This county in Anhui not only has good economic development, but is also a livable city with beautiful scenery. Li Bai visited here 7 times. In fact, this county is Dangtu County, Anhui Province, located in the east of Anhui Province, on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and belongs to Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province. In fact, Dangtu County is also the mother county of Ma'anshan City. Dangtu is a famous "city of mountains and rivers" with beautiful scenery, numerous humanities, and a good geographical location. It has been integrated into the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration.
Dangtu County has a history of more than 2,200 years. In the Qin Dynasty, there was already a county seat (named Danyang). In the ninth year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (589), it was named Dangtu. The great poet Xie Tiao of the Southern Dynasty called it " "Landscape City", the poet Li Bai visited Dangtu seven times and wrote 56 eternal masterpieces including "Looking at Tianmen Mountain". Dangtu not only has good economic development, it ranks first among the counties under Ma'anshan (GDP reached 38.6 billion in 2018), and ranks among the top 20 counties in Anhui Province. Various cultural attractions and natural scenery are also excellent. It’s just that not many people know about it.
Li Bai Cemetery Scenic Area, located at the foot of Qingshan Mountain in Taibai Town, Dangtu County, Anhui Province, is a 4A scenic spot and a key cultural relics protection unit in my country. Li Bai is one of the greatest poets in the Tang Dynasty of my country. He is known as the Immortal of Poetry, the Immortal of Wine, and the Immortal of Exile. Wandering among the mountains and rivers of Dangtu, he wrote more than 50 poems and essays, such as looking at Tianmen Mountain, mooring at night in Niuzhu and reminiscing about the past. Li Bai Cemetery covers an area of ??about 60,000 square meters and is divided into three scenic areas: front, middle and back, which serve the functions of understanding, paying homage and expressing emotions respectively. There are scenic spots such as the Archway, Taibai Forest of Steles, Tiaoqing Pavilion, Taibai Temple, Li Bai Tomb, Shiyong Pavilion, and Qinglian Academy. Li Bai's tomb completely preserves the shape of the tombs of celebrities in the Tang Dynasty. Taibai Temple and Xiangtang focus on the architectural style of clan ancestral halls in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The epitaph inscriptions record Li Bai's life experience and poetic achievements in detail. Dangtu Li Bai Cemetery Scenic Area is also the most famous cultural card of Dangtu.
The Huangshan Pagoda is located on the top of Huangshan Mountain, five miles north of Dangtu County. It was first built in the Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. It is now a relic of the Zhao Song Dynasty and is a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. Huangshan Pagoda is a pavilion-style pagoda with a brick and wood structure. It has an octagonal plane, five outer floors and nine inner floors. It is more than 27 meters high. The outer floor has one eaves and one flat seat, and there are brackets under the eaves. Huangshan Pagoda is surrounded by green pines and bamboos, and the scenery is beautiful. Looking from a distance, Huangshan Pagoda points directly to the sky. Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem praising the Huangshan Pagoda when he was sending his clan brothers on a boat trip to Huayang: "Send you off to Mount Huangshan, and you will roar and lean on the ladder to heaven."
Xie Gong Temple is a famous historic site in Dangtu County, Anhui Province. It was built in memory of Xie Tiao, a poet of the Southern Qi Dynasty. It is located at the southern foot of Qingshan Mountain, Taibai Town, Dangtu County. There is a small pool in front of Xie Gong's ancestral house. It is said that it was dug by Xie Tiao. It is called Xie Gong's pool, also known as Xie Gong's well. The water in the pool is rich, sweet and cold, and has never dried up. There are "thousand-year-old red scales" in the pool. It is known as the "Yuanhui Ancient Well" in history and is one of the "Eight Scenic Spots in Gushu". Next to the Xie Gong Temple is the "Baohe Nunnery" built during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a stone Buddha in the nunnery, one and two feet high. The body of the stone Buddha is connected to the mountain and is directly carved from the huge rocks in the mountain.
Zhenshan Zen Forest, also known as Zhenshan Temple, is located at the southern foot of Zhenshan Mountain, 7.5 kilometers east of Dangtu County. The temple is named after the mountain. Zhenshan Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than a thousand years. It is a Zen jungle-style temple with a beautiful and pleasant surrounding environment. It is also one of the top ten famous ancient temples in eastern Anhui, with 99 and a half rooms. It was in its heyday at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. Major renovations and expansions were carried out around 2003. It is a place where local and surrounding believers burn incense and pray for blessings.
In fact, in addition to these, Dangtu County also has Chengxin Temple, Danyang Lake, Hengshan Shimen, Jimei Square, Jinzhu Pagoda, Dangtu Yejia Ancient Bridge and other cultural monuments and natural scenic spots. It can be said that Dangtu is a small town with beautiful scenery and beautiful mountains and waters on the edge of the Yangtze River. If you like the poet Li Bai, if you like the Yangtze River landscape. Then Anhui Dangtu must be a scene not to be missed. It's early autumn now, and the scenery here has a unique charm. If you have time, you might as well come here for a walk. Moreover, it is usually quiet and beautiful here, with no bustling crowds, giving people a sense of tranquility over time.