
This Phoenix Mountian is not as well known as the one near Dandong, but is rich in history. It is 6 kilometers east of the Dalinghe River in the suburbs of Chaoyang. Mu Ronghuang, the king of the Yan Period, built the Dragon Town (341 AD) there. Three pagodas were built on the mountain, which were called "Heavenly Column Peaks" in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, the mountain was renamed Phoenix Mountain and three temples were built on the mountian, one at the top, one halfway up the mountain, and one at the foot of the mountain. The Yunjie Temple structures are typical of the structures on the mountain. The famous Chaoyang Cave at the top of the mountain is 3.3 meters wide, 4 meters high, with a 3.16-meter-long Sakyamuni Statue reclining in the cave.
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