Friends who are not from Taiwan Province Province are not allowed to enter! Why is the highest mountain in Taiwan Province Province called "Jade Mountain"? Is it taken from the place name of southern

Friends who are not from Taiwan Province Province are not allowed to enter! Why is the highest mountain in Taiwan Province Province called "Jade Mountain"? Is it taken from the place name of southern Fujian? Q: What is the origin of Yushan place names?

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Cao people call Yushan "pattonkan", and it is said that the ancestors originally lived at the top of Yushan. The name of Yushan was first seen in Historical Records, and it was described in Yu Yonghe's book Exotic Addendum during the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty (1697): "Yushan is among thousands of mountains. Its mountains stand alone. There is no distance to see. The rocks are steep. As white as silver. The distance is as white as snow. Surrounded by peaks. Out of reach. It is said that this mountain is like jade. Every dark night. Let's have a look in the county. Just like white clouds in the sky. " The book Interview with Yunlin County published in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty wrote: "Batong Guanshan is also known as Yushan. It is more than one hundred miles east of the county seat. Three peaks soar into the sky. Dark clouds loom over the top of the mountain. Fantasy and unpredictability. There are no big trees in the mountains. Unearthed vegetation. The weather is cold, frosty and dry. It snows at four o'clock. Close in June. Walking in the snow all day. That is, the snow-capped mountains referred to in the annals of Changhua. It can be seen that Yushan was originally named Batong Guanshan, also known as Snow Mountain. Outsiders call Yushan the unique mountain after Robert Swinhoe, the British consul in Tainan, sailed to Taiwan Province Province with W. Morrison, the captain of the merchant ship Alexander for the first time. It was recorded as the earliest record of outsiders in the log book, so it was named after the captain. Since then, westerners have adopted the name of Mount Morrison. 1897, because the height of Yushan is more than 200 meters higher than that of Mount Fuji, the Japanese renamed it "Xinshan", and the main peaks around it were called East, West, South and Beishan respectively. After the recovery, in 36 years of the Republic of China, the Taiwan provincial government announced that the "new high mountain" was renamed as "Yushan", while the mountains in the east, west, north and south were easily the peaks in the east, west and north.

The Yushan block is high because of the collision between the Eurasian plate and the Philippine plate. The main ridge is slightly cross-shaped, with the south-north length and the east-west length short, and the intersection is the main peak of Yushan. Yushan National Park is famous for its mountains and beautiful for its mountains. The area is located in the middle of Taiwan Province Island, spanning Hualien, Kaohsiung, Nantou and Chiayi counties 10 village, and the terrain can be divided into Dongpushan block and Yushan block. Covering an area of 65,438+005,490 hectares, the park is a typical subtropical alpine national park with unique geographical location, numerous peaks, natural rocks and majestic peaks. Some people are magnificent, beautiful and elegant; It is one of the few alpine areas in Taiwan Province Province that still preserves its original features, including the main peak of Yushan Mountain, the highest peak in Northeast Asia, with an altitude of 3,952 meters. The vicinity of the main peak is steep mountains and deep valleys. Natural vegetation varies with altitude, from subtropical zone, temperate zone to cold zone, forest phase changes second, and wild animals and plants multiply. Although the area of the park is only 3% of that of Taiwan Province Province, it contains more than half of the original plants, which is quite characteristic of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, there are many precious ecological resources and cultural relics in the whole region.

There are about 50 species of mammals in this area, among which long-haired sheep, water deer, Taiwan black bear, Taiwan Province wild boar, Shanqiang and Taiwan macaque are precious large animals in this area; There are about 65,438+0,565,438+0 species of birds, including almost all the resident birds in the forests of Taiwan Province Province, among which the endemic birds in Taiwan Province Province are Teiji, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, golden-winged bridle, Thunderbird and crested thrush. Freshwater fishes in alpine valleys 12 species; In addition, according to the investigation records, there are about 228 species of butterflies in the park, accounting for half of the butterfly species in Taiwan Province Province; Reptiles 18 species, including many endemic species in Taiwan Province Province, such as tortoise shell flower in Alishan, snake walking in Sode, lizard climbing in Swanhao, etc. Amphibians 13 species, among which Taiwan mountain pepper fish and Chun 'an mountain pepper fish are ice age relics, which have high academic research value.

In terms of cultural relics, there are eight ancient customs clearance roads in Qing Dynasty, eight customs clearance crossing roads and Guanshan crossing roads near Nanheng Highway, all of which are important historical sites. The whole area used to be inhabited by Bunun people, so there are many ancient social sites and touching anti-Japanese deeds.

Yushan National Park is rich in human and natural resources, with ever-changing scenery, and has great functions of sightseeing, academic research and environmental education. In recent years, the government has actively promoted eco-tourism. Yushan National Park is an excellent eco-tourism area with rich and diverse ecological resources. Especially after the completion of several important roads, people can reach Yushan Park more conveniently and experience the beauty of Yushan National Park. Such rich and precious natural and human resources in the park are shared by all the people. The most important thing in this environment is to provide people with a place to get in touch with nature, a place to rest and rejuvenate their hearts, and also the most beautiful and pure paradise for future generations.