Kongtongmountainislocated12kilometerswestofPingliangCity,GansuProvince,overlookingXi'anintheEast,Lanzhouinthewest,BaojiintheSouthandYinchuaninthenorth.ItisthefortressoftheancientsilkroadgoingoutofGuanzhongintheWest.
Withanareaof84squarekilometersandanelevationof2123meters,themainpeakofKongtongmountainscenicareaisacombinationofnaturallandscapeandculturallandscape.Itisofhighornamental,culturalandscientificvalue.Sinceancienttimes,ithasbeenknownas"thefirstmountainfromthewest","thewonderofXizhen"and"theholylandofDaoyuan".
KongtongmountainisabranchofLiupanMountain.Itisanaturalkingdomofanimalsandplants.Therearemorethan1000kindsofplantsandmorethan300kindsofanimals.Theforestcoveragerateismorethan90%.Duringthisperiod,themountainsandcliffsstandlikemiraculouswork;thevastforestandsea,smokecageandfoglock,likeanetherealfairyland;thehighgorgeandflatlake,thesamecolorofwaterandsky,havethecharmofLijiangRiver.Itisrichinthemagnificenceofthemountainsinthenorthandthebeautyofthesceneryinthesouth.Thedignifiedandelegant42buildingcomplexofBatai,Jiugongand12yuan,with72stonecaves,ismagnificentandrichindetails.
Sinceancienttimes,Kongtongmountainhasattractedmanytalentedpeople.EmperorXuanyuan,whoisregardedastheancestoroftheChinesepeople,personallyvisitedKongtongmountainandaskedthewisemanguangchengziforadviceonthewayofgoverningthecountryandtheartofkeepingingoodhealth;SimaQian,WangFu,DuFu,BaiJuyi,ZhaoShichun,LinZexu,TanSiandotherscholarsalsoleftalargenumberofpoems,Huazhang,stelesandinscriptions.KongtongWushuisfamousinChinawithShaolin,Wudang,Emei,KunlunandotherWushuschools.