Lieshan is located in Jingkou District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. Also known as Xishan Mountain, Weishan Mountain, Qiaoshan Mountain, Qushan Mountain and Xianhe Mountain, it is a magnificent river that locks the great river. According to legend, after Qin Shihuang unified the whole country, when he visited the eastern part of the Western Zhou Dynasty in spring, he saw the towering mountains along the Yangtze River, which looked like dragons, and the auspicious atmosphere rose. He was worried that the auspicious atmosphere here would produce a new emperor, so he had to lock it up, so he named it Chui Mountain.
Lieshan, 258 meters above sea level, is a famous mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, with remarkable characteristics and dangerous terrain. Standing on the banks of the great river, the Cuishan Mountain is steep and looks like a dragon. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the wave of going eastward against the current" and "cutting stones to expel the Southern Dynasties, and even the peaks lead to the great river". Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Cuishan Mountain, which has the appearance of the key to the Yangtze River, has been a battleground for military strategists and a natural pass to guard the Yangtze River.
Cuishan not only has beautiful natural scenery, but also has profound historical and cultural heritage. In the 1950s, a number of important bronzes in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, such as "Houyi CuO", were unearthed in Yandun Mountain near Cuishan, which advanced the recorded history of Zhenjiang ancient town to more than 3,000 years and became precious physical evidence to explore the enfeoffment system of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China.
Cuishan is rich in ancient volcanic geological characteristics. In addition to the so-called "thirty-six cliffs and seventy-two strange caves", there is also the Gratitude Pagoda, the first tower of the Yangtze River standing on the main peak, which has a profound cultural accumulation of gratitude. There is an abrupt peak on Cuishan Mountain, and five peaks are juxtaposed. These five peaks are Wufeng Mountain, also known as Wujianshan, with an altitude of 208.7 meters.
Wufeng Mountain ranges from southwest to northeast, followed by the third peak, the first peak, the second peak, the fourth peak and the fifth peak, which are mountainous and rugged. The situation is very dangerous. The fifth peak goes straight into the river, like a giant turtle drinking the Yangtze River. Therefore, this mountain peak is called Guishantou, which is 76 meters above sea level, and there is a tendency that "one person guards it and ten thousand people can't force it". Guangxu's "Dantu County Records" said: "During the boat trip, there must be a way, and the stone can reach."
Wufeng Mountain echoes Sanjiang Camp from a distance, 30 miles across the river, which has been an important pass since ancient times and a battleground for military strategists. Ci Hai describes the preciseness and importance of Cuishan Mountain. Cuishan is an important military place in history. Before the Tang Dynasty, Lieshan was Haikou. In the Song Dynasty, a village called Lieshanzhai was built here. In the third year of Song Jianyan (1 129), Han Shizhong was stationed in Cuishan.
Place names such as "Hanqiao", "Hanque", "Yingli" and "Zhaixia" at the foot of the mountain, and Han Ying and beacon towers on the mountain are all traces of Han Shizhong's garrison, practice and construction of military facilities. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the "Ranger Hall" was set up in Cuishan, and the "General Manager" was sent to lead the troops to guard it. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed "Lieshan Pass", and in the 20th year of Daoguang (1840), a battery was set up, and cannons were set up in Dajitou and Erjitou respectively.
The battery fought against foreign invaders in the Opium War and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. After the Revolution of 1911, Beiyang Army and National Revolutionary Army sent troops to Lieshan successively. Tan Zhenlin visited Cuishan during his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. In the 1960s and 1970s, a certain unit of the PLA Navy stationed in Chengshan and established a shipyard (4822 factory).