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Shangsheng Palace

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The Shangsheng Palace is located in the temple area of North Hill of Mountain Yumeng. There are more than 10 temples in the area which were built in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, looking majestic and magnificent. Particularly Shangsheng Palace is a rarity in the temple area, which consists of a large hall and some surrounding halls. The giant statue of Jade Emperor of Heaven, the supreme deity of Taoism is enshrined and worshiped in Shangsheng Palace. In front of surrounding halls there is a stone arch with fine workmanship. Upon it are engraved eight Chinese characters meaning “east or west, Yunmeng's landscape is the best”.


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Shuilian Cave

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Shuilian Cave (the cave with water curtains), lying halfway of the cliff in the north of South Hill in Yunmeng Basin, is a place where Master Guigu secluded himself from the outside world, yet a place where Mr. Guigu gave lectures to his disciples.

The cave, 10 meters high, 6 meters wide, 80 meters deep is naturally formed. In the cave, numerous fancy stalactites hang on the ceiling from which water drops are falling, producing melodious sounds like ancient Chinese music. A waterfall, like a curtain, runs over the outlet of the cave, so Shuilian Cave is named after it. Just like a poem puts it that the white waterfall like a curtain hangs over the cave, outside red peach blossoms are in full bloom. Deep in the cave there is a spring with sweet and clear water. In summer and autumn, the spring overflows from cave, forming an overhanging waterfall pouring down into Yingrui Pond.

On the upper left side of the outlet of the Cave are engraved six Chinese characters meaning the reclusive place for Master Guigu. On the right side of the outlet stands a life-like statue of Master Guigu, 3.5 meters high, with his right hand holding bamboo slips (a kind of ancient books in China), seeming to impart his knowledge to his disciples.


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Marvelous Calligraphy

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Mountain Yumeng has enjoyed a great reputation for a long time. Literati and poets of past dynasties often visited it, leaving behind a number of inscriptions, carvings and tablets. The statistics show that there are 233 engravings on cliffs and tablets from the Yuan Dynasty till now. Of them, renowned calligraphers such as Wang Yun of the Yuan Dynasty, Dou Wen and Sun Hui in the Ming Dynasty are most outstanding ones.


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