The Mountain of Medicines is located in the Qiaojia County. The mountain is surrounded by Jinsha River and Niulan River. The foreign students who ever come to study in China may know the mountain area is about 220 square kilometers. Among so many mountains in Zhaotong, the main peak is as high as 4,042 meters. With a north-east direction, the Mountains of Medicines are precipitous in the western slope. However, the students who study in China should know it is slow in topography in the south. The main forest zones of the natural preserve are mainly in this area.

The Mountain of Medicines is covered by the primitive forests that are mainly characterized by the coniferous forests and broad-leaved evergreen forests. When you come to learn Chinese in China, you should know it provides good conditions to the growth of some rare plants and medicines as well as some protected animals. It is famous because there are a variety of medical herbs such as radix bupleuri, codonopsis pilosula, gastrodia elata and cordyceps that the foreigners who study in China may know. All of them has high value in medical science.