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Huashan Mount Huashan, one of the five best-known sacred mountains in China, is located to the south of Huayin County,120 kilometers east of Xi`an, with an altitude of 2,200 meters. It is known as The Number One Precipitous Mountain under Heaven. The mountain has five peaks, which looks like five petals of a flower seen from afar The North Peak is called the Cloudy Terrace Peak. It has only one hill that leads to the south with three sides disconnected with The Central Peak is called the Jade Lady Peak. Legend has it that Nong Yu, the daughter of King Mu of Qin of the Spring and Autumn Period, admired Xiao Shi, a hermit,so much for the music he played on a vertical bamboo flute, that she left her family and her royal life and flew here with Xiao Shi on the backs of a dragon and a phoenix and lived in seclusions as a hermit here. It seems that a hermit is a fairly popular career in ancient China! Today, people can still see the Jade Lady`s Cave, the Wash Basin, the Dressing Stone and the Phoenix Pavilion. I think you may have found that there’s always a legend or a legendary figure of each mountain in China The east peak is also called the morning sun peak. It is the best place from which to see the sunrise. It takes about 5 hours to climb to the top of East Peak. The peak shoots dramatically up into the sky. Therefore, both the ascent and the descent are difficult and dangerous. On the side of one cliff, you can see the impression of a huge hand, which is well-known “God’s Hand Print on Mount Hua’ The South Peak, also called Wild Goose-resting Peak, is the highest among the five peaks. The West Peak is called Lotus Flower. It got its name because of a huge lotus flower-shaped rock in front of Cui’yun Temple at its top. It is the place where the legendary figure Chen Xiang, son of Holy Mother Ⅲ, split the mountain to rescue his mother. Close to the Cui’yun Temple lies a huge rock which seems to have split into two halves with an axe, hence its name “Rock Split With