Mount Cangyan
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Mount Cangyan | |
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Highest point | |
Coordinates | 37°49′45.94″N 114°8′11.60″E / 37.8294278°N 114.1365556°E |
Geography | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
County | Jingxing |
Parent range | Taihang Mountains |
Mount Cangyan (Chinese: 苍
Geography
[edit]Mount Cangyan forms the eastern tip of the Taihang Mountain Range (Chinese:
History
[edit]The most famous building complex on Mount Cangyan is the Fortune Celebration Temple (Chinese:
Use in cinema
[edit]The first known use of the setting in cinema was in the award-winning 1954 film Letter with Feather. The 1986 Chinese TV series Journey to the West brought the mountain to the attention of Chinese audiences. It achieved equal fame in the West when it was used as a setting for the 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which fictionally located it within the Wudang Mountains.
It was also used in the opening sequence of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as well as lesser known Chinese films such as The Butterfly Lovers and Mulan: Rise of a Warrior.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cangyan Mountain". www.sjz.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ "Cangyan Mountain | Hebei, China | Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2024-05-27.