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DaWu Mountain, is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Xinyi in Guangdong province, China. The tallest peak is the Datian Peak, as the tallest peak in the west of Guangdong province, which is commonly reported as 1703.8 metres (5,588 ft) tall.

DaWu Mountain is associated with the Dawu Mountain Nature Reserve, which was declared set up as municipal natural reserve by Xinyi Government in 1994, promoted as provincial natural reserve.It is famous for its rich plant resources and beautiful scenery.

Geography
The area is located in southwest Guangdong,just north of the city of Xinyi and to the south of the city of Gaozhou, located at 22°14′N to 22°17′N and 118°8′E to 111°15′E. It extends from 800 to 1704 metres (2,624 to 5,588 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 3534 hectares (35.3 sq mi) at its base. The Datian Peak is 1703.8 metres(5,588 ft), the second tallest peak reaches 1423 metres(4,667 ft).

Climate
The climate is warm and humid. The area is natural boundary in tropic and subtropics of South China.The yearly average temperature is between 17 ℃ to 18 ℃, the annual precipitation is between 2300 mm to 2600 mm and the annual average relative humidity is about 85%.

Natural Resources
The Dawu Mountain Nature Reserve, between the tropical zone and the subtropical zone, is a transitional zone with distribution of various flora in south China. Its plant resources are rich and there are 195 families, 703 genera and 1452 species of wild higher plants in which 20 species are under national protection and 3 species under provincial protection.

Vegetation
The area covers 80% of the area, which is densely wooded, but information about its composition is lacking. The flora is diverse and known to comprise 1453 species.Medicinal plants over 500 species and include gynostemma pentaphyllum, Paris polyphylla, dysosma versipellis and Dendrobium nobile, which are renowned throughout the country. Some trees are very old and famous, notably the Han Dynasty Cypresses (planted 2,100 years ago by Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty), 'Welcoming Guest Pine' (500 years old) and 'Fifth Rank Pine' (named by Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin Dynasty and replanted some 250 years ago).

Natural Landscape
The area is 38 kilometers far from the downtown of XinYi city. It is one of eight sights of XinYi. because of the southeast side of it is influenced by the Pacific climate, in addition it has big range of temperature, so that there is cloud and mist surrounding the whole area, providing tourists wonderful sights to appreciate.

Local Legend
At the ancient times, it was a tremendous jade called south jade that in the bottom of the lake. People who had a bath at that lake would have bright white skin. So there were seven fairies from the welkin who spent a whole day for bathing in that lake on midsummer every year. Once, a cow boy who gazed near the lake and then peeped the sight of bathing by those fairies. After one of those fairies called Scarlet who found that they had been peeped by that cowboy, she breathed on the lake surface, leading to make the mountain surrounded by wind and fog, which is the reason of the name of DaWu mountain.