Furong Mountain
芙蓉山
Highest point
Elevation860 m (2,820 ft)
Prominence860 m (2,820 ft)
Coordinates28°00′26″N 112°01′50″E / 28.00722°N 112.03056°E / 28.00722; 112.03056
Geography
Furong Mountain is located in Hunan
Furong Mountain
Furong Mountain
Location in Hunan
CountryChina
ProvinceHunan
Parent rangeXuefeng Mountains
Geology
Type of rockGranite

Furong Mountain (Chinese: 芙蓉山; pinyin: Fúróngshān; lit. 'Hibiscus Mountain') is located in the town of Qingshanqiao in the southwest of Ningxiang, Hunan, China,[1] with a height of 860 metres (2,820 ft) above sea level.[2]

Furong Mountain is noted for Puji Temple, a Buddhist temple located on the top of the mountain, which was built in the Yuan dynasty, and the temple's original name was Furong'an.[2][3] It is the subject of a poem by Tang poet, Liu Changqing. [4]

See also

References

  1. 诗意芙蓉山. Ningxiang Daily (in Chinese). 2013-03-13. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  2. 1 2 Huang Haichao and Jiang Hongzhao (2002). 《宁乡史地》 [History and geography of Ningxiang] (in Chinese). Hainan: Nanfang Publishing House. ISBN 7-80660-538-X.
  3. 芙蓉山水利风景区 (in Chinese). 2014-05-30.
  4. 100 Tang Poems
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