Siding Mountain , Chinese: 四顶山, Pinyin: Siding Shan
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Siding Mountain is located 25 kilometers south of Feidong County, on the north bank of Cao Lake. The elevation is 174 meters. The mountain has 4 peaks, hence the name. There are colored glaze on the mountain when the sun rose, therefore there is another name 'the Sunglow Mountain'. It is one of ancient "Luzhou eight sceneries".
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The trees are luxuriantly green and there are strange stones in great numbers. It has the natural stone pond with the name the Melt medicine pond. The cliff stone looks like parrot with spreading wing standing upright, stone acme dropping water all year, hence the name 'Tea Pot Mouth'. There are many boat’s sailing on the hundred-mile Lake Chao if you climb the mountain and look out far away. You can also get a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the Lao mountain and the loyal temple.
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There are caves and strange stones, "the melt medicine pond" on the mountain. The pond is located on the west peak. The length is about 20 meters from north to south and the width is 15 meters from east to west with the depth more than l meter. The mountain spring flows all year round and it clear enough to see the bottom. "Fairy cave" length is 3 meters, the width is 1.4 meters and the height is 2 meters but it can accommodate many people. "The Boyang Well", also known by the other name of "Shu Well" is also located on the west peak. It is so deep that you cannot see the bottom. The water is clear and sweet. In addition, there is the 'parrot view sky" stone, "the old mussel keep in mouth the bead" stone, "the checkerboard" stone, "the capital official seats" stone, "Fishing Islands", "the guards a gate" and some other natural landscapes.