Funiu Mountains
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.
| Funiu Mountains | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 伏牛山 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Falling Cow Mountain(s) | ||||||||
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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.
Sites
- Funiu Shan World Geology Park
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]
Notes
- The name was also previously romanized as Foo-new Shan.[1]
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.
Bibliography
- Shahar, Meir (December 2001), "Ming-Period Evidence of Shaolin Martial Practice", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 61 (2): 359–413, doi:10.2307/3558572, ISSN 0073-0548, JSTOR 3558572.