Guang’an Dayun Mountain

Guang’an Dayun Mountain

Guang’an Dayun Mountain is a national AAA-level tourist attraction.

Dayun Mountain is located in Yonggan Village, Long’an Township, bordering Dayishan Village, Shiya Town, Yuechi County. It resembles a hidden paradise, with lush greenery covering both the mountain and its base. A paved blacktop road leads all the way to the mountaintop, lined on both sides with extensive pomelo orchards.

Dayun Mountain was probably originally called Daying Mountain. Legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms period, Jiang Wei once set up camp here—“and that’s how Daying Mountain got its name. In the neighboring Yuechi County, places like Jiangshan Temple and Zaogya are also said to be connected to Jiang Wei.”

Whether Dayun Mountain holds any Three Kingdoms cultural heritage or whether Jiang Wei truly camped here remains unverified and lacks detailed legends. However, historical records do indicate that camps were set up on Dayun Mountain in the past, though that dates back to the Qing Dynasty.

The New Gazetteer of Guang’an Prefecture, compiled during the Xuantong reign of the Qing Dynasty, records: “Dayun Fort, located to the north of the prefecture, houses a temple, also known as Daying Fort. It is traditionally said that the rebel leader Wang Sanhuai once camped here.”

Regarding Wang Sanhuai, a reporter consulted the Guang’an Prefecture Gazetteer from the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty. It was learned that during the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect was rampant across Sichuan. Among them, cult rebels along the Qu River used flags in colors such as cyan, blue, yellow, and white, rampaging everywhere. “They were no different from the bandits Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong,” leaving a trail of destruction wherever they went, “slaughtering and plundering without mercy,” to the extent that “not a single soul remained within a thousand li, and tigers entered the city.”

Guang’an also suffered repeated raids and plundering by various cult rebel factions, resulting in countless casualties. Among them, the White Banner leader Wang Sanhuai began harassing Guang’an in October of the second year of the Jiaqing reign. That month, Wang Sanhuai burned the Jingbian Temple in Quxian County, looted official grain supplies, and scattered through the areas near Guang’an. A scholar named Hu Yuanzhi led a group of militia to resist, but the rebels took a shortcut into Hu Yuanzhi’s home and killed all seven members of his family. On the fifth day of the eleventh month, Wang Sanhuai led a group of rebels and attacked Guang’an, plundering Heixi Tuo. On the sixth day, they crossed the Sanxi River. Midway across, they were ambushed by local villagers and nearby militia, “five rebels were killed, countless others drowned, and the surviving rebels fled toward Shisun River, Hengsheng Market, and Xiaojiaxi area.”

In August of the third Jiaqing year, Wang Sanhuai, stationed at Anleping, was lured and captured by Liu Qing, the magistrate of Nanchong. He was later taken to the capital and executed the following year.

Although the Gazetteer of Guang’an Prefecture does not specify when Wang Sanhuai camped on Dayun Mountain, at the very least, Dayun Mountain stands as a witness to the unique historical chapter of the White Lotus Rebellion.