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More than 200 meters west from the Divine Turtle Frolicking in the Sea viewing platform, there is a pavilion at the edge of the cliff, covering about 5 square meters. It has six pillars, six eaves, and six upturned corners, shaded by green trees. The plaque reads “Drunken Moon,” and the couplet is: Jade dew and clear radiance, peaks silent and still; secluded mountains and faint mist, dreams lingering and distant. Beside the pavilion there is another pavilion, with the couplet: A valley full of clear radiance, peaks accompanying shadows; a terrace of auspicious color, the moon peering at people.
Below the pavilion, a natural flat giant rock resembles half a moon. Climbing the railing on Half Moon and looking down, the cliff beneath your feet is like something carved, more than 300 meters deep. At the bottom of the valley, green thickets are like a carpet, and a peak stands gracefully like a person. Nature, with stone and trees, gives her a towering bun, hanging wide sleeves, flowing skirt ribbons, and a slender figure, as if weighed down with cares, eyebrows lowered and silent. To the front right, two round giant peaks rise straight into the sky. Below them is a small peak, on top of which is a crouching rabbit. This scene forms a picture of Chang'e Flying to the Moon that seems real yet illusory. Gazing into the distance, a fan-shaped slope meets the blue sky, covering an area of dozens of hectares. At the top of the slope, slender peaks form ranks, like a group of scholars chanting as they walk. Legend says these are the Eighteen Imperial Examination Candidates dreaming of the Moon Palace and vying to “pluck the osmanthus.” Among the peaks in the northwest corner, a hole pierces through, shaped like a full moon.
Here the field of vision is broad. On nights of the fifteenth, when the bright moon hangs in the sky, the peaks are distinct and the wild valley vast. Savoring the scenes of the “Moon Palace” and letting imagination run free, one may even transcend the mundane.
