Area, Ganlu Temple Scenic Area, Zhuanshen Cave Scenic Area.

Tiantai Peak and Tiantai Temple

Lianfeng Sea of Clouds

Ganlu Temple

Huatai Gallery Road