Mount Song

The Mountain Song (Chinese嵩山, Pinyin Song Shan ) in China is one of the Five Sacred Mountains of Taoism, of which he (also "Middle Mountain" ) is the "Great Middle Summit".

Song Shan is located in the administrative area of ​​the independent city of Dengfeng (登封 市), in turn, the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province is under. The highest point of the mountain south of the Yellow River is situated 1500m.

On the mountain and its surroundings there are many Taoist and especially Buddhist monasteries. This includes, among others, the chan - Buddhist Shaolin Monastery, which is famous for its martial arts "Shaolin Quanfa ".