Tàihángshān

The mountains east of Jiangzhou form part of the rugged uplands between the Fen and Qin river basins. Forested ridges of the Taiyue range extend south towards the Zhongtiao Mountains, while Lishan rises between Yicheng and Yuanqu. Its broad summit is known as Shunwangping, or King Shun's Terrace. Local tradition held that the ancient sage ruler Shun once ploughed here, a story recorded in the gazetteers of the surrounding counties.