In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there are many records about the site of Kunlun, the most detailed of which can be found in the Classic of the West Sea: the Kunlun in the sea is in the northwest and under the emperor. Kunlun is 800 miles empty and 10 thousand high. There are trees and grass on the ground, and it is five times long and five times big. There are nine wells on the surface, jade as the sill, nine doors on the surface, guarded by enlightened beasts and gods. On the occasion of Chishui in Bajiaoyan, those who are not kind will not climb Ganggang Rock.
That is to say, the Kunlun market, in the northwest, is 800 Li Fiona Fang and tens of thousands of feet high! There is a big tree on it, surrounded by nine-hole wells with jade as the sill, with nine doors and guarded by enlightened beasts. This is where God is.
It is precisely because of this description that the position of Kunlun Mountain in China mythology is the same as that of Mount Olympus in the west!
However, Kunlun Mountain, like Olympus Mountain where Zeus is located, is also a fictional place name. Its prototype, like the Mayan pyramids found in South America, is a high platform for observing astronomy and a place where the ancients communicated with the sky. In later generations, such a high platform was also called Tang Ming.
Because in The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Kunlun Market is always described as being located in the northwest, and the interpretation of The Classic of Mountains and Seas in later generations is often judged from the perspective of geography, so the Kunlun Market gradually expands with the vision of the ancients, and its position moves step by step like the northwest. The Kunlun Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that we are talking about now was named after the Han Dynasty expanded its territory to the western regions and inserted some place names one by one in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. However, the influence of Shan Hai Jing is enormous. In reality, we always hope to put the mythical things into practice, which leads to the majestic Kunlun Mountain, the Long Mai in China and the totem of our Chinese nation.