Ma'anshan - Coloured Pebblestone Rocks Caishi Ji
The Colored Pebblestone Rocks (Caishi Ji) are located 7km/4mi south of the town on the banks of the Changjiang. Owing to their strategic position the rocks were fought over for hundreds of years.
Today there is an extensive park here with many monuments, some of which commemorate famous people.
The Pavilion of Li Bai was originally built in the 9th C but in the succeeding periods has been destroyed and rebuilt on several occasions.
Today there is an extensive park here with many monuments, some of which commemorate famous people.
The Pavilion of Li Bai was originally built in the 9th C but in the succeeding periods has been destroyed and rebuilt on several occasions.
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It is consecrated to the outstanding poet Li Bai who spent the last years of his life in a nearby village. The present three-story building dates from the second half of the 19th C. On the first floor stand two statues of the poet in boxwood, while on the second floor there is a view across the beautiful surrounding area.
The Terrace for Capturing the Moon (Zuoyue Tai) is a sheer rock overhanging the Changjiang. Tradition has it that the drunken Li Bai leapt from the terrace into the waters of the river in an attempt to capture the moon's reflection and in doing so drowned.
The Terrace for Capturing the Moon (Zuoyue Tai) is a sheer rock overhanging the Changjiang. Tradition has it that the drunken Li Bai leapt from the terrace into the waters of the river in an attempt to capture the moon's reflection and in doing so drowned.
