HERITAGE RECORD · 778

Lushan National Park

庐山国家公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Mount Lushan, in Jiangxi, is one of the spiritual centres of Chinese civilization. Buddhist and Taoist temples, along with landmarks of Confucianism, where the most eminent masters taught, blend effortlessly into a strikingly beautiful landscape which has inspired countless artists who developed the aesthetic approach to nature found in Chinese culture.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ4047 ↗

Administrative areaQ57052

WikipediaLushan Geopark ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

Cultural archive

Related poem

I cannot know Mount Lu’s true face, only because I am within the mountain.

苏轼 Su Shi · 《题西林壁》 / Written on the Wall at Xilin TempleOriginal: 不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。Original work in the public domainSource ↗

Record lead

UNESCO record lead

Brief synthesis Mount Lushan is located in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province.

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