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    Qingliang Peak Natural Protection Area, where the primeval ecologic scene remains, is located in the southeast of Jixi County in Anhui Province. As the second highest peak in eastern China just next to Mt. Huangshan, it is about 1787 meters above sea level. Granted by the State as the Natural Protection Area in 1979 for its plentiful wildlife resources, it's a tourist attraction near Mountain Huangshan.
    Xuancheng City enjoys a subtropical humid monsoon climate, enjoying four distinct seasons and abundant precipitation. Of the four seasons, summer is the longest. Its annual average temperature falls round 15.6 C (60.1 F). Most of the rainfall occurs in summer. The plum rain season lasts from mid-June to early July. It is favorable for traveling all the year round, especially in May, July, August and October.

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    Xuancheng City is situated in the southeastern region of Anhui Province, neighboring Huangshan to the south, Chizhou to the west and Wuhu to the north. To the east, it is bordered by Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.
As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-24AD), Danyang Shire was established o­n this region with Wanling (presently Xuanzhou District) as its capital city. Since then, Xuanzhou has been the political, economic and cultural center of administration for two thousand years. However, the name of Xuzhou was changed during the Sui Dynasty (581-618).

    Xuancheng city is rich in resource. The three treasures in the study Xuan paper, Xuan writing brush, Chinese ink in Anhui province, ancient building in Jixi County, and food culture in Xuancheng city represent the core of Anhui culture. The superior quality tea such as Green tea in Jingting Mountain, black tea in Yongxi, and Yashan tea, and wild walnut, jujube, Chinese chestnut, gingko, green plum, and air-dried bamboo shoots are all famous precious local products in Xuancheng city. Jing County is the hometown of Xuan paper, the most famous paper in China. Kangxi County was rewarded as the hometown of green tea in China by ministry of agriculture. Guangde County was regarded as o?ne of the ten hometown of bamboo by the State Forestry bureau. Ningguo city, a city at county level, was known as the hometown of Yuanzhu bamboo and wild walnut.