With cool climate and convenient traffic, as well as palatable sea food, it has been affirmed as one of the best ten summer resort in Zhejiang Province.

The time when human first went here and built their house could be traced back to Southern and Northern Dynasties.

[3] However, when it comes to Middle Yandang Mountain, it was Song dynasty when the chin-shih Li Shao-he (Chinese: 李少和) first came here and built a Taoism Temple.

However, the condition of government finance was not good, which means if people want to construct the scenic spot, they need pay the fare of project.

千里带长堤，万里泻长汀。——谢灵运/Xie Ling-yun[6] In ancient China, many poets habitually wrote or sang poetry upon encountering a beautiful landscape.

In Middle Yandang Mountains, many poets left their opus, like Xie Lingyun and Wang Shi-peng.

[6] Wang was one of the Zhuangyuan in Southern Song dynasty(1127–1279), whose homeland was Yueqing, a city now lies at the root of Middle Yandang Mountains.

He wrote, "The lakes and mountains like green lies here, and the two streams flows like the sound of Chinese Zither."

(Chinese: 十里湖山翠黛横，两溪寒玉斗琮琤)[6] Except Xie and Wang, there were still some poets writing poems for specific mountains or lakes.

A poet in Ming dynasty(1368–1644) named Gao You-ji (Chinese: 高友玑) wrote, "Standing alone and gazing into the border of sky, there are only rocks near myself."

In 2003, when SARS was spreading widely in China, the root of indigo has been made as a medicine called Isatis (Chinese: 板蓝根) There are seven scenery spots in Middle Yandang Mountains, including Yu-zhen Peak, Three Lakes, West Waterside, East Waterside, Phoenix Mountain, Yang-ba Hole and Liu-Gong Valley.

It seems that Yu-zhen Peak is quite high although the absolute elevation is just approximately 568 m. At the top of the mountain, there is a Taoism Temple there, which is built by chin-shih Li Shao-he.

According to the book Treasure Trove of Heaven in Song dynasty, it was regarded as the Twenty-first cave of the country.

However, in March, 2014, the temples caught fire and constructions built in Qing dynasty was lost.

Bai-shi Lake was built in 1958, which was mainly used to prevent flooding and irrigation, but also generate electricity and supply water.