Linan Mountain Pagoda

This picture is of a pagoda that was inside the big gates of an old monestary. We were here only a week and our friends took us out of Hangzhou to this mountain.

LinAn city lies to the South of Tianmu Mountain, which is in the Northwest of Zhejiang province. Lying west of Hangzhou and east of Yellow Mountain, LinAn is the key door between Zhejiang province and Anhui province. It is also the trade centre between the two provinces. It is the only mountain area city within Changjiang delta. LinAn has an area of 3,126.8 square km, a population of 500,000 and the jurisdictional area includes 15 towns and 24 villages. In 1986 the State Council authorized it as the coastal developing economical city. Rich natural resources, abundant rainfall, and a warm climate, all make its percentage of forest cover up to 71.3%. It has such an advantageous ecological situation that it breeds more than 4,700 biological species. Tianmu Mountain has a reputation of a 'species gene treasure store'.

Mountains, lakes, forest, hot spring, corrosion caves, Buddhist temple and other ancient remains make LinAn a great place of green treasure grounds in Changjiang delta. Since ancient times, LinAn ten scenes, Tangchang ten scenes and Yuqian eight scenes have been famous. Tourist scenes are scattered from west to east, within several hundred kilometers. There is Longtang Mountain, Daming Mountain and Rijing Cave, Tuanko Hotspring, Tianmu Mountain and Yuewang Hill, Linglong Hill, Tomb of King Qian, Qingshan Lake and Dongxiao Cave.

We only climbed a very small portion of our little oasis. It was way to hot and way to big to cover it all.