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Brief introduction of Lushan mountain
Lushan Mountain Scenic Area, belonging to Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is located 36 kilometers south of Jiujiang City, bordering the Yangtze River in the north and Poyang Lake in the south. It is about 25 kilometers long from north to south and 20 kilometers wide from east to west.

Most of the peaks in the scenic area are above 1000 meters above sea level, and the main peak Hanyang Peak is above sea level 1474 meters. It is a famous tourist scenic spot and summer resort in China, and 1996 is listed in the World Natural and Cultural Heritage List. ?

There are also places of interest in Lushan Mountain: Bailudong Academy, which ranks first among the four major academies in China; Xiaotianchi, the place where Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang attacked Poyang Lake; Wangjiangge, overlooking the winding Yangtze River, is endless; Bai Juyi's flower diameter, a three-treasure Millennium tree; There is also Hanpokou to watch the sunrise in Poyang Lake.

Botanical Gardens with more than 3,000 kinds of plants, such as Wulaofeng, Sandiequan Waterfall with pearls and jade splashing, Gulian Spring, which is praised as the first spring in the world by Lu Yu, Zhaoyin Spring, the sixth spring in the world, Longchi Water on the top of Tianchi Mountain, and so on.

The development of history

Lushan Mountain is a famous cultural mountain with a long history, and places of interest abound. For thousands of years, countless literati have left a vast sea of ink and a well-known chapter here. Su Shi wrote "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but toward which corner of the mountain"; Li Bai's "Flying straight down thousands of feet, it is suspected that the Milky Way has set for nine days" is Xiufeng Mawei Waterfall.

Mao Zedong's immortal cave in Lv Dongbin, which is characterized by "a fairy cave born on a dangerous peak and infinite scenery", is a unique place where poetry and scenery blend and become famous all over the world. Lushan Mountain, according to legend, during the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, seven Kuang brothers married Lu Yin and lived here. After death, he became a fairy, and the house he lived in turned into a mountain, hence the name.

The ancients said that Lushan Mountain was the best place in the world. Since Sima Qian listed Lushan Mountain in the historical records, poets of all ages have come here. Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Wang Anshi, Lu You, Xu Zhimo, Guo Moruo and so on 1500 have successively climbed this mountain, leaving many precious masterpieces.

A group of cultural celebrities have carried out a large number of literary and artistic creation activities in Lushan Mountain, making Lushan Mountain the birthplace of China's pastoral poems, China's landscape poems and China's landscape paintings. Since then, more than 500 writers, politicians and artists such as Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Su Shi and Wang Anshi have visited Lushan Mountain and written more than 1000 poems and songs praising Lushan Mountain.

Su Shi wrote, "Looking horizontally, the ridge side becomes a peak, and the distance is different. The image of "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but toward which corner of the mountain" depicts the scenery of Lushan Mountain and has become a famous article for thousands of years.