Mount Qiyun () is a mountain and

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located in Xiuning County in

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 Huangshan City and is known as one of the Four Sacred Mountains of

Taoism Taoism (, ) or Daoism () refers to either a school of philosophical thought (道家; ''daojia'') or to a religion (道教; ''daojiao''), both of which share ideas and concepts of Chinese origin and emphasize living in harmony with the '' Ta ...

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

Tang Yin Tang Yin (; 1470–1524), courtesy name Bohu (), was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming dynasty period. Even though he was born during the Ming dynasty, many of his paintings, especially those of people, were illustrated with el ...

and Yu Dafu 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