Mt Cangyan Scenic Area, with an altitude of 1,000 meters, is located 80 kilometers southwest of Shijiazhuang City, capital of Hebei Province. With a long history, and covering an area of 63 square kilometers, the area is characterized by grotesque stones, verdant cypress trees, temples and pagodas. Like a bright pearl nestled in the Taihang Mountains, it is a famous scenic area that integrates tourism, recreation, health-building and scientific research.

Besides being a resort for sightseeing and traveling, Mt Cangyan is also a famous mountain of Buddhist culture. It is said that Princess Nanyang, the oldest daughter of Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty (581-618), once entered the religion here and became a Buddhist nun.

Construction and repairs during various dynasties from the Sui period until now yielded temples, parks and recreation areas, such as the Fuqing Temple, the Temple of Sleeping Buddha, the Longyan Temple, the Princess' Tomb, the Peak of Bodhisattva, the Peak of the Jade Emperor , the Ruantai Hilltop, and so on.

Its rich landscapes, imposing mountain peaks, grotesque stones, tranquil valleys, ancient trees and limpid springs create unique, quiet and beautiful natural scenery. The thousand-year-old temples and excellent architectural arts bring visitors a rare aesthetic experience, believed to "possess all the elegance and grotesqueness of the Five Sacred Mountains in China".

The uncanny workmanship of these natural formations boasts bizarre precipices and cliffs, as well as a prime biological environment in the central part of the Mt Cangyan Scenic Area. From a bird's-eye view, the eastern and western peaks stand facing each other, and a south-north mountain ridge runs across background of the two peaks. Nestled in the undulant ridges and peaks in the scenic area are numerous temples, pavilions and stone tablets, which are mainly cultural relics from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911).

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