The Xuanyuan (Emperor Huangdi) Hill is the birth place of Emperor Huangdi. There is an interesting story about the birth of Emperor Huangdi. Legend has it that overlooking the human world from the heaven, the God, the Xuanyuan Huangdi, was full of sympathy on the poverty of people despite the beauty of the landscape. To help them, he turned himself into a yellow dragon and flew towards the human world. A girl was collecting fruits near the Xuanyuan Hill when all at once the sky was covered by rolling dark clouds with a yellow dragon circling the stars of the “Charles's Wain”. With the crack of a sudden thunder, the yellow dragon threw itself upon her. When she came round, it was sunny again and she found herself pregnant. 24 months later, she gave birth to a boy, the Xuanyuan Huangdi. Although the story may not be true, it shows people's respect to him. In the Han Dynasty, a memorial temple was established in honor of Emperor Huangdi's achievements and merits. In the Qing Dynasty, Xu Chaozhu, the governor of Xinzheng set up a stele with inscription of “The Native Place of Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi”, making here a holy land for Chinese descendants to worship their ancestors.

    Thousands of years have passed by since Emperor Huangdi, the starter of Chinese civilization. However, his spirit is always with us. Located in the the Dingtan Area, the Saint Tripod Caldron of Emperor Huangdi was just built in honor of him, embodying the Chinese traditional culture.
    The three legs of the tripod caldron are cast in the shape of bears, reminding of the Emperor Huangdi's rising from the Youxiong (Bear) Tribe. The three-sided body of the tripod caldron has embossment of three dragons with a fireball, implying the glorious sun and praying for favorable weathers for crops and a harvest. Standing at the center of the altar, it is laurelled as “the No.1 tripod caldron of the world” for its unparalleled size and its special origin. 6.99 meters in height, 24 tons in weight, with a diameter of 4.7 meters, it is 5.6 meters higher and 23.6 tons heavier than the Simuwu Square Caldron of the Shang Dynasty and 0.39 meters higher and 8 tons heavier than the bronze tripod caldron of Zaoqing of Guangdong province, which has been registered in the Guinness World Records. The height number of 6.99 made up of figure 6 and 9 implies the majesty of grandness in traditional Chinese culture. As to its special origin, it was made in Xinzheng, the place where Peiligang Ashes of a history of 8,000-9,000 years is located, the earliest origin of Chinese tripod caldrons. Tripod caldrons have always been considered saint vessels guarding the peace of the country by emperors of every dynasty. The Saint Tripod Caldron of Emperor Huangdi is round in shape, taking after the appearance of the tripod caldron excavated in the Peiligang Ashes dating back to 8,000-9,000 years ago.
    There are also some other tripod caldrons standing respectively for the official posts, the wisdom, the harvest, the security, the offspring, the longevity and the fortune.