Huang-shan

See also: Huangshan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 黃山／黄山 (Huángshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Huang²-shan¹.

Proper noun

Huang-shan

1. Alternative form of Huangshan
   • 1967, James Cahill, “The Anhui Masters”, in Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting‎^[1], The Asia Society, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:

     The scenery most often depicted in the Anhui School paintings is that of Huang-shan, the "Yellow Mountains," some of the most awesomely spectacular on earth. Huang-shan as seen in photographs today is recognizably the same that the Anhui artists present: sheer faces of rock and needle spires, bare except for the famous Huang-shan pines, with Buddhist temples high on the peaks, accessible only by long ascents.

   • 1976, Wen Fong, “On the Mountain Peak”, in Returning Home: Tao-chi's Album of Landscapes and Flowers‎^[2], New York: George Braziller, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page [3]:

     For Tao-chi, the ultimate mountain scenery was always represented by the incomparable peaks of Huang-shan, the Yellow Mountain, in Anhwei.

   • 1996 February [1995], Weng Yao-t'ing, “Where Do We Search for the Pavilions of Immortal Mountains?”, in The Stone Studio, transl., Looking at Chinese Painting‎^[4], Tokyo: Nigensha Publishing Co Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:

     Located between Ho-hsien and T’ai-p’ing Prefectures in Anhui Province is Huang-shan (Yellow Mountain), renowned for its strange, twisted pines, bizarre rock formations, “sea of clouds” and hot springs.