Langya Mountain Scenic Area (Chuzhou City, Anhui Province, 5A).

Chuzhou is a scenic spot with Jianghuai mountains and rivers, and the urban attractions are represented by Langya Mountain and Zuiweng Pavilion. Ouyang Xiu's "The Drunkard's Pavilion" made Langya Mountain famous far and wide. The mountain has beautiful natural scenery and rich cultural landscapes. It has been praised as "the first scenic spot in eastern Anhui" since ancient times. There are tourist attractions such as Drunken Old Pavilion, Langya Pavilion, Chengxi Lake, and Gushan Lake. Maolin, secluded caves, green lakes, flowing springs, famous pavilions, and ancient temples are the main landscapes. Most of the mountain attractions revolve around "The Drunkard Old Pavilion". It unfolds with a rich humanistic atmosphere. Since the Tang Dynasty, a large number of historical celebrities such as Li Youqing, Wei Yingwu, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, Zeng Gong, Wang Anshi, Xin Qiji, Song Lian, Wang Yangming, Wen Zhengming, etc. have left articles and calligraphy on it. The Langya elm and Zuiweng elm on the mountain are rare tree species named specifically for Langya Mountain. Ouyang Xiu's hand-planted plum blossom "Oumei" is one of the four most famous plums in the country. Mountain springs such as Langya Creek, Glass Marsh, Rang Spring, and Zhuoying Spring, as well as caves such as Guiyun Cave, Xuehong Cave, Taoyuan Cave, and Chongxi Cave, are the "nine caves and eighteen springs" scenic spots of Langya Mountain. "A drunkard's intention is not in wine, but in the mountains and rivers." Langya Mountain is an ecologically pure land, a famous cultural mountain, and a model of China's "joy of mountains and rivers."