南岳衡山,以其雄伟的气势雄踞南国,又以其清秀多姿的风貌傲然于湘江之滨,延绵七十二峰,尤以祝融、天柱、芙蓉、紫盖、石廪五峰为最著。李白诗曰:“衡山苍苍入紫冥,下看南极老人星。回飙吹散五峰雪,往往飞花落洞庭。”清代魏源在《衡山吟》中有云:“恒山如行;泰山如坐;华山如立;嵩山如卧;惟有南岳独 Hengshan Mountain, with its majestic momentum of the Southern powers, but also with its handsome and colorful style proudly in the Xiangjiang River coast, stretches seventy-two peaks, especially in Zhu Rong, Tianzhu, Hibiscus, purple cover, Shihutu Wufeng as the most . Li Bai poem said: ”Hengshan plutonium into the purple under the stars look down the Antarctic elders .Biao Biao scattered Wufeng snow, often flying flowers Dongting.“ Qing Dynasty Wei Heng in ”Hengshan Yin“: ”Hengshan line; Taishan sit; Huashanru Li; Songshan as lying; only Nanyue alone