Xueshan

Xueshan, formerly known as and by other names, is a mountain in the Heping District of Taichung, Taiwan. It is the 2nd-highest mountain in Taiwan and in East Asia, at above sea level. It is located in the Shei-Pa National Park and is visible in good weather from hills near Taiwan's capital Taipei. Names Xuěshān is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name meaning "Snow" or "Snowy Mountain". The same name is romanized as Hsüehshan using the Wade-Giles system. During the Qing Dynasty, the mountain was known to Westerners as It was also known as (properly, Sānchāshān) from a Chinese name meaning "3-Forked" or "3-Prong Mountain". During Japan's occupation of Taiwan, improved surveys showed that Xueshan was shorter than Yushan on Taiwan but taller than in the Japanese Islands. Its name was accordingly changed to Tsugitakayama(次高山), meaning "Next-" or "Second-Highest Mountain", in 1923. History The mountain was first climbed in 1935 by Japanese climbers.