Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area, World Geopark, National Forest Park, AAAAA-level Tourist Scenic Spot, National Water Conservancy Scenic Area, is a comprehensive scenic spot integrating landscape and water, culture and heart, Tai Chi and qi, medicine and folk customs

Yuntai Mountain is located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, 70 kilometers northwest of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan Province, with a total area of 280 square kilometers, including Hongshi Gorge, Tanpu Gorge, Quanpu Gorge, Qinglong Gorge, Fenglin Gorge, Zifang Lake, Zhuyu Peak, Diecai Cave, Macaque Valley, Baijiayan, Wanshan Temple and other eleven scenic spots, is a rich waterscape of Taihang Mountain as the feature, with canyon geological and landform landscape and long history and culture as the connotation, set scientific value and aesthetic value in one of the popular science eco-tourism boutique scenic spots, because of the steep mountain, Between the peaks and ravines, the perennial clouds lock the fog and get the name Yuntai Mountain.

Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area sits on the best landscape, cultivates profound culture, takes root in the holy land of Tai Chi, is rich in medicinal materials, is a Chinese health place with mountains and rivers nourishing eyes, culture nourishing the heart, Tai Chi nourishing qi, medicine health preservation, and folk customs nourishing nature.

【Landscape and Eyes】

Yuntai Mountain is strange to the mountain, amazing to the water, because the peak is majestic, because the gorge is secluded, occupies the charm of the mountains and rivers, and crowns the wonders of the world. Yuntai Mountain is one of the world's earliest global geoparks, national scenic spots, national 5A-level tourist attractions, national natural heritages, national forest parks, national macaque nature reserves, national water conservancy scenic spots, and national cultural industry demonstration bases.

The unique landform of the series of gorges, the long cliff wall and the cascade of the cliff platform is called "Yuntai landform", which is a typical relic of neotectonic movement and a new member of China's geomorphic family, which has extremely high scientific research value, aesthetic value and tourism development value. In March 2005, geologists discovered 3.4 billion-year-old zircon in Yuntai Mountain, the first discovery in the Central Plains. With its natural landscapes of vertical and horizontal canyons, cascading cliffs, springs and waterfalls, and dense forests, Yuntai Mountain has become a bright pearl on China's second topographical ladder, and in 2004, Yuntai Mountain was rated as the world's earliest global geopark.

There is Hongshi Gorge, which is known as the first strange gorge in China; It is known as the first beautiful water in China; There is the highest waterfall in Asia with a single-level drop of 314 meters - Yuntai Skyfall; There is the beauty of melting mountains and the charm of water, which is praised as "a lake in the sky on earth, and thousands of scenes are in it". There is the best place for eco-tourism, "the first canyon in Yuntai" - Qinglong Gorge.

【Culture】

Yuntai Mountain not only has beautiful natural landscapes, but also rich historical and cultural connotations. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, Ji Kang, Liu Ling, Xiang Xiu, Shan Tao and other seven literati and scholars who were known as the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" had lived in seclusion in the bamboo forest for more than 20 years, placing their affection on the landscape, and successively got acquainted with Sun Deng, Wang Lie and other hermits, leaving the relics of "Sun Dengxiaotai", "Wang Liequan", "Liu Ling's sobering platform", "Ji Kang quenching sword pool" and so on, which were respected by later generations as "the originator of landscape tourism", and Baijiayan also became the birthplace of Chinese landscape garden culture from the court to the people.

Zhuyu Peak is a holy place for literati and scholars and monks to practice in the past dynasties, where the vegetation is dense and the ancient trees are towering. Located at the top of Yuntai Mountain, the Xuandi Palace has been circulated since ancient times the folk tale of the Emperor Zhenwu practicing here to become an immortal, so it echoes with the Nanding Wudang and is called the "North Peak". Step on the ladder plank road of thousands of steps, climb to the top of the dogwood peak with an altitude of 1297.6 meters, look at the depths of Taihang in the north, the towering mountains, look at the Huaichuan Plain in the south, and the fertile fields are thousands of miles, so that people suddenly have the heroic spirit of "will be at the top of the mountain, and see the mountains at a glance". Wang Wei, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once climbed this peak and wrote, "Alone in a foreign land, a stranger, every festival is full of relatives." Knowing that the brothers ascended to the heights, there was one less person in the dogwood".

【Tai Chi Nourishing Qi】

Taijiquan is a famous internal kung fu boxing in China, originated in Chenjiagou, Jiaozuo Wen County, is the last years of the Ming Dynasty Chenjiagou villager Chen Wangting, according to the ancestral boxing techniques, absorbing the essence of the excellent folk boxing, combined with guidance, spitting techniques, Chinese medicine meridians, the creation of a kind of internal strength boxing. Over the past 300 years, it has been passed down from generation to generation, gradually evolving into many schools such as Yang style, Wu style, Sun style, Wu style, etc., and currently has more than 300 million people participating in the world, becoming the most popular sport in the world.

【Medicine & Health】

Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, where Yuntai Mountain is located, was known as "Huaiqing Mansion" in ancient times, and was famous for its abundance of "Four Great Huai Yao" in history. The "four major medicines" are: Huai Yam, Huai Di Huang, Huai Chrysanthemum, Huai Ox Knee, all have the effect of entering the kidney and benefiting the kidney, it is a treasure of broad and profound Chinese medicine culture, known as "Huai Shen" for its authentic medicinal materials and unique curative effect, which is very popular in the international market and is widely praised. The unique soil and climatic conditions in the Yuntai Mountain area have created the unique medicinal properties and high health care value of the "Four Great Medicines", which not only have the reputation of tribute in history, but also gradually formed the culture of Huai Yao in recent years.

【Folk Cultivation】

In addition, within the range of 280 square kilometers of Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area, there are more than a dozen large and small Taihang ancient villages such as Doushui Village, Shuangmiao Village, Pingding Kiln, and Dowry. Most of these villages have a long history, primitive style, simple folk customs and unique customs, which are good places to experience primitive rural tourism.

Located in the depths of Yuntai Mountain, Yidoushui Village is surrounded by mountains, dense vegetation and excellent scenery. The village has a history of more than 400 years, there are dozens of dwellings in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and they are well preserved, built by the mountains, scattered and unique, attracting many travelers and folk lovers to experience folk customs here.