Baiyun Mountain (Guangdong)
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Baiyun Mountain, also known as White Cloud Mountain, is a mountain located a few miles to the north of Guangzhou, China. It has a height of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
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Name
Báiyún is Mandarin Chinese for "White Clouds", derived from views of the mountain's peaks shrouded in mist during late Spring or after a rain.[2] Its former English name, Pakwan (Jyutping: baak6 wan4), is a form of the Cantonese pronunciation of the same name. In English, it is also known as White Cloud Mountain, Mount Baiyun, Baiyun Shan, or—since the "mountain" is, properly speaking, a "mountain range"—the "Baiyun Mountains".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Baiyun is informally known as the "City's Lung" (Script error: No such module "Lang".), from its greenery. It is also acclaimed as the "First Beauty in Guangzhou” (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[2] or the “Most Famous Mountain South of Ling” (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[3] Moxing Peak, its highest point, is similarly sometimes called the “First Peak under the Southern Sky” (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[2]
History
| Scenes on Baiyun Mountain named in Eight Sights of Guangzhou | ||
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| Song Dynasty | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Lianquan Fountain at Cattail Gully |
| Yuan Dynasty | Script error: No such module "Lang". | |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Evening Vista from Baiyun | |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Jingtai's Returning Monks | |
| 1963 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Baiyun's Pine Sea |
| 1986 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Cloudy Mountain's Grandeur |
| 2002 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Cloudy Mountain's Lush Greenery |
| 2011 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Cloudy Mountain, Green and Tidy |
Baiyun Mountain has been famed as a scenic spot since ancient times.[2] Its visitors predated the foundation of Panyu (now Guangzhou) in 214 BC, with various celebrities of the Warring States period (5th–3rd centuries BC) known to have traveled there. Its beauty was again celebrated during the 3rd–5th century Jin dynasty and the 7th–9th century Tang.[4] Since the Song, various scenes at Baiyun have been named among the Eight Sights of Ram City, lists of Guangzhou's loveliest spots.[4][5][3] However, few of the historical sites have survived to the present day[2] and others—such as the view of Guangzhou's old walled city at dusk—have changed drastically as the city has expanded to and around the mountain.
In its most recent years, Baiyun has become home to a small Kung Fu community. Baiyun Kung Fu or White Cloud Kung Fu. Named after the landscape they train in.
Gallery
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Suoai Tai
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The entrance to Moxing Peak
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China Mobile's telecom tower
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The Beautiful Southern Sky (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Jinxiu Nantian) Memorial Arch
Wildlife
The White Cloud Mountain minnow, now a popular aquarium fish worldwide, was discovered in this area in the 1930s.[6]
References
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External links
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