Lushan National Park

Lushan National Park was inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1996.

The Lushan National Park is located in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, bordered on the north by the Yangtze River and on the south by the Poyang Lake. Renowned for its majestic, unique, precipitous, and picturesque landscapes, Mount Lushan is celebrated as the"sacred mountain of culture"and is famously described as having"the finest scenery in the world. "It seamlessly integrates rich historical relics, forming a unique cultural landscape of exceptional universal value from historical, artistic, scientific, and aesthetic perspectives.

Mount Lushan stands as an outstanding representation of Chinese landscape culture, a remarkable model of Chinese academy-based education, and a focal point for the integration of Chinese and Western cultures. It embodies the concept of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature and has an important place in Chinese history and culture.