Huang Shan (the Yellow Mountains) is supposedly China's most beautiful mountains. These mountains have all four of the Chinese elements of beauty in mountains: Rocks, Clouds, Flat-top pine trees, and springs.
The mountains were beautiful, although I wasn't as impressed as you're suppose to be. However, we didn't get the low clouds rolling through the mountains (which would have been impressive) and instead got high clouds that hid the sunrise (which is also suppose to be impressive).
Huang Shan shows a difference in how the Chinese approach the wilderness and how North Americans view it (although I suspect most Americans would prefer the Chinese approach). The mountain trails were paved, with thousands of stairs. There are also three cable cars, and hotels high in the mountains; the Chinese apparently have no concept of camping (actually, my wife tells me that there are too many would be campers for the authorities to handle).
Another oddity about the Yellow Mountains: In North American mountains, things in the mountains will look close, but be far away. In Huang Shan, the opposite was true: Things that looked far away were close by, and took little time to reach.
At various places, lovers engrave their names on a lock, lock it to a chain, and throw the key into the abyss.
In this picture, you can see the trail and stairs leading up the mountain.
In the background is the highest peak in Huang Shan. If you look carefully in the center of the picture on the rocks in the foreground, you can spot Mei.
Mei taking a break.
See also the virtual tour of Huang Shan