Golden Toad Gazing at the Moon on Azalea Mountain

　　In the dense azalea forest, there are several huge rocks standing slanted in front and back, resembling a golden toad gazing up at the sky day and night. People call it the “Golden Toad Gazing at the Moon” rock, one of the beautiful sights of Bijia Mountain. Opposite the “Golden Toad Gazing at the Moon” rock grows a cluster of alpine azalea woods. The toad appears to be blowing a revolutionary assembly call with its wide-open mouth, while the azaleas seem to be the millions of workers and peasants thus summoned, resembling a reenactment of the scene from Chairman Mao’s poem “Pride of the Fishermen – Against the First ‘Encirclement’ Campaign,” written in the spring of 1931 after the victory in the first counter-encirclement campaign.

　　Location

　　Azalea Mountain Scenic Area, Jinggangshan