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Huangshan Scenic Area highlights ecological protection while attracting visitors
By Xinhua Published: May 10, 2025 09:57 PM
An aerial drone photo taken on May 20, 2024 shows tourists visiting the Tiandu Peak as it resumed opening in Huangshan Scenic Area in east China's Anhui Province. Huangshan Mountain is a listed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, which has attracted a large number of tourists. To minimize the impact of visitors on its vegetation growth, the Huangshan Scenic Area rotates days off for its major scenic spots, as a special arrangement for ecological protection. The Tiandu Peak, one of the most popular sites in the Huangshan scenic area, ended its more than five-year

An aerial drone photo taken on May 20, 2024 shows tourists visiting the Tiandu Peak as it resumed opening in Huangshan Scenic Area in east China's Anhui Province. Huangshan Mountain is a listed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, which has attracted a large number of tourists. To minimize the impact of visitors on its vegetation growth, the Huangshan Scenic Area rotates days off for its major scenic spots, as a special arrangement for ecological protection. The Tiandu Peak, one of the most popular sites in the Huangshan scenic area, ended its more than five-year "vacation" and resumed opening to the public on May 20, 2024. While the Lianhua Peak, the highest peak of Huangshan Mountain, has been so far closed for more than a year. (Photo by Shi Yalei/Xinhua)



 
An aerial drone photo taken on May 20, 2024 shows tourists visiting the Tiandu Peak as it resumed opening in Huangshan Scenic Area in east China's Anhui Province. Huangshan Mountain is a listed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, which has attracted a large number of tourists. To minimize the impact of visitors on its vegetation growth, the Huangshan Scenic Area rotates days off for its major scenic spots, as a special arrangement for ecological protection. The Tiandu Peak, one of the most popular sites in the Huangshan scenic area, ended its more than five-year

An aerial drone photo taken on May 20, 2024 shows tourists visiting the Tiandu Peak as it resumed opening in Huangshan Scenic Area in east China's Anhui Province. Huangshan Mountain is a listed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, which has attracted a large number of tourists. To minimize the impact of visitors on its vegetation growth, the Huangshan Scenic Area rotates days off for its major scenic spots, as a special arrangement for ecological protection. The Tiandu Peak, one of the most popular sites in the Huangshan scenic area, ended its more than five-year "vacation" and resumed opening to the public on May 20, 2024. While the Lianhua Peak, the highest peak of Huangshan Mountain, has been so far closed for more than a year. (Photo by Shi Yalei/Xinhua)



 
This combo photo shows the Guest-Greeting Pine, an iconic landmark of Huangshan Mountain, in east China's Anhui Province, taken on Jan. 5, 2018, Oct. 13, 2020, Feb. 18, 2022 and July 20, 2021 (from top L, clockwise). Huangshan Mountain is a listed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, which has attracted a large number of tourists. To minimize the impact of visitors on its vegetation growth, the Huangshan Scenic Area rotates days off for its major scenic spots, as a special arrangement for ecological protection. The Tiandu Peak, one of the most popular sites in the Huangshan scenic area, ended its more than five-year

This combo photo shows the Guest-Greeting Pine, an iconic landmark of Huangshan Mountain, in east China's Anhui Province, taken on Jan. 5, 2018, Oct. 13, 2020, Feb. 18, 2022 and July 20, 2021 (from top L, clockwise). Huangshan Mountain is a listed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, which has attracted a large number of tourists. To minimize the impact of visitors on its vegetation growth, the Huangshan Scenic Area rotates days off for its major scenic spots, as a special arrangement for ecological protection. The Tiandu Peak, one of the most popular sites in the Huangshan scenic area, ended its more than five-year "vacation" and resumed opening to the public on May 20, 2024. While the Lianhua Peak, the highest peak of Huangshan Mountain, has been so far closed for more than a year. (Photo by Hu Xiaochun/Xinhua)



 
Wu Yijun, a senior engineer of the parks and woods bureau of Huangshan Scenic Area management committee, checks the condition of an ancient pine through telescope at Lianhua Peak of Huangshan in east China's Anhui Province, on April 23, 2025. Huangshan Mountain is a listed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, which has attracted a large number of tourists. To minimize the impact of visitors on its vegetation growth, the Huangshan Scenic Area rotates days off for its major scenic spots, as a special arrangement for ecological protection. The Tiandu Peak, one of the most popular sites in the Huangshan scenic area, ended its more than five-year

Wu Yijun, a senior engineer of the parks and woods bureau of Huangshan Scenic Area management committee, checks the condition of an ancient pine through telescope at Lianhua Peak of Huangshan in east China's Anhui Province, on April 23, 2025. Huangshan Mountain is a listed UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, which has attracted a large number of tourists. To minimize the impact of visitors on its vegetation growth, the Huangshan Scenic Area rotates days off for its major scenic spots, as a special arrangement for ecological protection. The Tiandu Peak, one of the most popular sites in the Huangshan scenic area, ended its more than five-year "vacation" and resumed opening to the public on May 20, 2024. While the Lianhua Peak, the highest peak of Huangshan Mountain, has been so far closed for more than a year. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)