Tuenliang Mountain

　　), about 47 kilometers from the county seat of Fenghuang. It is a world-renowned scenic Miao mountain area and a famous filming location for movies and TV dramas.

　　According to the *Fenghuangting Annals*, as early as before the Xia, Shang, Yin, and Zhou dynasties, the area of Fenghuang was already known as the "land of the Wushan Miao tribes." The 1931 edition of Zang Lihe’s *Comprehensive Gazetteer of Ancient and Modern Chinese Place Names* clearly states: "Wushan is located more than thirty *li* west of Qiancheng County, Hunan, where the Wuxi River originates." The Northern Wei Dynasty geographer Li Daoyuan also noted in his *Commentary on the Water Classic: Commentary on the Yuan River* that "Wushan" is the source of the Wuxi River, one of the headstreams of the Yuan River. The Southern Song Dynasty scholar Zhu Mu’s *Fangyu Shenglue* also explicitly records: "Wushan is located 180 *li* west of Luxi County." The Wuxi River is today's Wushui in Jishou, with Wushan being its source. This shows that Tuenliang Mountain has been one of China’s renowned mountains since ancient times.

　　Tuenliang Mountain extends from Machong Village in Sangongqiao Township at its base to Heliao’ao in Heku Town at its summit, with a vertical elevation difference of 470 meters, forming a mountain range of towering peaks. The mountain boasts majestic and diverse peaks—some cliffs sheer as if cut, some stone pillars reaching into the clouds, others resembling a lion looking back, or a divine dog guarding a palace, or an elephant drawing water from a deep ravine, or lovers singing to each other. Coupled with the high mountain waterfalls cascading like thousands of hanging silk ribbons, and the world-famous "Panhu Stone Chamber," it has drawn countless poets and scholars to climb and admire its beauty, and many Miao people to make pilgrimages and ancestral worship. Truly, "the wondrous mountain stands as long as the sun and moon, and its splendid scenery welcomes guests from all over the world."