Geological literature records that Hunan Province as well as Langshan Mountain was a vast ocean around 400 million years ago when enormous earth movement raised the entire region above sea level.

• 相关地质资料记载，大约四亿年前，莨山与整个湖南都还是一片汪洋。后来，壮阔的“造山运动”把它从深海中抬出水面。以后历经数十次地壳运动，莨山时生时灭。