Xueshan
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Hatnote". Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Infobox mountain Template:Chinese Template:Chinese Template:Chinese Xueshan or Sekuwan (in Atayal, formerly known as Mount Sylvia among others) is a mountain in the Heping District of Taichung, Taiwan. It is the 2nd-highest mountain in Taiwan and in East Asia, at Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level. It is located in the Shei-Pa National Park and is visible in good weather from hills near Taiwan's capital Taipei.
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Names
Xuěshān is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning "Snowy Mountain", it is romanized as Hsüehshan using the previous Wade-Giles system. Japanese historian Taira Shidehara suggests that Script error: No such module "Lang". is short from Script error: No such module "Lang"., transliteration of Atayal Sekoan or Sekuwan which means "cracking into gravel".[1][2][3][4]
During the Qing Dynasty, the mountain was known to Westerners as Mount Sylvia.Template:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp It was also known as Shan-chas-shanTemplate:Sfnp (properly, Sānchāshān) from a Chinese name meaning "3-Forked" or "3-Prong Mountain". During Japan's occupation of Taiwan, improved surveys showed that Xueshan was shorter than Yushan on Taiwan but taller than Mount Fuji in the Japanese Islands. Its name was accordingly changed to Tsugitakayama (次高山), meaning "Next-" or "Second-Highest Mountain", in 1923.
History
The mountain was first climbed in 1935 by Japanese climbers.[5]
The Japanese governor-general designated Xueshan part of the Template:Interlanguage link multi by the Governor-General of Taiwan on 12 December 1937.
Climbing
Xueshan is a part of the Shei-Pa National Park and so climbers are required to apply for a park entry permit. This can be done 5–60 days in advance. International hikers can apply for a park entry permit between 35 days and 4 months in advance. After that a police mountain entry permit must be applied for. This can be done at the police station in Wuling Farm on the spot.
There are two cabins on the trail. The first, Chika Cabin, is at the Script error: No such module "convert". mark. The second, 369 Cabin, is at the Script error: No such module "convert". mark. Both cabins are spartan, and contain bunker style beds. Hikers must bring their own sleeping and cooking gear.
The peak is at the Script error: No such module "convert". mark.[6]
Gallery
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Xueshan Main Peak
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Shengleng Trail (Holy Ridge Trail)
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Cirque or Landslide Valley #1
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Cui Pond
See also
- 100 Peaks of Taiwan
- List of mountains in Taiwan
- List of Ultras of Tibet, East Asia and neighbouring areas
- Shei-Pa National Park
- Taroko National Park
- Xueshan Range
- Hsuehshan Tunnel
References
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