May 07 2026
Mount Qiyun | Qíyūn Shān | 齊雲山 Mount Qiyun rises above the green hills and traditional villages of southern Anhui Province, where reddish cliffs, stone stairways, Taoist temples and drifting clouds create one of eastern China’s most distinctive sacred landscapes. Although its highest point reaches only 585 meters, Mount Qiyun has extraordinary cultural importance. It is …
May 06 2026
Mount Qingcheng | Qīngchéng Shān | 青城山 🏔️ Overview Mount Qingcheng, or Qingcheng Shan, is a densely forested mountain near Dujiangyan in China’s Sichuan Province. Rising from the western edge of the Chengdu Plain, it is celebrated for its peaceful woodlands, winding stone stairways, traditional temples, and deep association with the development of Taoism. In 142 …
May 05 2026
Monte Pissis Rising above one of the driest and most remote landscapes in South America, Monte Pissis is an enormous volcanic mountain in the Argentine Andes. Its broad, snow-streaked summit massif towers over salt flats, barren plateaus, colorful lagoons, and windswept volcanic terrain near the edge of the Atacama Desert. Monte Pissis is widely recognized …
May 02 2026
Mount Lu | Lushan | Lúshān | Kuanglu | 庐山 🏔️ Overview Mount Lu, also known as Lushan or Lúshān, rises dramatically above the plains of northern Jiangxi Province in eastern China. The mountain stands between the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, where its forested ridges, sheer cliffs, waterfalls and mist-filled valleys form one of the …
May 02 2026
🏔️ Overview The Black Hills are an isolated mountain range rising dramatically from the Great Plains of western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. Dense ponderosa pine forests, granite pinnacles, limestone plateaus, deep canyons, clear lakes, and vast cave systems make the region unlike almost anywhere else in the central United States. Although the hills are …
Apr 30 2026
Mount Tai | Tai Shan | 泰山 Mount Tai rises above the city of Tai’an in Shandong Province, where ancient stone stairways, temples, ceremonial gates, forests, and thousands of carved inscriptions cover its slopes. Although its summit is modest compared with the enormous peaks of western China, few mountains have played a more important role …
Apr 28 2026
Khüiten Peak | Friendship Peak | Mongolian: Хүйтэн оргил | Chinese: 友谊峰 🏔️ Overview Khüiten Peak is the highest mountain in Mongolia and the loftiest summit of the Tavan Bogd massif in the western Altai Mountains. Its snow-covered summit rises directly on the international border between Mongolia and China, overlooking a remote landscape of glaciers, …
Apr 26 2026
Mount Wutai | Wutai Shan | Wutaishan | Mount Qingliang | 五台山 Mount Wutai is a vast sacred mountain landscape in northeastern China’s Shanxi Province. Its name means “Five-Terrace Mountain,” referring to five broad, flat-topped summits arranged around the temple-filled valley of Taihuai. The highest of these, the North Terrace, rises above 3,000 meters and forms the …
Apr 24 2026
Mount Sanqing | Sānqīng Shān | 三清山 🏔️ Overview Mount Sanqing, also known as Sanqingshan, is a spectacular granite mountain massif in northeastern Jiangxi Province, China. Rising above subtropical forests in the Huaiyu Mountains, it is celebrated for its narrow stone pillars, sheer cliffs, weathered pinnacles, waterfalls, windswept pines, and frequently mist-covered valleys. The mountain’s highest …
Apr 23 2026
Mount Longhu | Lónghŭ Shān | 龙虎山 Mount Longhu rises from the river valleys of Jiangxi Province as a maze of rounded red cliffs, forested rock towers, hidden caves and winding waterways. Although its summits are modest compared with China’s great alpine mountains, Longhushan is one of the country’s most important sacred landscapes. The mountain is closely …
