Junshan Island

Template:Short description Template:Template other Junshan Island (Template:Zh) is an island in Hunan province in China on Dongting Lake.Template:Sfnb The name derives from the legend of the Xiang River goddesses. It is Template:Cvt in area.Template:Sfnb It was formerly a Daoist retreat.

History

Junshan Island consists of 72 peaks on an oval island in Dongting Lake. It was initially called "Mount Xiang" (Template:Zh) in ancient times, also referred to as "Mount Dongting" (Template:Zh).Template:Sfnb

Junshan Island is full of historical sites such as the Tomb of Xiangfei (Template:Zh). Legend said that 4,000 years ago during Emperor Shun's inspection visit in the south, two concubines named "Ehuang" (Template:Zh) and "Nüying" (Template:Zh) followed him to Dongting Lake, but they were stopped by stormy weather. When they heard that Emperor Shun had died suddenly they cried so bitterly that their teardrops turned the bamboo into mottled bamboo. Soon they died of overwhelming sadness and locals built a tomb on Junshan Island to commemorate them.Template:Sfnb

Attractions

• Feilai Bell
• Junshan Garden of Love
• Liu Yi Well
• Tomb of Xiangfei
• Xiangfei Ancestral Temple
• Xiaoyao Palace

Literature

Li Bai, a poet of the Tang dynasty (618–907), wrote: "Template:Zh". Liu Yuxi, another poet of the Tang dynasty, eulogized: "Template:Zh".Template:Sfnb

Speciality

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Junshan Silver Needle Tea.

Junshan Island produces a lot of local specialities among which the most famous is Junshan Silver Needle Tea (Template:Zh) also known as "Gold Inlaid Jade" (Template:Zh). The tea was listed as a tribute to the imperial family in the Tang dynasty (618–907). The golden tea leaves narrow and thin as needles, are wrapped by a layer of white filaments. When the tea is being brewed, tea leaves first float up to the top and then sink to the bottom in a vertical position as if they were swords standing upward creating a peculiar phenomenon in the tea cup.Template:Sfnb

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