Located in Huayin City, Shaanxi Province, between 109°57'~110°10'E longitude and 34°25'~34°36'N, Tongguan in the east, Huaxian in the west, Qinling in the south, and Weihe Plain in the north, with a total area of 148.4 square kilometers, has the reputation of "the first mountain in the world".

Huashan is located at the confluence of the Qin, Jin and Henan Yellow River Deltas, guarding the gateway to the Central Plains in the northwest, is a fault mountain, belongs to the Qinling Orogenic Belt, is composed of a whole granite rock, is a granite landform landscape of the cliff, the formation age can be traced back to the Archean (about 2.7 billion years ago), including the east, west, south, north, middle five peaks and more than 70 peaks and ridges and three canyons, belongs to the warm temperate continental semi-humid monsoon climate, only two rivers, Changjian and willow leaves, [76] has 123 species of rare and protected animals, There are more than 210 scenic spots such as 6 kinds of endemic plants, such as the long-sky plank road, the harrier turning over, and the thousand-foot building, [80] which can be divided into six scenic spots: Hualu, Huashanyu, Huashan Main Peak, Huangfuyu, Wengyu and Xianyu.

Huashan is the birthplace of Chinese civilization, and the word "Hua" in "China" and "Huaxia" originates from Huashan, so this place has the name of "the root of China"; In the primitive society, Huashan is still a sacred mountain, Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wu Zetian, Tang Xuanzong and other emperors have carried out large-scale sacrifice activities here. In addition, Huashan is one of the birthplaces of Taoism Quanzhen, the West Xuandong of Huashan is "the fourth cave sky", the whole mountain has 72 semi-suspended hollows, more than 20 Taoist temples, there are Taoist masters such as Chen Luan, Hao Datong, He Yuanxi, etc., there are Taoist myths and legends such as "splitting the mountain to save the mother" and "blowing Xiao Yinfeng", leaving more than 1,200 poems, inscriptions, etc., and more than 1,000 rock carvings are as many as 1,000 places. In 1982, Huashan became the "first batch of national scenic spots". In 2004, it became one of the "Top Ten Famous Mountains in China".