Fengjie is called the city of poetry, because many famous poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi and Su Shi have been called great poets since the Tang Dynasty.
Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, was exiled to Yelang in his later years because of his participation in Wang Yong's rebellion. On his way to Yelang, he usually walked near Fengjie, and got the news that the court had granted amnesty to the whole world. He did not need to be exiled, and wrote the poem "Early Interpretation of Baidicheng", which has been passed down through the ages.