Spring visits Mt. Taishan again, and greenery gradually climbs up the mountain from the lower slopes. The whole mountain becomes a sea of gorgeous flowers --- purple magnolias at the Dai Temple, wild peach blossoms in the Peach Blossoms Glen, weeping golden bells at the Rear Roak Basin, locus blossoms at the Mid-heaven Gate and Chinese crabapple blossoms on the summit.

Summer on Mt. Tai is the rainy season, when the whole mountain is a sea of green after a shower. Springs and waterfalls are seen everywhere in the valleys.

Mt. Tai towers high into the crisp air in autumn. Golden ginkgo trees, fiery maple trees and emerald pines and cypresses interweave, transforming the mountain into a magnificent work of ingenious natural embroidery.

The mountain turns into a world of silver after a welcome fall of snow in winter. The rime-covered trees are like pear trees bursting into bloom in spring.

(Source: Mt. Taishan, Foreign Languages Press)