What is the history and culture of Chaohu?

Chaohu is named after the lake.

It is one of the fifth largest freshwater lakes in my country, with a radius of 800 miles. It is surrounded by snow and vast smoke. It is a famous tourist attraction in central Anhui.

It is known as the "Hot Spring City".

The two islands in the lake, Laoshan Mountain and Xiliang Mountain in the Yangtze River, are known as the "two pearls"; the three hot springs around the lake, namely Bantang, Xiangquan and Tangchi, are full of flying beads and jade, just like "two bright pearls". "Three Strings of Pearls"; the four national forest parks of Taihu Mountain, Jilong Mountain, Yefu Mountain, and Tianjing Mountain, with lush forests, like "four pieces of jade"; Xianren Cave, Ziwei Cave, Wangqiao Cave, Huayang Cave, and Boshan Cave Wufa Cave has its own characteristics, just like the "Five Dragon Palaces"; there is also a strange flower that has grown for thousands of years and is graceful - Yinping wild white peony and so on.

It has a long history and is full of monuments.

The human ancestors of the Yangtze River Basin, "Hexian ape man" and "Yinshan Homo sapiens", once thrived and lived here; in recent years, the discoveries of the Lingjiatan ancient cultural site and the ancient underwater city of Chaohu Lake have attracted attention at home and abroad.

This is the place where "Shang Tang released Jie in Nanchao", "Wu Zixu crossed Zhaoguan", and "Chu Overlord committed suicide in Wujiang River"; throughout the ages, there have been Fan Zeng, Zhou Yu, Ding Ruchang, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Zhizhong, Li Kenong, Dai Anlan, Lin Sanzhi, Xu Haifeng and other famous figures of the generation are known as the "Hometown of Generals".

In history, there are also many famous politicians, military strategists and literati who left numerous historical relics and splendid poems here, which complement the lakes and mountains and form a supernatural landscape.

The Chaohu Peony Flower Appreciation Festival has been successfully held for ten times. It has now become a tourism festival that integrates flower appreciation, tourism (red tourism), entertainment, business and other functions. The festival content is also richer. In addition to flower appreciation, In addition to flowers, there are more than 20 activities such as the "Peony Lantern Exhibition" and the "Ten Thousand People Climbing Flower Viewing Competition".

The biggest attraction of the Chaohu Peony Festival is the wild white peony on Yinping Mountain in Chaohu, known as "China's No. 1 Wonderful Flower". This peony has lived for thousands of years and blooms every year. The number of flowers varies. It is said that the approximate climate of this year can be accurately predicted based on the number of blooms. This flower is also known as the "magic flower".