Dangtu county has a history of more than 2,200 years. By the Qin Dynasty, there was already a county magistrate (named Danyang). In the ninth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (589), Dangtu got its name, which was called "the capital of mountains and rivers" by Xie Tiao, a great poet in the Southern Dynasties. The poet Li Bai wrote 56 poems, including Looking at Tianmen Mountain. Dangtu not only has a good economic development, but also ranks first among the counties under the jurisdiction of Maanshan (GDP reached 38.6 billion in 20 18) and ranks among the top 20 counties in Anhui. Various cultural attractions and natural scenery are also great. Just don't know many people.
Located at the foot of Qingshan Mountain in Taibai Town, dangtu county City, Anhui Province, Li Bai Mausoleum is a 4A scenic spot and a national key cultural relic protection unit. Li Bai is one of the greatest poets in China in the Tang Dynasty, and he is known as the Poet Fairy, Brewmaster and Immortal. Wandering here, he wrote more than 50 poems, such as "Looking at Tianmen Mountain" and "Sleeping at Niuzhu". Li Bai Mausoleum covers an area of about 60,000 square meters and is divided into three scenic spots, namely, front, middle and back, which play the roles of understanding, paying tribute and expressing emotions respectively. There are memorial archway, Taibai forest of steles, Tiaoqing Pavilion, Taibai Temple, Li Bais Tomb, Shiyong Pavilion and Qinglian Academy. Li Bais Tomb has completely preserved the shape of celebrity tombs in the Tang Dynasty. Taibai Temple and Xiangtang epitomize the architectural style of ancestral temples in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The epitaph records Li Bai's life experience and poetic achievements in detail. Dangtu Li Bai Cemetery Scenic Area is also the most famous cultural card in Dangtu.
Huangshan Tower, located at the top of Huangshan Mountain in Wuli, north of dangtu county, was founded in the Southern Dynasties during the Liu and Song Dynasties. Now it is a relic of Zhao and Song Dynasties and a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. Huangshan Tower is a pavilion pagoda with brick and wood structure. The plane is octagonal, with five outer floors and nine inner floors, and the height is more than 27 meters. The outer building has eaves, flat seats and a bucket arch under the eaves. Huangshan Tower is surrounded by pines and bamboos with beautiful scenery. Seen from a distance, Huangshan Tower points to the sky. When Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, sent his brother boating in Huayang, he once wrote a poem praising Huangshan Tower: "Send the monarch to Mount Huangshan and whistle on the ladder".
Xiegong Temple is a famous historic site in dangtu county, Anhui Province, which was built in memory of Xie Tiao, a poet of Southern Qi Dynasty. Located at the southern foot of Qingshan, Taibai Town, dangtu county. There is a small pool in front of Xiegong Temple, which is said to be carved by Xie Tiao. It is called Xie Gongchi, also known as Xie Gongjing. The water in the pool is naturally sweet and cold, and it has never been exhausted. There is a "Millennium Red Scale" in the pool, which is called "Hui Yuan Ancient Well" in history and is one of the "eight scenic spots". Next to Xiegong Temple is the Baohe Hall built in Shaoxing during the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a stone Buddha in the temple, one foot high and two feet high. The body of the stone Buddha is connected with the mountain and carved directly from the boulder 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 founded in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of 1000 years. It is a jungle temple of Zen Buddhism, 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 temples, which reached its peak in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It was greatly rebuilt and expanded around 2003, and it is a place where local and surrounding good men and women burn incense and pray.
In fact, in addition to these, dangtu county also has cultural relics and natural attractions, such as Chengxin Temple in Dangtu, Danyang Lake, Shimen in Hengshan Mountain, Jimei Square, Zhu Jin Pagoda and Ye Jia Ancient Bridge. It can be said that Dangtu is a small town with beautiful scenery and beautiful mountains and rivers. If you like the poet Li Bai, if you like the scenery of the Yangtze River. Then Dangtu, Anhui must be a must-see spot. It's early autumn, and the scenery here is more charming. If you have time, you might as well come here for a walk, and it is usually quiet and beautiful, and there are no bustling crowds, giving people a feeling of quiet years.