Anqing

Anqing is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Anhui province, People's Republic of China. The city was founded during the Han Dynasty in the second century BC. In the Middle Ages it received the name of Anqing. From 1853 to 1861 it was held by the rebels of the Taiping rebellion. It had nearly impregnable fortifications. Zeng Guofan began his conquest of the Taiping by besieging the position with double walls. He made it his headquarters after its fall.

Anqing is a splendid tourist city with its beautiful scenery and rich resources. There are famous scenic resorts of the State Four-A-Class -- Tianzhu Mountain and Huating Lake in Anqing. Tianzhu Mountain in Qianshan County is famous for its grandness and delicacy; Sikong Mountain in Yuexi County is the famous holy place of Buddhism where Huike the second ancestor of Buddhism withdraw from vernacular life and practiced Buddhism; Xiaogu Mountain in Susong County standing in the great river is c