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Has anyone been to Biyun Peak? Is it fun?

Biyun Peak is located in Cangshuipu Town, Heshan District, Yiyang City, Hunan Province. It was called Xiongxiang Mountain in ancient times, also known as Qingxiu Mountain and Qingxiu Mountain. It is one of the seventy-two peaks of Hengyue Mountain, with a peak height of 502 meters above sea level. , with a surrounding area of ??more than 100 kilometers, among the winding peaks of Heshan Mountain, one mountain is unique and beautiful. It is really like "one peak cuts the sky green, and the clouds soak the clothes". Looking at the appearance of the whole mountain, it looks like Kuanglu in Jiujiang, so it has been called "Xiaolu Mountain" since ancient times, which was taken from the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty. Biyun Peak has secluded ravines, steep rock walls, green trees, luxuriant herbs and flowing waterfalls. With both bizarre natural scenery and long-standing cultural relics, it is a typical representative of Yiyang's tourism resources.

There is Leiyin Temple on the top of Biyun Peak, Qingxiu Temple on the mountainside, Sushui Zen Forest in the valley, and Huxi Bridge at the foot of the mountain. There are more than 20 scenic spots such as Frog Drum Stone, Shantou Ding, Horseshoe Imprint Stone, Four Pings and Eight Views, Nine Peaks and Ten Cols. For thousands of years, many celebrities and sects (Buddhism and Taoism) have come here to visit and give lectures. When Li Gang, the famous Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, was appointed as the governor of Huguang, he came here specifically to visit and wrote poems about it, which have been passed down to this day. The famous Confucian Zhang Shi of the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhu Xi, the master of Neo-Confucianism, admired Bifeng's beauty and built a residence here to give lectures. Since the Song Dynasty, many literati and guests have left popular poems here.

Biyun Peak now has a new temple and a road around the mountain, and the mountain road to the peak has also been widened and rebuilt. The scenery remains the same and the temples remain the same, making it a great place for sightseeing and vacation.

According to ancient legend, Biyun Peak is more than 1,000 meters above sea level. Because the three great gods practiced on it, it was lowered by more than 500 meters, so it is now 502 meters above sea level. Then the three great gods changed their positions. Arrived at Nanyue Hengshan