Rouge Mountain is a branch of Qilian Mountain, located 50 kilometers southeast of the county seat. Baihualing, the main peak, is 3978 meters above sea level. Yan Zhi, also known as Rouge Mountain, is named after a flower and plant growing in the mountain. Its juice is similar to Rouge, and women in the mountain use it to paint eyebrows and lips. In the scenic area, pine and cypress are evergreen, vegetation is lush, bees fly and butterflies dance, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, the scenery is beautiful and pleasant, and it has the reputation of "Little Huangshan Mountain" in Hexi. Yanqi Mountain has a long history and profound cultural heritage. In the Western Han Dynasty, the Huns issued "Lost my rouge mountain, making my daughter colorless; With the feeling of losing Qilian Mountain, my six animals are not numerous, and the poet Li Bai left the quatrain "Although I live in Yanqi Mountain, I don't know the cold snow". Yang Di received envoys from 27 countries in Yanqi Mountain, and the Red West Route Army left a battle site in Yanqi Mountain. Zhongshan Temple is located at the peak of the mountain forest. In front of the temple, there is the Jade Emperor Hall with cornices and carved beams and painted buildings, which is quiet and elegant. The back hall stands on a steep cliff, and poets and writers often chant and splash ink, leaving their admiration among turquoise.
Here, love is green, pine forests are dense, mountains are magnificent, and strange stones are beautiful. Climbing high and overlooking, the mountains are hidden, the forest is pine and the blue waves are boundless; The ravines under the mountain are vertical and horizontal, and the clear stream is surging; In the hinterland of the forest canyon, wild animals such as roe deer and badger sheep haunt it; On both sides of the canyon, the mountains are high and steep, and the rocks are rugged. On the occasion of summer and autumn, Shandan flowers are everywhere, competing in full bloom and competing for beauty; At dawn, the clouds are winding, foggy and full of weather. Every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, Zhongshan Temple Fair is an unprecedented event, with tourists weaving, horses and chariots singing, Shaanxi opera singing, flavor snacks, specialties, information consultation, integration of ancient and modern folk customs, and gathering friends from all corners of the country. It is a rare summer resort.