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 and lies at 27°18′6″N 112°41′5″E / 27.30167°N 112.68472°E / 27.30167; 112.68472 . 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.
9-683: James Robson may refer to: James Robson (academic) (born 1965), professor of Chinese Buddhism and Daoism at Harvard University James Robson (bookseller) (1733–1806), English printer and bookseller James Robson (doctor) , team doctor for the Scotland national rugby union team James Robson (poet and songwriter) (died 1757), Northumbrian landowner, poet, songwriter, “political criminal” and one time Jacobite rebel James Robson (trade unionist) (1860–1934), British coal miners' leader James Wells Robson (1867–1941), Manitoba politician active early in
18-710: A Harvard faculty in 2008 and was promoted to full professor in 2012. In January 2024, Helena Kolenda, chair of the Harvard-Yenching Institute board of trustees, announced Robson as the Institute's new director, effective July 1, 2024, succeeding Elizabeth J. Perry. Robson's book Power of Place: The Religious Landscape of the Southern Sacred Peak ( Nanyue 南嶽 ) in Medieval China (Harvard University Asia Center, 2009) received
27-556: A rich distribution of rare plant and animal species. The Nanyue Arboretum has been established here. In 1954, experts discovered two wild velvet soapberry trees in the primary secondary forest near Guangji Temple. In 2012, two more wild velvet soapberry trees were found there, making these the only four remaining in the world . In 2013, experts from the Nanyue Mount Heng National Nature Reserve discovered two ancient wild yews, estimated to be over
36-998: Is an American sinologist and a James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University and William Fung Director of the Harvard University Asia Center . Robson is the incoming director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute , succeeding Elizabeth J. Perry . Robson received his BA in religious studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1987, and thereafter studied in China, Japan, and Taiwan for several years before pursuing his PhD at Stanford University . After completing his doctorate in 2002, he worked at Williams College from 2002–2004, and University of Michigan from 2004–2008, where he received tenure in 2008. Robson became
45-676: 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 Mount Heng belongs to a humid subtropical climate zone, characterized by ample sunlight and water resources, with mild winters and summers that are not excessively hot, along with abundant rainfall. The climate on Mount Heng shows distinct vertical variations, with an average temperature decrease rate of 0.59°C per 100 meters.[1] The Nanyue Mount Heng Nature Reserve
54-716: The Stanislas Julien Prize for 2010 by the French Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres [Prix Stanislas Julien by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Institut de France)] and the 2010 Toshihide Numata Book Prize in Buddhism. Mount Heng (Hunan) At the foot of the mountain stands the largest temple in southern China, the Grand Temple of Mount Heng (Nanyue Damiao), which
63-404: The 20th century Jim Robson (born 1935), radio and television broadcaster Jim Robson (politician) (1895–1975), Australian politician James Robson ( Oz ) , a fictional character in the television series Oz See also [ edit ] James Robinson (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
72-572: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Robson&oldid=1154638649 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Robson (academic) James Robson (Chinese name: Chinese : 羅柏松 ; pinyin : Luó Bósōng , born December 1, 1965)
81-431: Was established on May 9, 1984, as a provincial-level nature reserve[2], and in 2005, it was successfully upgraded to a national nature reserve.[3] The vegetation on Mount Heng exhibits elevation zones. Below an altitude of 800 meters lies the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved red soil zone, while above 800 meters are dwarf forests, shrublands, and grassland yellow-brown soil zones. The forest coverage rate reaches 67%, with
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