Travel guide to Yaotai Mountain in Xia County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province.

[Love] The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the air is fresh, and there are different scenery waiting for you to explore. Yaotai Mountain, also known as Wuxian Mountain, is located on the bank of Baisha River 2 kilometers east of Xia County. The peak was originally built with "Taixu Temple", "Wenfeng Tower" and "Wangyue Platform". According to legend, King Xia Jie and his beloved concubine Meixi would come there every Mid-Autumn Festival. Enjoy the full moon with this view. [Love] Ticket: 20 yuan (free with Yuncheng Tourism Annual Card). [Love] Parking: Free. [Love] Yaotai means Qiong Palace Yaotai. The ancients believed that good wishes can reach heaven from here. [Love] During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many temples here, which were the best place for tourists to visit and enjoy, especially during the Mid-Autumn Festival. [Love] A pagoda was built on the top of the mountain in the Ming Dynasty. In the pagoda, there are three Buddhas and five Bodhisattvas including Guanyin, Manjusri, Samantabhadra, Ksitigarbha, and Maitreya. Taoist buildings include: Sanqing, Sanguan, Wenchang, Yaowang, and Thunder God. . [Love] Yaotai Holy Land combines the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. It can be called a religious holy place in ancient and modern times and has become an important symbol of Xia County, the ancient capital. [Love] Yang Shouxian, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, once wrote a couplet for Yaotai. The first couplet is "The moon is bright, the moon is bright in August", and the second couplet is "Mountains and mountains are beautiful, Wushan mountains are very beautiful", so "Yao "Taiyue Night" has also become the first of the eight ancient sceneries in Xia County. [Love] Yaotai Mountain not only has a long history, but its natural shape is also particularly special. The sudden figure is almost a very regular cone. Although the altitude is six or seven hundred meters, it is not too high. However, the relative height of the cone can reach up to a thousand meters. Compared with the mountains behind it, it is tall, aloof, and sacred. extraordinary. [Love] If you have enough time, there are Duiyun Cave nearby (the previous article has a travel guide about Duiyun Cave), Sima Wen Gong Temple and other attractions, which can be visited in one day.