Tencent street view map includes Wudang Mountains

( wudangshan.gov.cn )

Updated: 2014-07-03

Tencent, China's largest and most visited Internet service portal, has included Wudang Mountains, a popular scenic spot for summer vacations located in Shiyan city, Hubei province, onto its street view map for the past week. Users can thus conveniently browse the overwhelmingly high-definition 3D pictures on line and make travel plans ahead of time.

Tencent includes Wudang Mountains, a popular scenic spot for summer vacations located in Shiyan city, onto its street view map.[Photo/wudangshan.gov.cn]

A key national scenic spot in China, Wudang Mountains has been declared one of the world's cultural heritage sites by the United Nations. Also, as famous Taoist mountains and the cradle of Wudang boxing, it is honored as "the most immortal mountain under heaven". Its scenic spots such as the Golden Hall, Zixiao Palace and Yuxu Palace have all been included in Tencent's street view map.

Edited by Brian Salter and Zhang Qiong