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Shizhongshan (Stone Bell Mountain) 石钟山Shízhōngshān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jiujiang, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiujiang
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Shizhongshan (Stone Bell Mountain)
A small hill on the Yangtze where Poyang Lake flows into the river, named for the bell-like booming of waves in the caves under its cliffs, a sound the Song poet Su Shi investigated by boat and described in his essay on the mountain. The hill commands the river-lake junction and was fought over by Taiping and Xiang Army fleets in the 1850s; the buildings on it, completed by 1860 and centred on a shrine hall, include Buddhist halls and a guest villa, and the rock is carved with inscriptions by Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Guo Moruo and others. The buildings and inscriptions are on the national list of protected sites, added in 2013.
How to get to Shizhongshan (Stone Bell Mountain)
On the Yangtze shore at the north-western edge of Hukou town, where Poyang Lake meets the river, about 28 km east-north-east of Jiujiang.
Nearby
- Mount Lushan 庐山 30 km
Misty peaks, waterfalls and a hill station of stone villas above the Yangtze
Also within 20 km: Taishan Park, Hukou 台山公园 (under 10 km), Gutang Customs House 姑塘海关旧址 (20 km), Pipa Pavilion and Xunyang River Park 浔阳江琵琶亭 (20 km).
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