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About Cuihua Mountain
The geopark administration's note says the main body of the landslide landform took shape at the end of the Western Zhou period, that its types are complete and its structure typical, and that the barrier lake, the barrier dam, the collapsed rock sea and the free rock faces all survive intact. It lists the rock and cave features this produced, among them Taiyi Guanxing, Fengdong (the wind cave), Bingdong (the ice cave), Yixiantian, Shiqiang, Tianqianhai, Wotuo, Wohu Shoutai, Shuangyu Naohai, Jinchan Tuoke and Yinchan Fuzi, and notes that high-mountain meadow and periglacial landforms supplement the rugged landslide relics. The same note claims the landslide relics are the largest in scale in China and third in the world, and that the volume of the single largest fallen block ranks first in the world; Shaanxi Daily quotes the same three claims from He Jia, assistant to the general manager of the Cuihuashan scenic area, who also calls the scenic area the core area of the geopark.
Shaanxi Daily reports that the geopark's eight scenic areas are strung along the ring tourism belt on the northern slope of the Qinling: Cuihuashan, Nanwutai, Heihe, Taiping, Zhuque, Wangshun Mountain, the Lantian Man site and Huaqing Palace. The paper dates the geopark's rating as a world-class geopark to August 2009, after UNESCO experts recognised its geological landscapes and ecological resources. It also places the Qinling Zhongnanshan Global Geopark Museum in Cuihuashan's Yifangyuan scenic area and describes it as the first geological museum in northwest China, showing films that include 秦岭造山运动 and 翠华山山崩 and displaying mineral specimens of more than a hundred kinds from around the world.
What to look for
- The barrier lake and barrier dam left by the landslide, which the geopark says survive intact along with the collapsed rock sea and the free rock faces
- Named landslide features on the geopark's own list — Taiyi Guanxing, Fengdong (the wind cave), Bingdong (the ice cave), Yixiantian and Shiqiang among them
- The Qinling Zhongnanshan Global Geopark Museum in the Yifangyuan scenic area, with its mineral specimens of more than a hundred kinds and its films on the Qinling orogeny and the Cuihuashan landslide
- The high-mountain meadow and periglacial landforms the geopark note says supplement the landslide relics
Location & getting there
Getting to Cuihua Mountain
Check weather, trail access and the last return service. A mountain or forest area is not one entrance, and a map’s central pin may be far from the trailhead.
- Search for 翠华山 with 西安市 and 长安区.
Find Cuihua Mountain
翠华山 · 长安区
No reliable map pin yet: search by the Chinese name.
Sources & visit information
The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.