Mount Fei
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Elevation720-metre (2,360 ft)
CountryChina
| Mount Fei | |||||||
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  Mount Fei Location of the mount within Hunan. | |||||||
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| Elevation | 720-metre (2,360 ft) | ||||||
| Coordinates | 26°35′04″N 109°41′02″E / 26.584557°N 109.683859°E | ||||||
| Geography | |||||||
| Location | Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, Hunan | ||||||
| Country | China | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 飛山 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 飞山 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Flying Mountain | ||||||
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Mount Fei (Chinese: 飞山; lit. 'Flying Mountain') is a 720-metre (2,360 ft) mountain in the northwest of Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, Hunan, China. Its peak elevation is 720 metres (2,360 ft).[1]
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–979), King Wumu of Chu, Ma Yin, sent troops to attack Chengzhou (now Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County), local chiefs Pan Jinsheng (潘金盛) and Yang Chenglei (杨承磊) resisted the attack by favourable terrain. Now the trenches on the mount are still there. After the death of Yang Zaisi, local people built a temple on the top to commemorate him and called him "Grandpa Mount Fei" (飞山爷爷).[2][3]