Mount Heng (Hunan)
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| Mount Heng | |
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| 衡山 | |
 Mount Heng | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,300.2 m (4,266 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,130 m (3,710 ft) |
| Listing | Mountains of China |
| Geography | |
  Mount Heng Location in Hunan | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Parent range | Hengshan Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Type of rock | Granite |
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Hengshan (Chinese: 衡山; pinyin: Héng Shān), also known as Mount Heng, is a mountain in southcentral China's Hunan Province known as the southern mountain (Chinese: 南岳; pinyin: Nányuè) of the Five Great Mountains of China. Heng Shan is a mountain range 150 kilometres (93 mi) long with 72 peaks[1] and lies at 27°18′6″N 112°41′5″E / 27.30167°N 112.68472°E. The Huiyan Peak is the south end of the peaks, Yuelu Mountain in Changsha City is the north end, and the Zhurong Peak is the highest at 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level.
At the foot of the mountain stands the largest temple in southern China, the Grand Temple of Mount Heng (Nanyue Damiao), which is the largest group of ancient buildings in Hunan Province.
Other notable sites in the area include Shangfeng Temple, Fuyan Temple, Zhusheng Temple (8th-century Buddhist monastery) and Zhurong Gong, a small stone temple.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Mount Heng, elevation 1,266 m (4,154 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.3 (50.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
15.4 (59.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
0.3 (32.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.2 (4.6) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 86.4 (3.40) |
99.3 (3.91) |
189.9 (7.48) |
205.1 (8.07) |
264.0 (10.39) |
273.1 (10.75) |
204.3 (8.04) |
224.2 (8.83) |
175.9 (6.93) |
117.1 (4.61) |
109.6 (4.31) |
75.1 (2.96) |
2,024 (79.68) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.7 | 16.0 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 12.8 | 16.2 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 190.1 |
| Average snowy days | 6.4 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 16.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 92 | 89 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 78 | 76 | 86 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 82.4 | 73.5 | 76.7 | 104.1 | 122.9 | 115.7 | 200.6 | 149.6 | 135.1 | 137.4 | 133.5 | 122.5 | 1,454 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 48 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 38 | 33 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ The encyclopedia of Taoism, Volume 1 By Fabrizio Pregadio
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Mount Heng (Hunan).
Further reading
[edit]- Robson, James (1995). "The Polymorphous Space of the Southern Marchmount (Nanyue)". Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie. 8 (1): 221–264. doi:10.3406/asie.1995.1095.
- Robson, James (2009). Power of place : the religious landscape of the Southern Sacred Peak (Nanyue) in medieval China. Harvard UP. ISBN 978-0-674-03332-0.
