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The history of Dongyue Mountain
Since the Tang Dynasty, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples have been built on Dongyue Mountain. In the Ming Dynasty, large-scale reconstruction and renovation were carried out, making Dongyue Mountain a magnificent architectural complex and a famous religious and cultural mountain with "Nine Towers and Eighteen Courtyards and Seventy-two Halls". According to the Records of Guyuan County in the Republic of China, Chu Suiliang, a famous calligrapher and minister in the Tang Dynasty, also wrote the inscription "Wheel Hall" (Yan Luotang) for Dongyue Mountain. During the ten-year turmoil, Dongyue Mountain was also devastated. After 1982, with the further implementation of the party's religious policy, Dongyue Mountain Temple was restored and gradually developed into a garden-like sightseeing and leisure tourist attraction.

Built in the Ming Dynasty, the Five Dragon Monument is made of blue bricks, with a height of 5.4 meters, a width of 9 meters and a base thickness of 2 meters. It consists of a wall, a wall seat and a wall top. On the front of the monument, a 160 square brick is used to make a "fish-dragon game map". Five dragons are flying, playing with fire beads, stretching their claws and spitting fog, looming in the smoke; Carp jumped out of the water and flew around in the air, as if entertaining themselves with tourists; The waves are rough, the turquoise sets each other off, and it is harmonious and peaceful. The vivid picture of the zodiac at the bottom makes the whole monument seamless, which embodies the artist's ingenious conception and exquisite carving art.

Infinite Hall is located in Tiesheng Ridge at the top of Dongyue Mountain. There is another story about the origin of Tieshengling: According to legend, in 1522, Mongolia led troops to attack the Central Plains, camped in Dongyue Mountain, and prepared to capture Yuanzhou as a military base to attack the Central Plains. Because the military and civilians in the city were well defended and the walls were strong, they failed to succeed, so they burned down the temple on Dongyue Mountain on the grounds of fire prevention. 10 years later, the people of Yuanzhou actively raised money for reconstruction. Liu Yi, the new company commander, built a pier in Jiaoding Dongyue Temple, named "Lu Zhen Pier", which meant to contain the invasion of Mongols. This pier has 36 steps from bottom to top, with an oblique angle of 60 degrees, and iron chain handrails on both sides, so people can only walk up with chains, so it is called "Tiesuoling" by the people. 1903, Dong Fuxiang, the governor of Hou Jun in Wuwei and the governor of Gansu, returned to their hometowns and donated 600 taels of silver to build the Infinite Hall on the dock, becoming a lookout on Dongyue Mountain.