Located in Hancunhe Town, Fangshan District, Beijing, 58 kilometers from downtown Beijing, Shangfang Mountain National Forest Park is one of the 20 National Key Demonstration Forest Parks in China. Since the Eastern Wei dynasty (AD 534-550), there have been monks building temples and roads and planting trees on Shangfang Mountain. After subsequent construction and renovation for generations, Shangfang Mountain reached a magnificent scale in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368-1644). Generations of historic figures, writers and calligraphers not only created poems and paintings but also built temples and pavilions here, making this scenic area become a religious resort with charming landscapes that integrate bridges, pavilions, temples, caves, rocks, peaks and forests. Hence the saying "There are Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south, and we have Shangfang in the north."