The highlight of May Lake Xiang is still the famous mountain Dachuan, and the first stop is the South Yue Heng Mountain, which is ranked among the "Five Mountains".
Arrived at the parking lot of Hengshan Mountain Scenic Area, immediately came a local young woman, volunteered to be a guide, took us from the front door of the scenic spot to the back door of the scenic spot, and after entering the scenic spot, there was a private shuttle bus directly to the place not far from the South Tianmen Gate. This also saves a lot of time. Of course, the price is to see a lot less scenery, and there is also a fee paid to the guide.
Hengshan, also known as Nanyue, Shouyue and Nanshan, is one of the "Five Mountains" of China, located in the southeast-central part of Hunan Province, China, between the two basins of Hengyang and Xiangtan, and the main part is located in the Nanyue District, Hengshan County and the eastern part of Hengyang County. The naming of Hengshan Mountain, according to the Warring States Period "Ganshi Star Classic", because it is located in the twenty-eight constellations of the wings of the stars, "changing the balance of the wind", "Quan De Jun", like a weighing instrument, can be called heaven and earth, so the name HengShan. In ancient Kyushu, directly south was Jingzhou, and the most famous mountain in Jingzhou was called Hengshan. Zheng Xuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty explained that the name of Nanyue Hengshan was based on the stars in the sky. In the upper heavens, the stars of life and death are managed, and in the lower heavens, the growth and development of the tubes are managed, like a scale, and the balance of the two ends should be maintained, so it is called Hengshan. Because Hengshan corresponds to the wings of the 28 stars in the sky, the degree should be balanced, that is, like a weighing instrument, it can weigh the weight of heaven and earth, and it can also maintain the balance between heaven and earth, and can equalize virtue and equality, praise the truth, goodness and beauty of the world, and punish the false evil and ugliness of the world.
Hengshan is a famous Taoist and Buddhist holy place in China, and there are more than 200 temples, temples, nunneries and temples around the mountain. Hengshan is the place where the kings Tang Yao and Yu Shun patrolled Xinjiang in ancient times to hunt and sacrifice the society, and Xia Yu killed horses to sacrifice heaven and earth to seek the method of controlling the flood. Hengshan Mountain God is the folk worship of the fire god Zhu Rong, he was appointed by the Yellow Emperor to guard Hengshan, teach people to use fire, breed all things, and buried in Hengshan Chidi Peak after death, was locally honored as Nanyue Saint Emperor. In Taoism, "Thirty-six Cave Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands", there are four places located in Hengshan Mountain, and the two true relics of Buddha Shakyamuni are hidden in the Vajrayogini Pagoda of Nantai Monastery in Hengshan Mountain.
The main peaks of Hengshan Mountain are Huiyan Peak, Zhurong Peak, Zigai Peak, Yuelu Mountain, etc., and the highest peak, Zhurong Peak, is 1300.2 meters above sea level. The main part of Hengshan Mountain is between 27°4′-27°20′N and 112°34′-112°44′ east longitude, running in a northeast-southwest direction, starting from Futianpu Township of Hengshan County in the north, Zhangmu Township in Hengyang County in the south, Jiepai Town in Hengyang County in the west, and Nanyue District of Hengyang City in the east, with a length of 38 kilometers, a maximum width of 17 kilometers, and a total area of 640 square kilometers.