黃山，位於安徽省南部，地處皖南歙縣、黟縣和休寧縣的邊境。面積約1200平方公里，其中精粹風景區約154平方公里。這裡，千峰競秀，有奇峰72座，其中天都峰、蓮花峰、光明頂都在海拔1800米以上，拔地極天，氣勢磅礴，雄姿靈秀。
黃山，中國十大風景名勝之一，90年被聯合國教科文組織列入“世界文化與自然遣產”名錄，蜚聲中外，令世人神往。
黃山集名山之長，泰山之雄偉，華山之險峻，衡山之煙雲，廬山之瀑，雁蕩之巧石，峨嵋之秀麗，黃山無不兼而有之。明代旅行家、地理學家徐霞客兩遊黃山，讚歎說：“登黃山在下無山，觀止矣！”又留下“五嶽歸來不看山，黃山歸來不看嶽”的美譽。
of all the notable mountains in china， mount huangshan， to be found in the south of anhui province， is probably the most famous。 originally known as mt。 yishan it was renamed mt。 huangshan in 747 ad in recognition of the legendary huang di， who was the reputed ancestor of the chinese people and who made magic pills for immortality here。
wu yue is the collective name given to china’s most important mountains， namely mt。 taishan in shandong province， mt。 huashan in shaanxi province， mt。 hengshan in shanxi province， mt。 songshan in henan province and mt。 hengshan in hunan province。 it is said that you won’t want to visit any other mountains after seeing wu yue but you won’t wish to see even wu yue after returning from mt。 huangshan。 this saying may give you some idea of the beauty and uniqueness of mt。 huangshan。 together with the yellow river， the yangtze river and the great wall， mt。 huangshan has become one of the great symbols of china。
huangshan can boast not only of its magnificence but also its abundant resources and great variety of zoological species， for which it has been listed as a world natural and cultural heritage site。
