Dangtu County

County entrance sign

Dangtu County (simplified Chinese: 当涂县; traditional Chinese: 當涂縣; pinyin: Dǎngtu Xiàn) is the only county under the jurisdiction of Ma'anshan City in eastern Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. ^[1][2]

Dangtu is one of the longest established counties in eastern China and formed part of the Taiping Prefecture during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Culture

Dangtu County has a long history of more than 2000 years as a county.It was called Danyang丹阳 in Qin Dynasty .While in Sui Dynasty it got the name as "Dangtu" 当涂.A famous poet named Xie Tiao谢朓 once prasied Dangtu County as the place for beautiful mountains and rivers.Li Bai had come to Dangtu for seven times.His uncle used to be the governor of Dangtu County.There is a memorial to the famous Chinese poet, Li Bai (aka Li Po c.700-762), who is said to have drowned at Dangtu after attempting to embrace the reflection of the moon.While this is only a local legend.And Dangtu people always feel familiar with many poems Li Bai wrote because the beautiful seceneries describled in those poems are actually the places they always lived all their lives.^[3]

Coordinates: 31°27′51″N 118°38′24″E / 31.4642°N 118.64°E / 31.4642; 118.64

References

1. ^ http://www.dangtu.gov.cn/
2. ^ http://www.dtxf.gov.cn/
3. ^ http://www.people.com.cn/GB/192244/227553/227564/228065/15373036.html