In the history of Chinese painting, the Huangshan mountain, a typical jagged granite rock covered with pine trees that create a spectacular landscape, has been a great inspiration among artists and also photographers over the years.
The infrastructure in the Huangshan mountains is striking, there are hotels, restaurants, trash bins, security, safety facilities and fire hydrants.
Hotels, restaurants and other facilities on the the mountain are serviced by qualified personnel. Today, the mountain can even be visited by a paralysed person. You can pay to be carried on stretchers, along with your things, dangling on long, crossed, bamboo poles, balanced on the shoulders of a ‘slave’. Who said slavery no longer exists?
In China, domestic tourism is incredibly developed, because of this Huangshan is very busy across the year. In recent years, the savings and personal wealth of the Chinese people has begun to grow, and is evident in their lifestyle, travel habits and from the Chinese themselves.
Despite the crowds of tourists, Huangshan rewards visitors with moments of calm and the unearthly views are breathtaking.
Today, the mountain has a stair path, and for those who do not want to hike to it there are cable cars, which are mainly used by tourists.
I always wondered why the Chinese are susceptible to buying such useless junk; this time it’s gloves and a stick that will eventually be thrown out.
A few years ago, a nearby town called Tunxi was renamed to Huangshan to attract people to visit the mountain.
