Which city in China is called Tiger Saw Dragon Plate?

To the east of Nanjing is the dragon-like Zhongshan Mountain, and to the west is the towering and eyeing stone city. This is the "tiger sitting on the dragon plate" It is generally believed that Zhuge Liang was the first person to describe the terrain of Nanjing with "a dragon on a tiger's back". When Zhuge Liang arrived in Wudong, he witnessed the topographical pattern of Nanjing with his own eyes and lamented that "the Dragon Plate in Zhongshan, surrounded by stones, is the residence of the Emperor". Later, in Nanjing, the "tiger sitting on the dragon plate" was often used.

In Ode to Emperor Gaozu Wen, Xue Daoheng of Sui Dynasty summarized the ruler's habit of "talking about Qi Gai Zi Huang Qi and leaning on the danger of dragons and beasts". "Dragon Tiger" seems to describe Nanjing, but in fact it was more used in Nanjing during the Six Dynasties. The context of later generations using "tiger sitting on a dragon's plate" is often related to remembering the Six Dynasties.

Introduction of topography and geomorphology in Nanjing

Nanjing is known as the "natural geological museum", where various geomorphic units such as floodplain of the Yangtze River, water-rich soft soil, hills and karst coexist. Nanjing belongs to the hilly area of Ningzhenyang, mainly with low mountains and gentle hills. Low mountains account for 3.5% of the total land area, hills account for 4.3%, hills account for 53%, and plains, depressions, rivers and lakes account for 39.2%. Ningzhen Mountain Range and Laoshan Mountain in the north of the Yangtze River run through the middle of the city. There are Hengshan Mountain and Donglu Mountain in the south, which are located in the southern boundary of the hilly area of Qinhuai River Basin.

Nanjing's plane position is long from north to south and narrow from east to west, showing a positive north-south direction; The straight-line distance between north and south is 150km, and the east-west width in the middle is 50km to 70km, and the east-west width at the north and south ends is about 30km. The southern part is a landform complex composed of low mountains, hills, valley plains, lakeside plains and rivers along the river.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanjing