Mt. Wudang is located on the southern bank of the Dianjiang River in Hubei Province. The area that it occupies is around 800 li², (9 li² = 1 Km².), and it has 72 peaks, 36 cliffs, and 24 waterfalls. Because of its picturesque scenery, many Taoist priests choose to live there to practice Taoism.

      The founder of the Wudang School of martial arts was called Jhang Sanfong in the period between the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. There were various different stories about him, and some of the stories are contradictory. In general, he has some other names such as Jhang Cyuanyi and Jhang Syuansyuan. He was an intelligent man with an extraordinary memory. The topics he talked with people were limited to ethics, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety, and he never boasted. He traveled around, and no one was able to spot him once he left. So he was regarded as an immortal. He preached Taoism in the Mt. Wudang in the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty. In the 24^th of Hongwu year, Emperor Taizu of the Ming wanted to invite him to the court, but he never appeared.

      The book, Yitian Tulong Ji, by Jin Yong described the development of the Wudang School in detail. This School was famous for its boxing, cyuan. After a few hundred years, the various forms of the boxing, such as the Taiji, Bagua, Singyi of the present time all are derived from the Wudang School. The forms of the swords, such as Wudangjian, Sanhedao, and the ciang spear form such as Longmen Shisanciang are all based on Wudang kung fu.

      The Wudang School is usually mentioned in wusia novels. Wudang was praised as the leader of the southern style kung fu, and the Shaolin was described as the leader of the northern style. They are always good martial arts sects, and they stand up for justice. For example, in Siaoao Jianghu by Jin Yong, when the devious Suo Lengchan wanted to rule the five-sect-union called Wuyue Jianpai, the head of Wudang invited the chief of Shaolin to work together to stop Suo.