On the remains of the Chalk Wall, are carved some square holes (each of one foot deep, 0.9 foot wide and 0.8 foot high). The holes are three feet in distance from each other, form a special 'Z' shape and reach to the mountainside. The holes are called Meng Liang Stairway by the local people. Close to the Meng Liang Stairway is a strange stone extending out of the precipice. As it resembles a monk hung upside down, the stone is called the Hanging Monk Rock (in Chinese Daodiao Heshangshi).

According to the legend, General Yang Jiye of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) was killed by a treacherous court official. His corpse was buried on the Glanceat Home Terrace on the top of Mt. Baiyan (Mountain White Salt). One of his henchmencalled Meng Liang entered Qutang Gorge wanting to bring his skeleton back andbury it in his hometown. He cut holes and inserted wood every night and stopped his work before daybreak. However, his deed was discovered by a monk living inthe Baidi Temple opposite to the precipice Meng Liang climbed. The monk crowedlike a cockerel during the night causing all the cockerels in the Baidi Cityarea to crow. Meng Liang mistakenly thought that daybreak was coming and stoppedhis work. Later, he discovered the monk's behavior and hung him upside down onthe wall after killing him. For years, the monk became known as the Hanging Monk Rock.

As a matter of fact, the corpse of General Yang Jiye was not buried in QutangGorge Area; his legend only reflects the people's love for the general. The holescaved on the precipice were in fact the relics left by the ancient local peoplewhen they built the ancient plank road.And the Hanging Monk Rock is nothing more than a stalactite.