Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain is set during the Qing Dynasty,1 on a single day at Jade Brush Peak in Liaodong, with flashbacks to the duel between Hu Yidao and Miao Renfeng at Cangzhou and to the fall of Li Zicheng.
Notable locations
Beyond the Great Wall
- Changbai Mountains 长白山 — Where the Taos dig up the iron box and the fight over it begins (ch. 1)
- Liaodong 辽东 — Home of Hu Yidao and of the Tianlong School (ch. 1, 8, 9)
- Wulan Mountain 乌兰山 — The mountain on which Jade Brush Peak stands (ch. 8, 9)
- Jade Brush Peak 玉笔峰 — A sheer peak whose summit is reached by a rope-hauled basket; site of Du Ximeng’s manor, with Li Zicheng’s treasure hidden behind it (ch. 2, 8, 9, 10)
- Du Family Manor 杜家庄 — Du Ximeng’s manor on the summit of Jade Brush Peak, also called Jade Brush Manor (ch. 2, 3, 8, 9)
- Ningguta 宁古塔 — Where Du Ximeng goes to ask Miao Renfeng for help (ch. 2, 8)
Within the Great Wall
- Cangzhou 沧州 — In Zhili; the inn in a small town near Cangzhou where Hu Yidao and Miao Renfeng fought for five days (ch. 4, 5)
- Wuding 武定 — County in Shandong, home of Shang Jianming (ch. 4)
- Beijing 北京 — Seat of Commander Sai and the Imperial Guard, where Guild Chief Fan is held (ch. 2, 8, 9)
- Kaifeng 开封 — Where Guild Chief Fan is seized (ch. 8)
- Jiugong Mountain 九宫山 — Where Li Zicheng was besieged and, by the novel’s secret, escaped (ch. 3, 5)
See also
- Jin Yong locations
- Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain characters
- Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain factions
- Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain martial arts
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