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Aug

Small Stopover at Huangshan 黄山 Western Steps

Posted by: admin in Anhui, China, Huangshan, Travel

Guest Welcoming Pine 迎客树

It seems like we have been walking forever and my knees have begun to hurt from all that walking. When we came upon this clearing which seemed rather important. There were a lot of Chinese calligraphy etched on the rock only confirmed that this was a rather significant place. A large crowd of people were gathered by a tree off to the side of the clearing. It was a well known pine tree Guest Welcoming Pine 迎客松. I don’t really know the significance of the pine tree. I could only deduce from the name they gave since it is at one of the entry points into Huangshan, this tree would be the first ones visitors see.
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