Ruins of the Ice Mountain

Ruins of the Ice Mountain

The Ice Mountain ruins are a cultural tourism attraction.

The Ice Mountain, originally known as Qingqiu or Qingzhong, was also called Qingliangtai. Legend has it that one winter day during the Warring States period, Lu Zhonglian invited Yan Fan to tour Shaohai. The two drank wine to their hearts’ content while discussing the successes and failures of the six states' politics. They grew merrier and more in sync as they drank, and despite it being midnight, neither showed any signs of fatigue. When they prepared to row back, Lu Zhonglian’s family came looking for him in a panic, saying: “Master, something terrible has happened. The scouts you sent out have returned with news that the Qin army has captured Linzi, the capital, and the King of Qi has surrendered. Your wife asked me to urge you to flee and hide at once.” Upon hearing this, Lu Zhonglian’s heart churned like turbulent waves, and his eyes fixed intently on the vast sea. He remembered what he had once said when trying to persuade Lord Pingyuan not to resist Qin: “If the King of Qin unifies the world, I will throw myself into the sea and die—I will never submit to him as a subject.”

So he cried out toward the boundless night sky: “Heaven above, how can you favor evil over good and allow the brutal Qin to rise to power? I, Lu Zhonglian, a man of stature, will never break my word!”

Yan Fan stepped forward to try to stop him

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But he had already leapt into the sea. Instantly

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A fierce wind began to howl, snowflakes swirled down, and a towering ice mountain suddenly rose from Qingqiu—stretching a hundred paces in length and several zhang in height. Its peaks were layered, its caves deep and mysterious, with flickering lights shining within, majestic and awe-inspiring.

Later generations built an exquisitely beautiful pavilion on the highest peak of Qingqiu to commemorate this noble man, naming it Qingliang Pavilion. To the north, a golden plaque was hung, inscribed with the words: “Ruins of the Ice Mountain.”