In the reign of Yuanjia during the Liu and Song Dynasties, three birds soared and gathered on this mountain, and many islands gathered together. They were placed in the phoenix and built on this mountain, which was named Fengtai Mountain.
Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once came here to climb the view and left behind a poem "Climbing the Phoenix Terrace of Jinling" that has been sung throughout the ages. When Yang Wu built the city in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the mountains were cut off and Fenghuang Tower was surrounded in the city. However, there were still city walls in the front (the section from Jubaomen to Sanshanmen) and the Huai River in the back (the section from Zhenhuai Bridge to Xishuiguan). The momentum is still about ten miles vertical and horizontal.
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Fenghuang Terrace and Phoenix Lane:
Fenghuang Terrace is located near Shengzhou Road, Qinhuai District, Nanjing City. The name of this place has disappeared, but There is now a "Phoenix Terrace Hotel". The name "Phoenix Terrace" first appeared in the Liu, Song and Yuanjia years of the Southern Dynasty.
According to the "New Chronicles of Zhizheng Jinling", in the 16th year of Yuanjia of Liu Song Dynasty (439), three big birds with small heads, small feet, colorful sounds, and sweet sounds, and looked like peacocks, flew to In the garden of Wang Kai's house in Yongchangli, Moling (today's Hualugang area in the south of Nanjing), a plum tree stopped and chirped incessantly.
These three beautiful big birds attracted a large group of various birds to follow and fly around. At that time, people believed that these three birds were the Phoenix, the king of birds. All kinds of birds gather together with the phoenix, which is called "a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix". It is considered a symbol of peace and prosperity, and is an event worthy of celebration and commemoration. Therefore, Liu Yikang, the governor of Yangzhou and the king of Pengcheng, changed the name of Yongchang Lane, where hundreds of birds gather, to Fenghuang Lane.
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