Junshan Island
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Native name: 君山島 | |||||||
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 A stele in Junshan Island. | |||||||
  Junshan Island  Junshan Island | |||||||
| Geography | |||||||
| Location | Dongting Lake, Yueyang, Hunan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 29°21′18″N 113°00′09″E / 29.35500°N 113.00250°E | ||||||
| Area | 0.96 km2 (0.37 sq mi) | ||||||
| Highest elevation | 55 m (180 ft) | ||||||
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China | |||||||
| Demographics | |||||||
| Population | 100 (administrators) | ||||||
| Languages | Mandarin Xiang | ||||||
| Ethnic groups | Han Chinese | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 君山島 | ||||||
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Junshan Island (simplified Chinese: 君山岛; traditional Chinese: 君山島; pinyin: Jūnshān Dǎo; lit. 'Jun Mountain Island') is an island in Hunan province in China on Dongting Lake.[1] The name derives from the legend of the Xiang River goddesses. It is 0.96 km2 (0.37 sq mi) in area.[1] It was formerly a Daoist retreat.
Junshan Island consists of 72 peaks on an oval island in Dongting Lake. It was initially called "Mount Xiang" (湘山) in ancient times, also referred to as "Mount Dongting" (洞庭山).[2]
Junshan Island is full of historical sites such as the Tomb of Xiangfei (湘妃墓). Legend said that 4,000 years ago during Emperor Shun's inspection visit in the south, two concubines named "Ehuang" (娥皇) and "Nüying" (女英) followed him to Dongting Lake, but they were stopped by stormy weather. When they heard that Emperor Shun had died suddenly they cried so bitterly that their teardrops turned the bamboo into mottled bamboo. Soon they died of overwhelming sadness and locals built a tomb on Junshan Island to commemorate them.[2]
Attractions
- Feilai Bell
- Junshan Garden of Love
- Liu Yi Well
- Tomb of Xiangfei
- Xiangfei Ancestral Temple
- Xiaoyao Palace
