Aishan scenic area

Aishan Jiulong scenic area is located in the junction place of Jiangsu and Shandong provinces. The planning area is 23.5 square kilometers and the main peak elevation is 197.2 meters. Huaguo mountain, cloud long mountain and it  belong to the three famous mountains of the north area of Jiangsu, which since the ancient times has the saying that "the peak of the country is mount tai; The peak of the Pi is Aishan".Mu King of Zhou dynasty, Xu Zidan based on Pi zhou to build the Xu country. Aishan is the foundation mountain for Xu. Once on the mountain, there was a ''Ai'' character  shape tripod, and again because the mountain produces the ''Ai'' （mugwort）and it is famous for every 60 years there would produce the magical mugwort. Overlooking the Aishan mountain, the nine ridge between the moutain just like nine dragons stretched from southwest to northeast, so Aishan mountain also called "nine dragons mountain". It is a scenic area of Jiangsu province, the national AAAA level scenic spots, national water conservancy scenic area, ecological tourism demonstration area of Jiangsu province, Jiangsu province self-driving travelling base.

Aishan mountains have wonderful scenery and clear river, amounts of hills denpended on each other and green forests, risky and deep mountain creeks, every  season is pleasant. In spring, there are red flowers and green leaves; In summer, locust tree flower is fragrant and the honey is sweet; In autumn, maple leaves are like the fire; In the winter, the pine dance with the snow. The Peach Blossom Castle, oaks forest, Ruyi lake and other many natural landscape with beautiful charming. The phoenix palace autographed by Zhang Liang, the hermitage of Xushu, Xushu cavity, Xue Lizheng crusade's black wind gap, the grandmother temple where Liu Yong worship the ancestors and other historical site distributed among the mountains. And the subsidiary of Shaolin temple - TieFo temple, Huanyan temple, Jiulong pagoda, Ruyi avenue, south China sea Guanyin statues and other cultural landscape. The perfect painting art of dragon and phoenix as well as the flowers and birds, the local opera with full of folk soul and charm, also the running bamboo hobbyhorse and other non-material cultural heritage that were said "The calligrapher is difficult to start and the painter is hard to polish". Scenic spot gather together the wonderful mountain and the beautiful water, also integrated the vicissitudinous ancient charm and splendid folk in one, and it is the buddhist holy land for people to pray blessing wish and spiritual home for the research of quiet and splendid scenery.