The origin of Langya Mountain in Chuzhou

Emperor Jin Yuan was named King Langya and lived here before he ascended the throne, so the mountain was named after him.

Langya Mountain is famous because of Ouyang Xiu’s "The Drunkard Pavilion". "The drunkard's intention is not in the wine, but in the mountains and rivers."

Langya Mountain enjoys the reputation of "the indistinguishable mountain after Penglai" and "the Pearl of Eastern Anhui". Because it is rich in a variety of Chinese medicinal materials, it is known as the "natural medicine garden". There are Zuiweng Pavilion, Langya Pavilion, Chengxi Lake, Gushan Lake, Hugu and other scenic spots in the territory.

Extended information:

Langya Mountain is famous in ancient and modern times for its beauty of mountains and rivers, as well as the famous book "The Drunkard Pavilion" and Langya Temple, Drunkard Pavilion and other historical sites. . Langya Temple was built in the sixth year of Dali (771) in the Tang Dynasty and has been more than 1,200 years old. The "Drunkard Pavilion" was built in the sixth year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty (1046), and it has been more than 900 years ago.

After Tang Dynasty poets Gu Kuang and Wei Yingwu, and Northern Song Dynasty poet Wang Yucheng wrote poems describing the scenic spot of Langya Mountain, Ouyang Xiu also wrote famous prose works "The Drunken Old Pavilion", "Fengle Pavilion" and other poems and essays about Langya's scenic spots are about more than 100 pieces. Su Shi, a famous calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, specially wrote steles for "Drunkard Pavilion" and "Fengle Pavilion".

Poets, writers, calligraphers, painters, and educators such as Zeng Gong, Wang Anshi, and Xin Qiji in the Song Dynasty, and Song Lian, Wen Zhengming, and Wang Shouren in the Ming Dynasty all once traveled or lived here, and wrote poems and essays to record them. Its victory. Inside and outside Langya Temple, Zuiweng Pavilion and Fengle Pavilion, there are hundreds of cliffs and inscriptions from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Among them, the poetry steles of Li Youqing, Liu Sui, Huangfu Zeng and others from the Tang Dynasty are particularly precious.

During the Republic of China and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Langya Mountain continued to become a tourist destination that poets and writers yearned for. In April 1936, the famous female writer Professor Fang Lingru made an appointment to visit Langya Mountain with female writer Ding Ling, painter Xu Beihong and others, and wrote a new prose piece "Travel Notes on Langya Mountain". Later, the poet Chen Yunhe wrote the prose "Chuzhou. Drunkard. Luling Ouyang Xiuye".

In late October 1985, the Chinese Prose Society and the Anhui Branch of the Chinese Writers Association jointly held the "Drunkard Pavilion Prose Festival" in Langya Mountain. Wang Xiyan, He Wei, Ke Lan, Ai Xuan, Jiang Liu, etc. More than 40 prose writers, poets, critics, editors, and journalists gathered in Langya Mountain to discuss the prospects for the revival of contemporary prose, and concentrated on creating a number of excellent prose works depicting the scenic spots in Langya.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Chuzhou Langya Mountain