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Mountain North Wudang Tourist Area

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55 kilometers away from Shahe City and 75 kilometers away from Xingtai City, Mountain North Wudang consists of four peaks. It is Well-known for its Taoism in North China. On its Xiaojingding Peak stands the Xuantian Zhenwu Temple where there are some painted murals and stone inscriptions.

With an altitude of l,437 meters, the mountain is covered with trees like the Chinese chestnut, apple tree, persimmon tree, walnut, oak, pagoda tree, and lacquer tree. Besides, there are also various kinds of medicinal herbs such as the Polygonum multiflorum, Chinese Angelica tenuifolia, Mentha haplocalyx, Carthamus tinctorious, Lycium chinensis and so on.

Because it has been believed to be the very place where Taoist God Zhenwu sacrificed his life the second time, the mountain has been revered by the Taoists. According to a legend, after sacrificing his life the first time, God Zhenwu came to Mountain North Wudang where he saw monstrous boas hurting the surrounding residents. Then he killed them at once. Two years later, the boas returned. Then he killed them all by sacrificing his own life. You can see the mysterious sacrifice cliff where God Zhenwu is said to have sacrificed his life.


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Guanyinzhai Peak

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The Guanbyinzhai Peak is 45 kilometers to the southwest of Xingtai City. Being a twin peak of the Xiaoxitian Nainaiding Peak, it has an altitude of 1,052 meters. The peak is covered with vegetation. Hares and pheasants abound in the surrounding area.

Legend has it that there was once a white dragon doing evil in this region. The people around were badly disturbed. On the first say of the third lunar month, when she was just back from Mountain Mingshan, Goddess Bixia, head of the Xiaoxitian Bixia Palace, was told that a gentleman's bride had been stolen. She supposed it must be the white dragon and then ordered the mythical warrior Lingguan to save the bride at once. Longguan was defeated and ran back. Guanyin Avalon happened to see this and made a valley to trap dragon. Longguan passed the valley and the white dragon followed him. Once the white dragon was in it, Guanyin locked him. This is supposedly why the Guanyinzhai Peak sometimes glows with lights when it is rainy or windy.


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Kongshan Baiyun Cave

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The Kongshan Baiyun Cave is located to the west of the Lincheng County Seat, 50 kilometers away from Xingtai City. The local geography has created great cave formations.

In this over-4,000-square-meter cave, there are five interconnected halls and over two hundred scenes in which the stalactite, the stalagmite, the sheet, the stone waterfall can be seen. ranging from 8 meters wide to ones only several millimeters in diameter. Some even have the animal shapes of the parrot, lion, tiger and so on. Most strikingly, there are some scenes, which can hardly be found elsewhere in China such as “Jade Hairpin Pointing at a Precious Bottle”, “one Stick Heading Toward the Sky”, “Jade Pillar Holding up the Sky”, and “Net-Form Curled Stone”. Furthermore, the ancient stalagmite group found on the ridge of the Kongshan Hill is unique in China and even rare in the world, for there has not been a similar discovery in other countries. They are very valuable for the research on the ancient climate, crust, and geological changes.


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