Dengfeng City is located in the central and western parts of Henan Province, at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain in Zhongyue. The city is 56 kilometers long from east to west and 35.5 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 1220 square kilometers; Dengfeng has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 8 towns, 4 townships, 1 industrial zone and 1 mining area, with a total population of 650,000 (20 13) and 24 nationalities. 207 national highway runs through the whole territory, with provincial highways 2 17, 3 16, Zheng Shaoluo and Deng Yu expressways criss-crossing, and Dengfeng Railway is connected with Beijing-Guangzhou, Longhai and Jiaozhi railways.

China's first dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, made Yangcheng its capital, which was successful in Dengfeng. "Dengfeng" and "Chenggong" were named after Wu Zetian's "Dengsongshan" and "Fengzhongyue" in 696 AD. Songyang County was changed to Dengfeng County, Yangcheng County was changed to Gaocheng County, and the Jin Dynasty merged the two counties into Dengfeng County, 65438+. Shaolin Temple is the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism, Zhongyue Temple is the largest Taoist temple among the five mountains, and Songyang Academy is the place where Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi gave lectures in the Northern Song Dynasty and one of the birthplaces of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties.

Dengfeng has successively won the honorary titles of National Garden City, National Sanitary City, National Greening Model County (City), China Excellent Tourism City, China Characteristic Charming City, China Top 100 County Tourism Brands and China City Informatization Innovation Award.