Mount Song

Mount Song is a mountain in focal China's Henan Province, along the southern bank of the Yellow River, that is known as the focal heap of the Five Great Mountains of China. Its summit is 1,500 meters 4,900 ft above ocean level. Songshan is comprised of a few mountains that ascent to 1500 m in the Dengfeng area of Henan Province. It has 36 pinnacles and stretches 60 kilometers, made out of Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain. The seven pinnacles of Song Shan extend for 64 km between the urban communities of Luoyang and Zhengzhou.

The inclines rise steeply from the valley and are thickly clad with trees, giving them a noteworthy appearance, yet the most elevated pinnacle Junji achieves just 1500m in altitude. The mountain is one of the consecrated Taoist piles of China, and contains vital Taoist sanctuaries, for example, the Zhongyue Temple; anyway the mountain likewise includes a critical Buddhist presence. It is home to the Shaolin Temple, customarily thought about the origination of Zen Buddhism, and the sanctuary's gathering of pagoda woodland is the biggest in China.

The Zhongyue Temple is additionally situated here, one of the soonest Taoist sanctuaries in the nation. The Songyang Academy adjacent was one of the four incredible institutes of antiquated China. The mountain and its region are populated with Taoist and particularly Buddhist religious communities. The 6^th century Songyue Pagoda is additionally situated here, and Tang Dynasty 618– 907 pagodas inside the Fawang Temple. Eight areas at the foot of the mountain in Dengfeng have been a World Heritage Site since 2010.