One the three main peaks of the Funiu Mountains, also called Jingshi Mountains, it is located at the place 160 kilometers away from the southwest of Luoyang, altitude of 2192 meters. Tradition has it that Taoism founder Lao Zi once retired from official life here such that it was called Laojun Mountains. Built during the Northern Wei dynasty was Laojun Temple with iron rafters and tiles, magnificent and splendid, respected as the Taoist holy site through the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.