The western Silk Road fortress Kongtong Mountain is located in Pingliang City, Gansu Province. Since ancient times, it has been called "the first Taoist mountain in China". Liupanshan in the west, Qinchuan in the east, Guanshan in the south, Xiaoguan in the north, Jinghe River and Rouge River in the north and south, which meet in front of Wangjiashan. The elevation is between1456-2123.5m, the vertical height is 667.5m, the elevation of the main peak is 2123m, and the forest coverage rate is 95%.
There are many peaks in the Kongtong Group, with dozens of large and small peaks. The highest peak is Xiangshan, with an altitude of 2 123 meters; The main peak is Mazong Mountain, with an altitude of 2025 meters, and five platforms are superimposed. East, west, south, north and middle platforms, the middle platform is prominent and arranged in a lotus-like ring. China and Thailand are the center of Kongtong Mountain, with an altitude of 1.894 meters, flat and open terrain and broad vision.
Plant Resources in Kongtong Mountain
Kongtong Mountain is rich in animal and plant resources. There are more than 0/000 known species of plants/kloc-0, including 30 species of pteridophytes 2 1 family 18, 9 genera/5 species of gymnosperms 6 families, and 703 species of angiosperms 97 families and 397 genera. There are nearly 60 kinds of ancient and famous trees, such as Picea purpurea, Pinus tabulaeformis, Sabina vulgaris, Wufeng, Quercus liaotungensis, Ulmus macrocarpa, and silk wool. Peacock cypress in Showa Hall and "Millennium Gai Hua" in Fenghuangling have been over a thousand years, but they are still flourishing and full of vitality.
With the help of different climatic conditions, Kongtong Mountain has formed a natural hundred flowers garden, attracting swarms from south to north, and has become the broadest honey source base in Longdong. It is also a treasure house of natural medicine sources. There are hundreds of wild high-grade medicinal materials, such as Angelica sinensis, Rhizoma Arisaematis, Herba Solani Stellati, mistletoe, iron bar, and Zhongning Lycium barbarum, which are well-known at home and abroad. Kongtong Mountain is not only rich in higher plants, but also rich in fungi. Mushrooms, Hericium erinaceus, Auricularia auricula and Ganoderma lucidum all grow, and fungi are abundant in summer and autumn every year.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Kongtong Mountain