Funiu Mountains
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Funiu Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,225 m (4,019 ft) |
Coordinates | 33°39.756′N 111°47.202′E / 33.662600°N 111.786700°E / 33.662600; 111.786700 |
Naming | |
Native name | 伏牛山 ( Chinese ) |
Geography | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Region | Henan |
Funiu Mountains | ||||||
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Chinese | 伏牛 山 | |||||
Literal meaning | Falling Cow Mountain(s) | |||||
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The Funiu Mountains , also known by their Chinese name Funiu Shan , [lower-alpha 1] 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 its southern return from the Ordos Loop . The hills to its east bear the headwaters to tributaries to the Huai .
History
During the Chinese Civil War , the eastern foothills of the Funius were the site of a 1947 Communist victory over the Nationalist army .
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Culture
The 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]
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References
Citations
- ↑ "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 .
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