Places held in image, memory, and landscape
Tiandu Peak of Mount Huangshan
The steepest of Huangshan's three main summits at 1,810 m, reached by the Hundred-Zhang Ladder and the Carp's Back ridge, and climbed by Xu Xiake in his travel diary.
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Yellow Mountain
A sea of cloud fills the valleys while sharp rock peaks rise from it, ridge behind ridge; on the right, pines reach out from cliffs dressed in yellow and red autumn leaves.
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- The Travel Diaries of Xu Xiake: Second Journey to Mount Huang: Climbing TianduProseXu Xiake (Xu Hongzu)
Clutching grass and brambles up Tiandu, ten thousand peaks below and a sea of cloud rising and falling.