Legend about Longtan Mountain in Jilin City

Longtan Mountain in the eastern part of Jilin City, Jilin Province, 388 meters above sea level, with the North Mountain, Long Snake Mountain and the small group of mountains known as the four famous mountains in Jilin. The scenery is beautiful, is a temple landscape natural garden, but also a vacation resort.

Longtan Mountain is located in the northwest corner of the foothills of a beautiful pool called Longtan named. Dragon pool is about fifty-three meters long, about twenty-six meters wide and nine meters deep. Stacked stones for the embankment, the water is clear to the bottom, when the white moon hangs in the sky, the reflection ripples in the center of the lake, that is called people linger on the "Longtan Yinmu".

Dragon pool, also known as the water jail, is the Goguryeo northern border of the ancient castle reservoir. Legend has it that in ancient times there is a sin dragon to lock at the bottom of the pool, chained to a tree on the side of the pool, some people pull the chain, will immediately change the color of the wind and clouds, the pool water turbulence. Southeast of the pool there is an ancient birch tree, thirty meters high, two people can not hold, Xuan Ang straight, the Qing Emperor Qianlong north tour to this, sealed as "God Tree". Nearby are the Longwang Temple, Guandi Temple, Longfeng Temple and other ancient buildings to visit.

Top of Longtan Mountain is an ancient city of Goguryeo, with a 10-meter-high wall, a 10-meter-wide foundation, and a circumference of 2,400 meters, which is a majestic situation and an ancient military castle. It is a majestic ancient military fortress. From its height, it has the feeling of "one man holding the pass, ten thousand men cannot enter". Four corners of the ancient city each has a platform, the highest terrain of the South Platform, commonly known as the South Heavenly Gate, in its upper, Jilin city scenery as far as the eye can see.