【集思晨读 Lewis Day 122 中国文化特辑 】
050 Taishan Mountain
Good morning, everyone! It's Wed., 8th April. I am Lewis saying hello to you all from Yangzhou.
大家周三早上好，今天是四月八号! 我是Lewis，在扬州给大家晨读！
今天的中国文化特辑跟大家聊 泰山
1. Chinese legends have it that there is a god named Pangu who created heaven and earth.
2. Legends say his head turned into the Taishan Mountain
3. Therefore Taishan is regarded as the head of China’s five mountains.
4. Located in east China’s Shandong province, Taishan has witnessed Chinese history for thousands of years.
5. Chinese ancestors believed that Taishan was a holy mountain which connected with heaven.
6. Because of this, emperors built altars on Taishan to pray for the nation’s prosperity and people’s happiness.
7. You will experience its deepness when you climb up Taishan, steps go up the mountain from the foot, the midway goes up to the summit of the mountain.
8. Thousands of steps go up the side of this deep mountain.
9. Interesting peaks and trees stand on both side of the trail.
10. You can enjoy the beautiful sunrise and sea of clouds at the peaks of Taishan.
11. In 1987, it was the first Chinese site to be put on the list of World Natural and Cultural Heritage sites by UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ).
