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.
| Funiu Mountains | |
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  Funiu Mountains  Funiu Mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,225 m (4,019 ft) |
| Coordinates | 33°39.756′N 111°47.202′E / 33.662600°N 111.786700°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | 伏牛山 (Chinese) |
| Geography | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Henan |
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| Chinese | 伏牛山 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Falling Cow Mountain(s) | ||||||||
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Geography
editThe 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
editDuring the Chinese Civil War, the eastern foothills of the Funius were the site of a 1947 Communist victory over the Nationalist army.
Sites
editCulture
editThe 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
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ "China" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, 1878.
- ^ Shahar (2001).
- ^ Shahar, Meir, The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts, pp. 79–80.
- ^ "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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