park that started it all over
Huangshan Mountain was known as Yishan in the ancient times since the peaks and rocks look dark green in the distance. In 747, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty believed that the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan became an immortal here so he changed the name of the mountain to Huangshan (Yellow Mountain). Though looking fresh and young, Huangshan Mountain have a along history to which ancient books, poems and paintings as well as carved inscriptions all bear witness. Li Bai (701-762) was not the only poet who sang the praise, Tang poets Jia Dao (779-843) and Du Xunhe (846-897) also came here and wrote poems. In the succeeding dynasties people kept coming and giving 
expression to their admiration in poetry. Xu Xiake (1586-1641), the great geographer and traveler of the Ming Dynasty, devoted two of his travel notes to Huangshan Mountain. Jian Jiang and Shi Tao (1642-1718), master painters of the Xin'an School in the Qing Dynasty, left behind them many paintings. Inscriptions of the past generations meet one's eyes here and there: "Clouds in a myriad of forms", "Peaks piercing the sky", "A cool world", "Fantastic and beautiful", "Scenery of exceptional charm" to mention just a few of them.
