Where is Kunlun Mountain?
It is the "paradise capital", the paradise of the gods; It is hundreds of miles away in Fiona Fang, high in Yun Biao, and magnificent. There is a jade pool with the Queen Mother of the West and a sacred tree with pearls and beautiful jade.
It is not only the mountain of myths in China, the cradle of myths and legends in China, but also the birthplace of history and culture in China. The ancients revered Kunlun Mountain as "Qian Shan Sect", which is a "sacred" place, weaving many beautiful and touching myths and legends. Therefore, Kunlun Mountain occupies a very important position in the myth and culture of China.
However, this sacred mountain, which occupies an extremely important position in China's myths and legends, history and culture, was lost by our ancestors and became a difficult geographical mystery! Is it collective amnesia of ancestors, or does it not exist at all?
Such an important holy mountain, under the torrent of the river of time for thousands of years, is it quietly out of sight? But look at other place names recorded in Shan Hai Jing and other books, such as Buzhou Mountain and Zhongshan Mountain. So far, there are different opinions, which makes people disagree!
Ironically, people paid no attention to these myths and legends, history and culture, did not know how to cherish and protect them, and even deliberately destroyed and trampled on their existence. Once they couldn't see them and felt their preciousness, they actually researched this "holy mountain" which was located in the world at that time according to the map recorded in a few words in the book, and reached the western part of Xinjiang, where it was extremely difficult for the ancients to set foot, and found a desolate and cold glacier snow.
We really don't know how our ancestors worshipped this sacred mountain that they have never been to or seen.
The mythical Kunlun Mountain is located in the center of heaven and earth, in the center of the earth, surrounded by human beings, inhabited by gods, and many sacred objects such as the cosmic tree. Today, it is impossible for our ancestors to live around Kunlun Mountain. Therefore, we should know that the Kunlun Mountain in China's ancient mythology is definitely not the same as the Kunlun Mountain we are talking about today.
So where is the Kunlun Mountain mentioned by ancient ancestors? Perhaps, if you want to find this sacred mountain and return it to its original appearance, you should look for it from the areas where ancient ancestors lived and from the land where myths and legends may appear.
In fact, the Kunlun Mountain is far away and close at hand. It is the "Xiyue" Huashan Mountain on the rich Weihe Plain in Shaanxi Province. The reason for this is the following：
1. It faces the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Yellow River and Weishui River in the north. It is the center of ancient civilization in China. Huashan area has been one of the cradles of Chinese culture since ancient times. According to the research of Zhang Taiyan, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty, "China", "Huaxia" and the predecessors of Han nationality in China were all named after Huashan Mountain. There are already records about Huashan Mountain in Shangshu. Historical Records also recorded the deeds of Huangdi, Yao and Shun who visited Huashan Mountain.
The birthplace of the Yellow Emperor in Yan Di is near here. To the west is Shaanxi, the birthplace of Yan Di clan, and to the east is Henan Zhongyuan, the birthplace of Xuanyuan clan of Huangdi in ancient myths and legends. It is sandwiched in the center of the two birthplaces of myths and legends, Yandi and Huangdi, and it is naturally possible for these two tribes to worship and worship it as a sacred mountain of "the heart of heaven and earth".
3. Many places, such as Hanquan, Zhuolu and Changyangshan, of the Yanhuang War and the Yellow Emperor Chiyou War are all near Huashan Mountain, where you can find a large number of legends and historical sites handed down about these wars. The legend of the great war here is far more convincing and credible than moving the battlefield to the remote and desolate land of Zhuolu, Hebei Province.
The capital city built by Yao Shunyu in ancient legend is also nearby, surrounding the north and east of Huashan Mountain.
The rise and fall of ancient Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties and wars were also related to this place. After being defeated by Shang Dynasty in the east, Xia Dynasty was driven to the west and moved to Huashan area and its west and north. Then, the prosperous and powerful Zhou Dynasty in Huashan passed through here and conquered the Shang Dynasty in the East. The two capitals established in the Zhou Dynasty also happened to be located on both sides of Huashan Mountain, which seems to prove the central position of Huashan Mountain in ancient China from another side.
Although it used to be in the bustling center of ancient China, later wars were frequent, dynasties changed, ethnic migration was uncertain, the culture of the defeated ethnic groups was annihilated, and all myths and legends and religious beliefs about them were destroyed. The victorious country replaced everything in the defeated country with its own religious beliefs and myths and legends, so China had the missing landscape and cultural mysteries, including Kunlun Mountain.
Nevertheless, these most obvious direct reasons make us believe that the ancient Huashan Mountain is the Kunlun Mountain mentioned in the myths and legends of our ancestors.