"Dongshan" is the main peak of Yichang City. In order to make up for Feng Shui, Dongshan Temple was built on behalf of the Tang Dynasty. "Donghu County Records" records: "Green cliffs are covered with ancient trees, green radish is covered with rocks, and the scenery of Dongshan is also." This is a sentence in Ouyang Xiu's Three Days with Ding Dongshan Temple after Winter in the Southern Song Dynasty. There is also "the sun goes to Dongshan to warm up, and the pine door is inclined for several miles." "Only mountains and rivers are better, and people can draw pictures and brag." Of course, some poets sang, "Bring this volume to Xiling Park alone and invite you to see Dongshan Bamboo." Some people even praised: "Love the East Peak, in a leisurely picture." Cultural celebrities such as Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, Lei Siwei, a celebrity in Yiling in the Ming Dynasty, and Yan Sijun in the Qing Dynasty also visited Dongshan Temple. Liu Yiru, Minister of Industry and Industry in the Ming Dynasty, built Dongshan Caotang at the foot of the mountain to facilitate the accommodation of tourists visiting Dongshan. Wang Zhuan, the left assistant minister of the official department, also wrote an article to repair Dongshan Caotang, which was famous for a while. When you climb the Land Rover Range Rover Building in Dongshan Temple, you can look to the east of the Yangtze River, opposite to Moji Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River. Looking at Dongshan from the city, the morning drums are ringing, the bamboo trees are green, and the spring water of Bailongjing is tinkling. Dongshan has the most beautiful scenery at sunrise. "Dongshan Rising Sun" is engraved on the forehead of the old Yichang county government. This picture of Dongshan became the first of the eight scenic spots in Yiling. After the death of two senior officials, they were also buried on Dongshan Mountain.
In modern times, Dongshan Temple is very lively. Zhan Tianyou, chief engineer of Chuanhan Railway, regards Dongshan Caotang as the office for receiving celebrities. 1936, the national government decided to build Dongshan Park, keeping the Dongshan Temple, Zhao Zhong Temple and Dongshan Caotang, and a stone memorial arch: the couplet said that tourists in Dongshan District should learn military music and watch the Xiling Three Gorges day and night on the river to make enemies. Cultural celebrities such as Lao She visited Dongshan during their stay in Yichang. On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek also climbed the mountain to look out.
The "Battle of Zaoyi" broke out and General Zhang Zizhong was martyred. His coffin stayed in Dongshan Caotang for three days on the way to Chongqing, and hundreds of thousands of Yichang soldiers and civilians gathered in Dongshan Temple to pay homage. Since then, Dongshan Caotang and Dongshan Temple have been destroyed by Japanese artillery fire. In 1970s, Yichang Municipal Government established the Martyrs Cemetery in the original site of Dongshan Temple, and later expanded it into Dongshan Park. In 2003, Dongshan Cottage was rebuilt, and Zhang Zizhong was set up in the Cottage. Today's Dongshan is located in the city center, but it is still covered by green bushes. Standing in the Dongshan Martyrs Cemetery, you can see the prosperity of the urban area, but how many people know that it used to be an ancient temple in the Tang Dynasty, with strong incense and celebrities coming forth in large numbers.