旅游英语景点介绍—温州雁荡山 Yandang Mountain

　　【简介】雁荡山坐落于浙江省温州市，分为北雁荡山、中雁荡山、南雁荡山。其中以北雁荡山最为有名，北雁荡山、中雁荡山均位于温州市北部乐清境内。北雁荡山总面积450平方千米，最高峰百岗尖海拔1150米，以奇峰、瀑布著称。它形成于1.2亿年前，是一座典型的白垩纪流纹质古火山。它的灵峰、灵岩、大龙湫被称为“雁荡三绝”。　雁荡山有灵峰、灵岩、大龙湫、雁湖、中折瀑、显胜门、仙桥、羊角洞八大景区，其中以灵峰、灵岩、大龙湫最为有名。灵峰景区是雁荡山三大景区之一，总面积46平方千米，日景、夜景都十分耐看，主要景点有双笋峰、合掌峰、夫妻峰、雄鹰展翅、婆婆峰、公公峰等。值得一提的是，很多景点其实是一座山峰，从不同的角度可以看到不同的景观，如公公峰和婆婆峰。另外，白天、夜晚看同一座山峰也可看到不同的景观，如合掌峰是日景，夫妻峰是同一山峰的夜景。灵岩景区东起响岩门，西至马鞍岭，南到飞泉寺，北达百岗尖，面积9平方公里，主要景点有：屏霞嶂、灵岩寺、天柱峰、展旗峰、灵岩飞渡、小龙湫、龙鼻洞、卓笔峰、独秀峰、卧龙谷。大龙湫景区，东起马鞍岭，西至东岭，南起筋竹涧口，北至凌云尖，被誉为“天下第一瀑”的大龙湫落差为197米。2005年2月11日，雁荡山被联合国教科文组织宣布为世界地质公园。　

Yandang Mountain, locating in Yueqing Wenzhou City Zhejiang Province, is of the first group of national important scenic sites and it is considered as one of ten famous mountains in China. The name "yandang" comes from the lake of beautiful view on the top of the mountain and where the spreading reed, and the wild geese come and live here in autumn. Yandang Mountain, famous for its peaks, screen-like peaks, caves and waterfalls, is a mountainous natural resort on seaside. With the good reputation of "the famous mountain in the sea", "the emperor of mountains" it was called as "The First Mountain in Southeast China". With abundant and rich culture, it was set afoot in South and North Dynasty, and developed in Tang Dynasty.

Yandang Mountain was formed 120 million years ago. It is a typical ancient rhyolite volcano with area of 450 square meters in total, 550 scenic sites and 8 scenic zones included. Lingfeng Peak, Lingyan Rock and Dalong Qiu Waterfall are called as "Three Famous Scenic Sites of Yandang Mountain".

Yandang Mountain has its special features, "it can stand scrutiny in daytime, and it can thrill with joy at night", "Different positions, different sceneries" and "Tasting seafood while watching landscape". All of these are the three features which are different from other famous mountains.