'Wild Goose Pond Mountain(s)') refers, in the broad sense, to a coastal mountain range in southeastern Zhejiang province in eastern China, covering much of the prefecture-level city of Wenzhou (from Pingyang County in the south to Yueqing County in the northeast) and extending to the county-level city of Wenling in Taizhou prefecture.

In 2004, Yandangshan became National Geological Park and in the beginning of 2005, a member of Global Geoparks Network, with total area of 450 km2 (170 sq mi).

[2] The Yandangshan National Forest Park has an area of 841 hectares (2,080 acres), covering Mt.

Yandang is known for its natural environment, arising from its vertical rock faces and pinnacles, mountain slopes with forests and bamboo groves, streams, waterfalls and caves.

[citation needed] Yandang Mountains were formed through volcanic activity during the Cretaceous period c. 100-120 million years (Ma) ago.

[7] Yandangshan caldera is a round volcanic‐intrusive complex with a diameter of 13 square kilometers (5.0 sq mi), of which the north-east part was destroyed by a later regional fault.

[8] The mountain shows often conspicuous layering corresponding to the four different episodes of eruptions, giving rise to terrace-like structures where flatter, forested areas are separated by vertical cliffs.

Lower slopes and valleys are used for agricultural purposes, for example for growing tea, or as fruit gardens.

[11] Yandang Mountains are everywhere influenced by human activity; there is an extensive network of official tourist paths, clearings for fire-prevention, and unofficial paths used by the local people for collecting resources from the mountains; nevertheless, because of the steep terrain, some parts are difficult to access.

Notable inhabitants of Yandang Mountains include Cabot's tragopan,[12] a nationally protected species in China.

The temple follows this natural structure and has nine levels (floors), with the Guanyin shrine occupying the highest, most hidden section of the cave.

[18] China's National Tourism Administration rated North Yandang as a "5A scenic area" in 2007, up from "4A" before.

Yandang, the most famous being: The great majority of domestic tourists only visit the key scenic areas, which can get very crowded, and not all development has been kind to the surroundings.