middle yandang mountains or zhong yandang shan (chinese: 中雁荡山, pinyin: zhōng yàndàng shān, lit. "middle wild goose pond mountain(s)") refers, in the broad sense, to a coastal mountain range in southeastern zhejiang province in eastern china, which is close to yandang mountains, and both of them are parts of yandang ridge. it is said that people found that there was a lake in the top of the mountain, which was covered with reeds. and lots of wild goose lived there. therefore, it is called "yandang". it is historically called "the best mountain in southeastern china". comparing to yandang mountains, it seems like a religious interest rather than a geographic interest, which does not mean that yandang mountains are much better than middle yandang mountains when it comes to natural landscape, but the latter is unique because of the religion. 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. it is said a taoist priest, who believed taoism came here and built a temple.