Park of ChinaMountain Ranges of China See also: Taihang Mountains, Wuling Mountains
Crossing southern Shaanxi roughly from west to east, the Qinling is a major divide between northern and southern China: the Yellow River basin lies to the north and the Yangtze basin to the south, and the warm-temperate zone gives way to the subtropical. Mount Taibai, at 3,771.2 m, is the highest peak in eastern mainland China. About 1,600 km long.
Parks and sites (9)
Gansu
- Maijishan Grottoes: Buddhist grottoes
Shaanxi
- Mount Hua: The Western Sacred Mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains
- Mount Taibai
- Mount Tiantai, Baoji: Strange peaks and rocks; sites of the Yan Emperor
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Army: Imperial mausoleum, hot springs
- Mount Li and Huaqing Pool: Hot springs, the site of a Tang palace, Mount Li
Henan
- Mount Shiren (Stone Men): Strange peaks, waterfalls
- Mount Song: The Central Sacred Mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains
- Shaolin Temple: Cradle of Chan (Zen) Buddhism; Shaolin martial arts