With the history of over one billion years since rising from the bottom of sea, the world-famous Fanjing Mountain lies in the central section of the Wu ling Mountain Chain on the Yungui Plateau, with its main peak of Mount Phoenix 2,572 meters above sea level. There are eight streams in Fanjing Mountain. The Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve was established in 1978, covering an area of 41,900 hectares.

Subtropical forest vegetation is fundamentally preserved in natural status. With a variety of ancient and peculiar plant species and varied vegetation types, there are five vertical zonations from peak to foot of the mountain. The Reserve can be called a garden of ancient. flora and fauna. With several tracts of its distribution and famous for its beautiful flowers.the dove tree in the Reserve has been named. ”Chinese Dove Tree". In addition, the Reserve houses other rare plants, such as Chinese tuliptree, false pennyroyal. bacury. etc. And with over 500 species of medicinal plants found, such as eucommia, the Fanjing Mountain is usually called" a mine of medicinal plants".

A variety of rare wildlife lives in this "natural green kingdom", including over 170 species of birds and 57 species of mammals. As a most noticeable animal in the Reserve, the Guizhou golden monkey, also called" grey golden monkey", is one of the three species of golden monkeys peculiar to China, but with the least existing number spreading in a very small region. Other rare animals are clouded leopard, assamese macaque, tufted deer golden pheasant * Reeves' pheasant and so on. At the sources of streams, lives an amphibian—giant salamander which is locally called ”Wawayu (Baby fish)".