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Mt. Hengshan, one of the most famous "Five Sacred Mountains" (Wu Yue) in China, is located about 62 km south to Datong City of Shanxi Province. It attracts people by its natural sceneries and man-made landscaping. It has 72 peaks and extends 150 kilometers, with 800 miles in circumference. On the top, the Shaolin Temple and the Watching Sunrise Platform are the best scenic spots.
Mt. Hengshan has been an age-old battleground. It is the bottleneck to Central Hebei Plain from Plateau beyond the Great Wall. Many emperors utilized Mt. Hengshan in national defense planning. Emperors and generals went down in history on battles won and lost right here. Plenty of ancient battlefield relics litter the landscape with passes, fortresses, castles and beacon towers. These make Mt. Hengshan unique among the famed mountains.
At 2016.8 m, the Tianfeng Summit, is the highest peak. The steep north slope is covered with verdant pine trees. Climbing onto the top of the mountain, you will see endless pine trees, some of them growing on the cliff with roots burrowing in the rocks, exotic flowers and rare herbs and odd-shaped stones, and so forth. The tourists are too delighted to return home. The south slope is studded by lots of temples where emperors worshipped the North Mountain.
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