Wangwu Mountain

Before they were jointly crowned as a world geopark by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in September, the Wangwu and Daimei mountains in Central China's Henan Province were not well-known to most Chinese.

In fact, very few people know that the two have witnessed the 5,000-year history of the Chinese nation and possess a geological structure that could date back to 1.2 billion years ago. According to ancient literature, Wangwu Mountain is the birthplace of the Han people and Taoism, and also the setting for the well-known fable "Foolish Old Man Moving Mountains" written by a philosopher about 2,200 years ago.

Birthplace of Chinese nation

The 1,715-meter-high Heavenly Peak of Wangwu Mountain is where the legendary Chinese sovereign and cultural hero, the Yellow Emperor, established the Han Chinese nationality, according to popular folklore.

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