Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve

The Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve spans 428 square kilometers across southeastern China, featuring peaks that reach heights of 2,570 meters above sea level.

The reserve, established in 1978, received recognition as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1986 and later gained World Heritage Site status in July 2018.

Buddhist temples and monasteries stand throughout the reserve, with construction dating from the Tang Dynasty when the mountain became a center of spiritual practice.

Visitors can access numerous hiking trails within the reserve, where professional guides lead tours through diverse landscapes containing rare plant and animal species.

The reserve protects the world's largest subtropical primeval beech forest and serves as the only natural habitat for the gray snub-nosed monkey population.

Location: Tongren

Inception: 1956

Website: http://fanjingshan.cn/about.asp

GPS coordinates: 27.90810,108.64638

Latest update: March 7, 2025 03:56