Langya Mountain lies in the southwest of Chuzhou City, the east of Anhui Province. It is a key national scenic spot and the state forest park, one of the five major resorts in Anhui. The mountain is 48 kilometers away from Nanjing City, and 130 kilometers from Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province.      

The Zuiweng (an old drunkard) Pavilion

The resort covers an area of 115 square kilometers with a forest coverage rate of 86%. There are rich plant and animal resources, including 54 bird species protected bythe Sino-Japanese Agreement on the Protection of Migratory Birds, rare species of Langya elm and Zuiweng elm, and the most completely preserved natural secondary forest among the limestone zone of the Chinese transitional zone from subtropical to warm temperature. Clear brooks like the Langya Brook, Boli Brook and springs like the Rang Spring, Zhuoying Spring are singing, and caves like the Guiyun Cave, Xuehong Cave, Chongxi Cave, and Taoyuan Cave of surprising views are scattered in the mountain.     

Many eminent poets and writers as well as people of wealth came here to build pagodas, compose poems and verses, so numerous relics of literature can be found in the mountain. There are six great scenes in Langya, namely mountain, temple, pagoda, spring, writing, and people. The Langya Temple built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) is famous in eastern Anhui Province and also one of the major temples in China. The Zuiweng (an old drunkard) Pavilion was built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and gained its reputation for the verse ofZuiweng Ting Ji(the Pavilion of the Old Drunkard), which is regarded as the No.1 pagoda in China. Other rebuilt spots like the Nantian Door, Yefang Park, Shengxiu Lake, and Tongle Park and stele inscriptions ofZuiweng Ting Ji(the Pavilion of the Old Drunkard) that are in four different styles bring out the best in each other with the ancient constructions, ancient road, and ancient pavilion in the mountain.