Huang is a favorite sacred site of the literati, and one often sees seals praising someone's achievement in reaching its summit three times or five times, although painter Liu Hai-su's seal boasts: "Nine times atop Mt.
如黃山為文人雅士鍾愛的靈地，「三上黃山絕頂人」、「五上黃山絕頂人」之印常可見，畫家劉海粟更有「九上黃山絕頂人」之印。