Peach Blossom Peak

　　Introduction      Located at the southern end of Huangshan, it connects to Yunmen Peak to the west and faces Zishi Peak across Tangquan Stream. It is one of the 36 major peaks, with an elevation of 1,460 meters. The soil here is fertile and vegetation is lush. In the past, the peak was covered with many peach trees, earning it the name “Ten-Li Peach Blossom Peak,” and the blossoms still thrive to this day.     There is a legend about who planted the peach trees on the peak: one version says that when the Yellow Emperor came to Huangshan to refine elixirs, he noticed the lack of flowers and trees on Peach Blossom Peak and ordered his ministers to plant peach trees all over. Another version says that when the Second Emperor viewed it from his carriage, he noticed how the peak stood alone beyond the valley, not connecting with the other peaks. Hence the poem: “A lone peak, like a pillow, rests apart from the crowd, lying in the white clouds of the mountains through the ages. In prosperous times, all strive to offer tribute — yet you, content, lie beyond the valley, apart from the throng?”  

　　 Huangshan City, Anhui Province