Baota shan, known as Jialing Mountain in ancient times, is located in the southeast of Yan 'an City, beside the Yanhe River. You can have a bird's eye view of the whole Yan 'an city from the mountain. Because there are towers on the mountain, it is often called Baota shan. Baota shan is an important symbol and symbol of Yan 'an, the revolutionary holy land. 1953 version of the second set of RMB two-yuan coupons has the front pattern of "Yan 'an Baota shan". 1955 the core pattern of the medal of independence and freedom awarded by People's Republic of China (PRC) is the Baota shan and the red five-star. Baota shan often appears in commemorative stamps issued by the State Post Bureau. "I went back to Yan 'an several times in my dream, hugging Baota shan", a famous sentence by the famous writer He Jingzhi enthusiastically eulogized Baota shan's sacred position in the eyes of China people. Baota shan is a pagoda with a height of1135.5m, which was built in the Tang Dynasty and is now a building in the Ming Dynasty. Plane octagonal, nine floors, about 44 meters high, pavilion-style brick tower, after the central government entered Yan' an, this ancient pagoda became the symbol and symbol of the revolutionary holy land. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the State Council listed Yan 'an Pagoda as the former site of Yan 'an Revolution in the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. On the Baota shan, historical sites and modern revolutionary sites are scattered all over the place, which complement each other. The mountains are covered with trees and flowers are in full bloom. After the establishment of Yan 'an Tourism Group Company, it invested a lot of money to build antique mountain gates and plank roads at the foot of the mountain, renovated the star tower and beacon tower, and added giant bells and drums. Known as the "Peace Bell" and "Taiping Drum", tourists hit it with golden sounds and jade sounds, and mountains and valleys should respond. "Strike is healthy and full of joy; The second strike is that the weather is favorable and the things enrich the people; Strike three times, the country is at peace, and the world is at peace. "Leisure facilities and snacks have also been built on the mountain, which tourists can enjoy after sightseeing. Under the decoration of a large number of floodlights and neon lights, at night, pagodas, star-picking buildings, beacon towers and green trees all over the mountain road set each other off like a fairyland, making the mountain city Yan' an more beautiful and magnificent. Baota shan is one of the most important tourist areas in Yan 'an, where Chinese and foreign guests climb mountains and have a panoramic view of the holy land. Everyone agrees: "If you don't climb the pagoda, you won't come to Yan 'an".