IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Area
105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Designation
Scenic Area
Designated
1985
Tiantai Shan
Chinese
天台山
Hanyu Pinyin
PRC Standard Mandarin: Tiāntāi Shān ROC Standard Mandarin: Tiāntái Shān
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
PRC Standard Mandarin: Tiāntāi Shān ROC Standard Mandarin: Tiāntái Shān
Bopomofo
PRC: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄞ ㄕㄢ ROC: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄞˊ ㄕㄢ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
PRC: Tiantai Shan ROC: Tiantair Shan
Wade–Giles
PRC: T‘ien1-t‘ai1 Shan1 ROC: T‘ien1-t‘ai2 Shan1
Tongyong Pinyin
PRC: Tiantai Shan ROC: Tiantái Shan
Yale Romanization
PRC: Tyāntāi Shān ROC: Tyāntái Shān
MPS2
PRC: Tiāntāi Shān ROC: Tiāntái Shān
IPA
PRC: [tʰjɛ́n.tʰáɪ ʂán] ROC: [tʰjɛ́n.tʰǎɪ ʂán]
Guoqing Temple on Tiantai Mountain, originally built in 598 CE during the Sui dynasty, and renovated during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735).
Tiantai Mountain (also Tí Taî in the local language) is a mountain in Tiantai County, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China.[2] Its highest peak, Huading, reaches a height of 1,138 meters (3,734 ft).[2] The mountain was made a national park on 1 August 1988.[citation needed] One of nine remaining wild populations of Seven-Son Flower (Heptacodium miconioides) is located on mount Tiantai.[3]
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^ ab"Tí Taî Mountain Scenic Area". Retrieved March 8, 2011.
^Lu, H. P.; Cai, Y. W.; Chen, X. Y.; Zhang, X.; Gu, Y. J.; Zhang, G. F. (2006). "High RAPD but no cpDNA sequence variation in the endemic and endangered plant, Heptacodium miconioides Rehd. (Caprifoliaceae)". Genetica. 128 (1–3): 409–417. doi:10.1007/s10709-006-7542-x. PMID 17028968.
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