Why should it be a WHS?
The criteria the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park meets:
- to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
- to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance;
- to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features
- to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation.
We think that Zhangjiajie National Forest Park should be a World Heritage Sight for many reasons. It is oustandingly beautiful and should be protected right away. The breathtaking and oustanding views should be seen by everyone. It contains over 500 tree species including the Dawn Redwood which was believed to be extinct but was re-identified in 1948. There are also giant salamanders, many types of monkeys and many bird types. The park has milions of tourists and they always give it a 5/5. The park has and arch which is the highest natural bridge in the world. The park also has a cableway which is the longest mountain cableway in the world the length of it is 4.5 miles. It is very unique and it cannot be found anywhere else. It is so unique that the production designers and director of the film Avatar saw pictures of Zhangjiajie park which inspired the floating mountains in Avatar. After the film everyone wanted to know where the director got inspiration from. The inspiration he got was from Zhangjiajie. It ended up becoming very well known. The park is one of kind and cannot be seen anywhere. If you go all over the world you wouldn't be able to find anything like this, that's why it should be protected.