1. There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.
2. Emei is the most beautiful place in the world, and the Three Gorges is the most beautiful place in the world.
3. If you go to the Five Sacred Mountains, you won’t see the mountains; if you go to Mount Huangshan, you won’t see the mountains.
Related introduction:
"There is heaven above, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou below" is a proverb spread among Chinese people. It comes from "Wujun Zhi" by Fan Chengda in the Song Dynasty. It is intended to praise the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan. Comparable to heaven.
The beauty of Mount Emei has two main meanings. One is its shape from a macro perspective. Although the mountain is tall, its contours are smooth and soft. Especially the foggy Mount Emei is covered in clouds and mist. Second, the vegetation is luxuriant, the colors are green and elegant, and they never dry up all year round. This is rare among other famous mountains.
The Five Sacred Mountains don’t look at the mountains, and the Huangshan Mountains don’t look at the mountains. Later generations summarized what Xu Xiake, a traveler in the Ming Dynasty, said: There is nothing like Huangshan in Huizhou, both at home and abroad.
Extended information:
Among the customs and proverbs from all over China, "There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below" should be considered the most widely circulated. Wei Zhuang's poems once said: "Everyone says that Jiangnan is good, and tourists only like Jiangnan. The spring water is blue in the sky, and the boats are painted and listened to the rain to sleep."
As for its history, those who study the proverbs Generally, only later documentary evidence can be cited. Among them, the records in "Seven Revised Drafts" and "Ancient and Modern Novels" are most cited, but these are all from the Ming Dynasty. In the later Southern Jiangsu folk song "Gusu Scenery", also known as "Dajiu Lianlian", it is also sung: "There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below", "West Lake in Hangzhou, there are no mountain ponds in Suzhou, oh, two good places." .
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