Funiu Mountains

Funiu Mountains
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Highest point
Elevation	1,225 m (4,019 ft)
Coordinates	33°39.756′N 111°47.202′E
Naming
Native name	伏牛山 (Chinese)
Geography
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Henan

Funiu Mountains
Chinese	伏牛山
Literal meaning	Falling Cow Mountain(s)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fúniúshān Wade–Giles Fu-niu Shan

The Funiu Mountains, also known by their Chinese name Funiu Shan,^[a] 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

• Shahar, Meir (December 2001), "Ming-Period Evidence of Shaolin Martial Practice", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 61 (2): 359–413, doi:10.2307/3558572, ISSN 0073-0548, JSTOR 3558572.

External links

Media related to Funiu Mountains at Wikimedia Commons