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Scenic Beauty |
The Creator makes nature
wonderful. Nature presents her beauty in countless ways. In addition
to the mysterious identification with nature, it is necessary to detach
us from her and view her form a distance.
Nature unfolds her beauty in shapes, colors sounds, dynamic pictures,
stills, scents, obscure mists and clouds...
In shapes scenic beauty strikes us as magnificent, mysterious, grotesque,
precarious, tranquil, secluded or elegant. Different landscapes provide
different forms of beauty. There are waterscapes, seascapes, snowscapes,
desertscapes, plateaus, marshlands, marshlands, forests. Waters and
mountains stand out as most important landscapes.
Mountains and waters lend, complement and magnify each other's beauty.
Mountains contribute to the charm of waters , and waters add to the
life and vigor of mountains.
Taishan Mountain on the north China plains is magnificent because
it rises abruptly and dwarfs all the hills and mountains in sight.
The Yangtze Rive Gorges are magnificent because their sheer cliffs
cut right into the roaring torrents. The Emei Mountain on the Sichuan
Province plains is elegant because it is shrouded in dense forests
and fogs. The Qingcheng Mountain near it is more secluded than elegant
because the mountain paths zigzag and disappear in lush green woods,
The Huashan Moutain in Shanxi Province is awe-inspiring and precarious
because there is only one perpendicular path carved out of the mountain
face.
Snow mountains are majestic and lofty. Deserts are awesome and deathly.
Plateaus are uncultured. Woods are luxurious. Marshes are haunting.
Ponds are serene.
Flowers are glamorous and intoxicating. Birds are airy and free. Waterfalls
are breath-taking and compelling Nature's beauty is divine and infinite.
The beauty of any scene is manifold. Take the Emei Mountain for example.
It rises abruptly, piercing the sky. It boasts of plants of various
climatic conditions at different altitudes. Precious animals roam
its woods. Mists and fog wrap it up in obscure blankets. Sun and mist
play to create the Buddhah Halo. The fortunate visitor in this divine
situation on the top of the mountain will see himself dancing in this
halo more dazzling than the colorful rainbow. This divine halo fills
one with pious ecstasy. No doubt this charming beauty trapped some
pious Buddhists. They threw themselves into halo, only to crash down
the abyss of a valley.
The gems and crowns of natural beauty are the hundred-odd state parks,
nature reserves and world legacies designated in the past twenty years
or so. Among these are Jiuzaigou and Huangloung in Sichuan, Zhangjiajie
in Hunan, Huangshan in Anhui and so on. Together with other unpeopled
primitive sights near China's border regions, they remind us of the
chaotic past when early man was still in the making.
Other scenic spots combine primitive beauty and humanistic beauty.
China boasts a time-honored history and civilization of thousands
of years. Most of her scenic spots have been haunted by visitors for
thousands of years. In discussing natural beauty it is necessary to
look at the humanistic resources in beauty spots as well. Justice
can not be done unless one separated section is given to these assets. |
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