Dazhou Mountain is located eight kilometers southwest of Jiayu Town, Xingyang City. According to the "Henan Tongzhi" cloud: "There are three springs and nine pagodas in Dazhou Mountain, ... its mountains are rugged, the fog is like jade in Jiao Ran, and the gloom is vague." The mountain is "majestic and steep, with bamboo and green forests, bluestones and ladders, beautiful springs and elegant scenery". According to the "Xingyang County Records", "Da Zhoushan, ... Song Renzong Cao Queen built a tower on it." Therefore, it is also called Tashan.
There is an ancient pagoda on the Dazhou Mountain. Although the tower has been through thousands of years of vicissitudes of life, it is still as strong as ever and stands proudly. There are two reasons why the tower was built. One said it was built to commemorate the monk Dingguang in Shengshou Temple. According to Ming Jiajing 26th (1547), the Inscription on Rebuilding the Shengshou Temple in Dazhoushan contains: "Try to see the victory of Dazhoushan, with the ovary in the east, the end of the day in the west, the Song and Yue in the south, the Hengshan Mountain in the north, the Wan Ren in the wall, the Wenfeng in the show, the tiger in the dragon plate and the bell in the terrain. The reason why this light is fixed is also. Although it is gone, the aura still exists. Although the body is gone, the bones are still there. This tower is also cloudy. " Second, it is said that Song Renzong built it for Empress Cao. "Xingyang County Records" also contains: "Thirty-five miles south of the county, there is Cao Huangcheng." Among the people, the story of this tower and Queen Cao is the most widely spread. It is said that Queen Cao was originally a commoner, born in Zhujiayu at the foot of the mountain. When she was young, she was not only hardworking and kind, but also loved writing and ink. However, she was abused by her sister-in-law, and was driven to the mountains to graze. However, she was determined to practice calligraphy and painting on the stone with grass roots. Her spirit touched the mountain god, and the mountain god shed an ink from the waist of the mountain for her to practice writing and calligraphy. Whenever this time, the mountain wind caresses her, and the spring water washes away her illness, making her look as beautiful as a fairy. When this news reached the palace, Song Renzong chose her as the empress. After Cao Wei became an empress, he couldn't get used to the luxurious court life, and he was often unhappy and missed his hometown. When Renzong learned the reason, he ordered to build the Homeward Tower in Kaifeng and the thousands of feet Tower in the hometown of Empress Cao, so that Empress could climb the tower and watch it, so as to solve her homesickness. After the completion of Wangxiang Tower, the thousands of feet Tower was built repeatedly, but it was difficult to succeed. Therefore, many ministers and craftsmen were killed. After that, a clever craftsman offered a good plan to build this tower by taking advantage of the high potential of the big Zhoushan Mountain, which will surely reach thousands of feet. Sure enough, the tower was built on the top of Dazhou Mountain, and it was more than a thousand feet high from the foot of the mountain to the top of the tower. Queen Cao can then show her jade eyebrows in Wangxiang Building and see the tower in her hometown. This tower is also called thousands of feet Tower, and Dazhoushan is also commonly known as Tashan.