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Lushan National Park

China
Date of Inscription: 1996
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)
Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province
N29 26 E115 52
Ref: 778

Brief Description

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.

Justification for Inscription

The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the basis of cultural cultural criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) as a cultural landscape of outstanding aesthetic value and its powerful associations with Chinese spiritual and cultural life.

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