Blue waves, lush trees, lush green grass and green mountains are the only tourist island surrounded by water in the Yangtze River, facing Jiajiang in Xiangshan on the other side. Known as the "water park" in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also known as "floating jade in the river".
The mountain is 7 1 m high and more than 2000 meters in circumference. It was named after Jiao Guang's seclusion in the mountains in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Being there, it really feels like a mainstay, just like being in Putuo Xiandao, winning the admiration of Chinese and foreign tourists.
Jiao Shan, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, has a simple and elegant natural landscape, with stone carvings in the forest of steles in the mountains and rich connotations. Known as the "mountain of calligraphy", it belongs to the "national key cultural relics protection unit".
Among them, the cliff stone carving "Heming" is famous at home and abroad.
Dinghui Temple in Jiaoshan is one of the famous ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River.
Jiao Shan has the saying that temples and pavilions are hidden in the depths of mountains, and it is also known as "Jiao Shan is surrounded by temples".
Yi He Ming in the forest of steles in Jiao Shan has a history of 1500 years, which was written by Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Today, the International Calligraphy Festival is held in Jiao Shan every year from June 65438+1October 65438+August -20.
Mount Jiao stands among the great rivers and has been a military stronghold since ancient times.
The history of Runzhou in Tang Dynasty was confused with that of Zhenjiang. More than 30 ships and warships were built, and more than 5,000 naval officers and men were trained on the river.
In February of the first year of Dezhe in the Southern Song Dynasty, after the Yuan Army captured Zhenjiang, Zhang Shijie, the general of Song Hangyuan, led a large number of warships to fight against the Yuan Navy in Jiao Shan in July of the same year, showing the heroic struggle of "chartering a port in Jiaopu, and the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty were stuck in the beach".
Han Shizhong, an anti-Jin hero in the Southern Song Dynasty, led thousands of officers and men to station in Jiao Shan to fight against Jin Bing, which became a historical story and spread in Britain for several generations.
In the fourth year of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty (15 19), on July 16th, due to the rebellion in Wang Ning, Jiangxi Province, Yu Conglan personally led sailors from Jianghuai area to conduct exercises on Bashan River.
In July of the 22nd year of Qing Daoguang (1842), the Emperor launched the Yangtze River invasion campaign. When British warships invaded the Yangtze River, thousands of Qingzhou soldiers and flag soldiers guarding Jiao Shan, under the leadership of Hailing, deputy commander-in-chief, bravely resisted and dealt a heavy blow to the British army, writing a glorious page in the history of modern anti-imperialist struggle.