Situated in Xiuwu County of Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, Mount Yuntai has been listed in the first group of World Geological Parks for its distinguishing feature of Northern Karst Landform. Meanwhile, it is the only one scenic spot with the seven nation-level names of key National Park of China, National 5A Scenic Area, National Geological Park, National Forest Park, National Water Scenic Area and National Nature Reserve for Rhesus. The scenic area covers 190 square kilometers, including the brilliant ten sceneries, Quanpu Valley, Tanpu Valley, Hongshi Valley, Zifang Lake, Wanshan Temple, Baijia Rock, Immortals Park, Holy Peak, Diecai Cave, and Qinglong Valley. And the Yuntai Waterfall is the biggest fall in Asia.

The vast primeval forest, the deep and tranquil valleys and ponds, the astounding waterfall and flowing spring, as well as the picturesque and grotesque peaks and rocks form unique but perfect natural scenery. The platform and mausoleum base of the Emperor of xian of Eastern Han, the secluded and native place of the seven virtuous of the bamboo forest in the period of Wei and Jin Dynasty, the relics of picking herbs and refining elixir of the King of Medicine, Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty, the Zhuyu Peak which made Wangwei, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, chanted the eternal masterpiece “It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most”, and a number of stone tablets of celebrities and scholars, and the cultural relics have made contributions to the abundant and profound cultural connotation of Mountain Yuntai.

Mount Yuntai is outstanding in its mountains. Marvelous peaks and beautiful chains of the mountains in the whole scenic area stretch continuously. Its main peak, Zhuyu Peak, is 1,304 meters above sea level. Reaching the crest of Zhuyu Peak by climbing thousands of steps of the ladder and walking through the plank roadway, you can find the towering mountains range upon range deep in the Mount Taihang in the north and a vast expanse of fertile land, fields like chessboard and ribbonlike Yellow River in the Huaichuan Plain in the south, which bring you complete freedom of heart an ease of spirit and enjoy the mood of “when you are standing on the peak, you are on top of the world”.

Mount Yuntai is marvelous in its water and famous for numerous springs, waterfalls and pools. As the highest waterfall in China, Yuntai Waterfall with a fall of 314 meters, which is like a jade column that could prop up the sky, is splendid and spectacular. Tianmen Waterfall, Whitelong Pool, Yellowlong Waterfall and Y Waterfall, are the particular waterfall wonders of the Mountain. The cool and sweet water of Multihole Spring, Pearl Spring, Wanglie Spring and Moon Spring, attracts visitors not to tear themselves away. Qinglong Gorge enjoys a reputation as the first gorge the Central Plain of China. It is the best place for ecotourism because of its unique climate, plentiful water and primeval vegetation well protected.