Mount Qiyun () is a mountain and

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located in

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Anhui Province Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

, China. It lies at the foot of the Huangshan mountain range some to the west of

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and is known as one of the Four Sacred Mountains of

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. Noted for its numerous inscriptions and tablets, as well as monasteries and temples, particularly dedicated to

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, the highest point of the mountain rises to .

Culture

Through Chinese history, Chinese poets and writers including

Li Bai Li Bai (, 701–762), also pronounced as Li Bo, courtesy name Taibai (), was a Chinese poet, acclaimed from his own time to the present as a brilliant and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du F ...

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and

Yu Dafu Yu Wen, better known by his courtesy name Yu Dafu (December 7, 1896 – September 17, 1945) was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet. He was one of the new literary group initiators, and this new literary group was named the Creation Soc ...

have visited Mount Qiyun either to compose poetry or to leave an inscription.

References

Tourist attractions in Anhui Taoism in China Qiyun Qiyunshan Qiyunshan Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Anhui Qiyun {{Huangshan-geo-stub