Mount Wuyi World Heritage Site

Official name

Mount Wuyi | UNESCO

Country

China | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

Wuyishan City, Fujian Province
27.7166° Lat, 117.6833° Lon | Map

Code

911

Time Zone

Asia/Shanghai (CST, +0800)

Current Time

Category

Mixed

Description

Inscribed 1999. Mount Wuyi is the most outstanding area for biodiversity conservation in south-east China and a refuge for a large number of ancient, relict species, many of them endemic to China. The serene beauty of the dramatic gorges of the Nine Bend River, with its numerous temples and monasteries, many now in ruins, provided the setting for the development and spread of neo-Confucianism, which has been influential in the cultures of East Asia since the 11th century. In the 1st century B.C. a large administrative capital was built at nearby Chengcun by the Han dynasty rulers. Its massive walls enclose an archaeological site of great significance.