Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · Prefecture-level

Yingtan

Yingtan is home to the red cliffs of Longhu Mountain, a World Heritage site, the Celestial Master's Mansion of Zhengyi Taoism and copper smelting.

Mount Longhu Featured picture Mount Longhu
Regional story

A place shaped through time

In regional terms, the clearest first clue to Yingtan is “Yingtan is home to the red cliffs of Longhu Mountain, a World Heritage site, the Celestial Master's Mansion of Zhengyi Taoism and copper smelting.” Together, environmental, historical, and cultural elements give Yingtan a profile that can be distinguished from nearby places. Continuing local life gave inherited spaces new uses and memories, allowing historical layers and contemporary activity to coexist. Today, the interaction between environment and society remains visible in landscape, urban texture, daily activity, and local memory. These details make Yingtan a clear case of how a wider region is built from specific places and sustained lives.

Yingtan

Affiliated Regions

3 counties
Yue Hu DistrictCounty-level

Yue Hu District

Yuehu rests beside the Xinjiang River, with Meiyuan Park and long-standing trade memories shaping its waterside character.

Yu Jiang DistrictCounty-level

Yu Jiang District

Poem Farewell to the God of Plague immortalized disease-eradication public health triumphs in Yujiang, famous for master woodcarving craftsmanship.

Gui Xi CityCounty-level

Gui Xi City

World Heritage red Danxia cliffs and ancient Celestial Master Taoist temples crown Mount Longhushan in Guixi, home to enigmatic cliff hanging coffins.

Yingtan

Atlas Matrix

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Mount Longhu

Mount Longhu

Mount Longhu, the ancestral seat of Zhengyi Daoism — Danxia pictographic peaks, thousand-year hanging coffins, and talismanic ritual codes converge in the South's esoteric faith center.