Because there are two Jishishan in history, people often call this mountain "Little Jishishan" to show the difference. It is the general name of a series of peaks in the south-central part of the western border of Linxia Prefecture in Gansu Province, starting from Tumen Pass in the south and reaching the Yellow River in the north, and its eastern peaks.
Legend has it that in ancient times, the sky collapsed at the junction of Gansu and Qinghai, and people were in a panic, asking the goddess to settle down and save all the people. Nu Wa took the coloured glaze to the place where the sky were falling-the junction of Linxia, Gansu and Xunhua, Qinghai, and began to mend the sky by refining stones.
After 7749 days, The goddess patching the sky, the remaining big stones piled up into a tall and big stone mountain. The stones piled up on this mountain are as blue as the sky, and their colors change with sunrise and sunset. Later, people called this mountain Jishi Mountain.
Forest resources:
The three forest farms in Jishishan County: Dadun Forest Farm, Dahejia Forest Farm and Gaixinping Forest Farm, all belong to the forest areas at the eastern foot of Jishishan. Among them: Gaixinping, located in the northwest of Jishishan County on the western edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Heya Village in Liuji Township, is a typical deep valley landform with good growth of natural and secondary shrubs. The total area of forest farm is about10.6 million hectares, which is the largest forest in the county.
In Xunhua County at the west foot, only Mengda Forest Farm in Qingshui Township has a forest coverage area of over1.4000 mu. There are subtropical and warm temperate plants, and rare birds and animals such as Sumen antelope, forest musk deer, roe deer, blue sheep, fox, snow pheasant and pheasant live in the forest. The forestry land area of Daowei Township is 1 59,000 mu, including forest110,000 mu, 3,200 mu of artificial forest and 75,000 mu of public welfare forest.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jishishan