崆峒山

Kōngtóng Shān

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 5

从平凉坐车到崆峒山不到半个小时。

Cóng Píngliáng zuòchē dào Kōngtóng Shān búdào bàn ge xiǎoshí.

It takes less than half an hour by car from Pingliang to Mount Kongtong.

HSK 6

传说黄帝曾到崆峒山向广成子问道。

Chuánshuō Huángdì céng dào Kōngtóng Shān xiàng Guǎngchéngzǐ wèndào.

Legend says the Yellow Emperor once came to Mount Kongtong to ask the sage Guangchengzi about the Way.

culture

Jin Yong's wuxia novels make it the home of the Kongtong sect (崆峒派), one of the six great schools of the martial world.

mistakes

峒 is read tóng in this name, not dòng as in its 'cave' sense.

崆 kōng

峒 dòng

山 shān