Mount Yao (), formerly Mount Shiren (), is located in west of
Pingdingshan
Pingdingshan ( zh, s=平顶山, t=平頂山, p=Píngdǐngshān), also known as Eagle City ( zh, s=鹰城, p=Yīngchéng, t=鷹城), is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. It had 4,904,701 inhabitants at the 2010 census who ...
,
Henan
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...
Province. It lies east of the
Funiu Mountains
The Funiu Mountains, also known by their Chinese name Funiu Shan, 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 i ...
. It stands in the middle area of inner land, near to the National Way 311, 207, close to the Zhijiao Railway. The
Spring Temple Buddha
The Zhongyuan Buddha (; and ) or better known in English as the Spring Temple Buddha is a colossal statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Foquan Temple (; ) in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China, built between 1997 and 20 ...
is in this mountain.
In ancient times, this mount was named "Mount Rao" and recognized as the source place of "Liu", the family name that has large population in China.
Mozi
Mozi, personal name Mo Di,
was a Chinese philosopher, logician, and founder of the Mohist school of thought, making him one of the most important figures of the Warring States period (221 BCE). Alongside Confucianism, Mohism became the ...
, the famous thinker in China, used live in this mountain; now his home is still remaining there. The mountain had been renamed Shiren since the 1950s and was changed back to the original name Yao in 2008.
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Mountains of Henan