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What place does Xiyue refer to?

"Xiyue" refers to Huashan Mountain in China. Huashan Mountain is known as one of the five mountains in China. The Five Mountains are named after the Central Plains, and are divided into four directions: east, west, north and south. Huashan Mountain is located in Shaanxi Province, China, and the whole mountain is west, so it is called "Xiyue". The other four mountains: Songshan Mountain in Henan is Zhongyue Mountain; Dongyue is Mount Tai in Shandong; Beiyue is Hengshan Mountain in Hebei Province; Nanyue is Hengshan Mountain in Hunan.

Huashan Mountain, known as "Xiyue Mountain" in ancient times and "Taihua Mountain" in elegance, is one of the five mountains. Located in huayin city, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, the provincial capital of xi Dong 120km. Qinling Mountains in the south and Huangwei in the north. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the first mountain in the world".

China's "Hua" originated from Huashan Mountain, so Huashan Mountain is called "the root of China". Huashan Mountain is the holy land of Quanzhen Taoism, the "fourth cave heaven" in China, and also the god widely worshipped by China people, that is, the king of Huashan Mountain in Xiyue. * * * There are 72 semi-suspended caves and more than 20 Taoist temples, among which Yuquan Garden, Dulong Temple, Presiding Hall and Yue Zhen Palace are listed as national key Taoist temples, with famous Taoist experts such as Chen Tuan, Hao Datong and He Yuanxi.

Climatic characteristics of Huashan Mountain

Huashan Mountain is far from the ocean, located in the westerly belt between 30 and 60 north latitude, with a continental degree of 53 7', and belongs to the continental monsoon climate of warm temperate zone. Due to the steep mountain, the vertical temperature gradient (or direct cooling rate) at the foot of the mountain and the top of the mountain: from the county to the top of the mountain, the elevation at the northern foot drops by 0.44℃ every time it rises 100m, and the elevation at the southern foot drops by 0.5℃ every time it rises 100m.