Dinghu Peak serves as the nucleus of the Xiandu Scenic Area, which is the main attraction of the Xiandu Scenic and Historic Interest Area. Centered around Dinghu Peak, the area includes the primary site for worshiping and paying homage to the Chinese cultural progenitor, Emperor Huangdi, in southern China – the Huangdi Temple (where grand sacrificial ceremonies are held annually in honor of Huangdi). It also features attractions such as Buxu Mountain, Lianjin Stream, Yangfengzhou, Tongzi Peak, Yangzhi Pavilion, and the cliff inscription of Ye Qingchen’s ‘Dufengshan Ming’.
The area employs light and shadow effects to present a ‘Dreamlike Xiandu’ that integrates night, scenery, water, and sky, expanding the scope of night tourism activities and becoming a distinctive feature of the scenic spot. Dinghu Peak is the symbol of Xiandu. It has a base area of 2468 square meters, a top area of 710 square meters, and a height of 170.8 meters, resembling a spring bamboo shoot that rises straight from the ground into the clouds, also known as ‘Tianzhu Peak’, and is acclaimed as ‘The First Peak in the World’ and ‘The First Bamboo Shoot in the World’. In the ‘Famous Mountains Record’ by Xie Lingyun of the Jin Dynasty, it is recorded that ‘beside Jinyun Mountain, a solitary stone stands tall, reaching 200 zhang in height, with a lake on top that grows lotus flowers’. The cliffs are so steep that no one has been able to climb them. It is said that during the Qing Qianlong period, an old man who collected medicinal herbs risked his life to reach the summit, and only one person managed to do so in the following 80 years. It is also said that Emperor Huangdi once set up a furnace at the peak to refine elixirs, and when the elixir was completed, a group of cranes danced, Huangdi ascended to heaven on a red dragon, and his ministers, trying to follow, competed to grasp the dragon’s whiskers, but fell to the ground, turning into ‘dragon’s beard poles’. Dragon’s beard poles grow on Xiandu Dinghu Peak, and in the Ming Dynasty, Li Mingzhen included dragon’s beard poles in ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’, which can cure various diseases. The opening hours are 08:00-17:00 all year round; 07:30-17:30 all year round.Dinghu Peak – The Core of Xiandu Scenic Area
Dinghu Peak serves as the nucleus of the Xiandu Scenic Area, which is the main attraction of the Xia[...]
