Huangtengyan Scenic Area

　　Huangtengyan is located in Huxi Town, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province. Huangtengyan rises abruptly from the earth, with large and small stone stalagmites standing tall. A Song Dynasty poet, Liu Guo, once wrote a poem about it. The mountaintop is covered with lush bamboo forests, while the mountainside features deep caves that remain warm in winter and cool in summer. It is connected to the Nanjiang Reservoir and the Nanjiang Forest Farm Scenic Area. Huangtengyan is one of the scenic spots in Dongyang City. Since ancient times, there has been a folk saying that “Huangtengyan rivals Fangyan.” The Five Saints Ancestral Temple and the True Martial Emperor Temple built on the mountain have long been known, but no relevant written records could be found. This time, when Xidui Natural Village in Nanjiang Village was revising the genealogy of the Lü family, they borrowed genealogical records from the Xuzhai Village branch of the Lü family in Majia Town, Huangtantou, from the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China period, and finally discovered written accounts about Huangtengyan within them. Lü Jinren, a retired teacher who was specifically in charge of the genealogy revision, told the author that Xidui was previously called Shidai. According to the records, from the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty to the last revision in the fourth year of the Republic of China, the Lü family genealogy underwent five revisions. The earliest records about the Huangtengyan scenic area were likely documented in the genealogy from the Qianlong era. There used to be a Taoist temple built on the mountaintop of Huangtengyan, but it is unknown when it was constructed. Now that accurate written records about its construction have been found, the villagers are very pleased.

　　When flipping through the revised "Shidai Lü Family Genealogy" from the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty and the fourth year of the Republic of China, one can find an article titled "Record of the Actual Traces of Huangtengyan," which details the construction of the ancient temple on Huangtengyan. According to the "Record of the Actual Traces of Huangtengyan," the construction of Huangtengyan began on the fourth day of the eighth month in the 21st year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty (1593 AD) and was completed on the second day of the ninth month in the 30th year of the Wanli era, with temples erected and statues of one figure each from the five surnames—Lü, Zhang, Li, Wu, and Guo—created, collectively referred to as the Five Saints Ancestors. The location of the temple is inferred to have been on the shaded side of the Huangtengyan mountaintop. Later, in the fifth year of the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty, local residents, dissatisfied with its shaded location, “cut down trees to build a temple in the sunny part of the mountaintop, installed and sculpted divine statues, dismantled the old temple to serve as the rear hall, and placed the True Martial Emperor there to guard the North Pole, naming it the Ancient Temple of Tengyan. They newly constructed a front hall with three rooms, collectively housing the Five Saints Ancestors, and named it the Five Clouds Hall.”

　　The "Shidai Lü Family Genealogy" also contains poems about the Eight Scenic Spots of Huangtengyan, with the poetic content being very elegant. One of them is "Exploring the Moon at Tengyan," which reads: “Vines entwine along the rocky slope, an eternal name never to fade. Lofty it stands, akin to Mount Hua nearby, secluded and remote, like many isles of Penglai. Exquisite stone caves house the divine, jagged peaks pierce the Milky Way. When the full moon graces the night sky, it mirrors the beauty of Chang’e in the dressing mirror.”