Funiu Mountains
Funiu Mountains is located in Northern China
Funiu Mountains
Funiu Mountains
Funiu Mountains is located in China
Funiu Mountains
Funiu Mountains
Highest point
Elevation1,225 m (4,019 ft)
Coordinates33°39.756′N 111°47.202′E / 33.662600°N 111.786700°E / 33.662600; 111.786700
Naming
Native name伏牛山 (Chinese)
Geography
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionHenan
Funiu Mountains
Chinese伏牛山
Literal meaningFalling Cow Mountain(s)

The Funiu Mountains, also known by their Chinese name Funiu Shan,[lower-alpha 1] are a mountain range in southern Shanxi and western Henan provinces in China.

Geography

The Funiu are an eastern extension of the Qins, running south of the Yellow River after its southern return from the Ordos Loop. The hills to its east bear the headwaters to tributaries to the Huai.

History

During the Chinese Civil War, the eastern foothills of the Funius were the site of a 1947 Communist victory over the Nationalist army.

Sites

  • Funiu Shan World Geology Park

Culture

The geographer Zheng Ruoceng considered the kung fu of the Buddhist monks of the Funius second in China after that practiced by the monks of Shaolin. They specialized in staves.[2][3]

The mountains are also the namesake of the Funiu White, a Chinese goat breed.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ The name was also previously romanized as Foo-new Shan.[1]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "China" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, 1878.
  2. ↑ Shahar (2001).
  3. ↑ Shahar, Meir, The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts, pp. 79–80.
  4. ↑ "Breeds reported by China: Goat", Domestic Animal Diversity Information System, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, retrieved December 8, 2016.

Bibliography

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