Tiandu Peak is located in the southeast of Huangshan Mountain, with Lotus Peak in the west and Bowl Peak in the east. It, together with Guangmingding and Lotus Peak, is also called the three main peaks of Huangshan Mountain, and it is one of the 36 peaks, with an altitude of 18 10 m. In ancient times, it was called "the capital of all immortals", which means the city in the sky, hence the name "Tiandufeng". The top of the mountain is as flat as the palm of your hand, and there are "climbing the peak" stone carvings, among which there are natural stone chambers that can accommodate 100 people. There are stones outside, which are like drunkards reclining, and they are called "the fairy holds the cave door".
This mountain is characterized by its strong bones, majestic Li Zhuo, steep and majestic momentum, and it is the most majestic one among the Huangshan Mountains. According to mountain records, during the Tang Dynasty, Daoyun climbed a cliff from the east to the top. He is the first person to climb Tiandu Peak in existing written records.
Huangshan geology and geomorphology
Huangshan Mountain is a collection of 800 million years of geological history, peak forest landforms and glacier relics, and has rich and typical geological landscapes such as granite mold stones, granite caves and Quantanxi Waterfalls. Qianshan rock mass has sparse joints and multi-spherical weathering; Houshan rock mass is characterized by dense joints, multi-column weathering and steep mountain, forming a landform feature of "majestic front mountain and beautiful back mountain".
Huangshan Mountain is dominated by Yanshanian granite, with developed vertical joints, strong erosion and cutting, staggered cracks and long-term water erosion, forming granite caves and passages. The whole mountain has 30 ridges, 22 rocks, 7 caves and 2 passages. The Quaternary glacial remains in Huangshan Mountain are mainly distributed in the southeast of Qian Shan.