用英語說中國旅游華東地區(qū) 02：武夷山自然概況1

武夷山

Natural Features

自然概況

Mt Wuyi is located in Fujian Province at its boundary with Jiangxi Province running along for about SOOkm at an average altitude of over 1000m. The legend says that in the era of Tang Yao，a senior man called Peng Zu took hermitage in the mountain with his sons Wu and Yi，who first developed this area，therefore the mountain was referred to as Mt Wuyi in their honor. Yet other folks say that this was once the settlement of the ancient Minyue people governed by their King Wuyi，hence the mountain's name.

武夷山位于福建省與江西省的交界處，全長500米多公里，平均海拔1000米以上。相傳唐堯時(shí)代的長壽老翁彭祖攜二子茹芝飲瀑，隱于此山。其長子曰“武”，次子日“夷”，二人開山挖河，后人為紀(jì)念他們，就把此山稱為“武夷山”。另一種說法是，此地原居住有古代閩越族人，純首領(lǐng)名武夷君，故而得名。

Mt.Wuyi scenic area is in the southern suburb of Wuyishan City，F(xiàn)ujian Province,southeastern section of northern Mt Wuyi ranges， a strap about 14km long and 5 km wide,covering an area of 70km' about 350m above sea level in average.Geologically the mountain is made up of low hills of red sand rocks，namely the Danxia landform. For the crustal movement of hundreds of millions of years, the topography had been changing all the time that finally created the present shooting peaks flanked by clear streams which brings to the mountain the honor of“the most miraculous and graceful in southeastern China"

武夷山風(fēng)景區(qū)在福建武夷山市南郊、武夷山脈北段東南麓，個(gè)區(qū)呈長條形，東西寬約5公里，南北長約14公里，面積70平方公里，平均海拔350米，武夷山是由紅色砂礫巖組成的低山丘陵，屬丹霞地貌。幾億年以來，因地殼運(yùn)動(dòng)，地貌不斷發(fā)生變化，構(gòu)成了山峰挺拔、碧水縈回的“碧水丹山”美景，享有““奇秀甲東南”之美稱。

Mt. Wuyi hosts all the three dominant beliefs in China:Taoism，Buddhism，and Confucianism. Thus it is a reputed cultural mountain with a long history. The total area of this heritage is 999. 75 km，the second vast in China that have been included in World Heritage List. In accordance with the features of the resources，the area is subdivided into four parts:Bio-diversity quarter in the west，Nine bends Ecology quarter in the center，Natural and cultural Scenery quarter in the east，and Chengcun Village of the ancient King Minyue.

武夷山集道、佛、儒教于一身，是一座歷史悠久的文化名山?？偯娣e999. 75平方公里，是迄今為止我國已申報(bào)的世界遺產(chǎn)中面積第二大的。根據(jù)區(qū)內(nèi)資源的不同特征，全區(qū)劃分為西部生物多樣性、中部九曲溪生態(tài)、東部自然與文化景觀以及城村閩越王遺址四個(gè)保護(hù)區(qū)。

In December of 1999，UNESCO inscribed Mt Wuyi on its Worid Heritage List as a cultural and natural property of the world

1999年12月，聯(lián)合國教科文組織將武夷山作為文化和自然雙重遺產(chǎn)列入《世界遺產(chǎn)名錄》。