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| | Colorful Danxia Landscape——Mountain Trunk [edit this] | | Paralleled by the clear Luxi River to the west, Mountain Trunk in combination with the river forms a best visiting route with water and hills both involved. At this mount, you can find a lifelike and gigantic natural stone elephant erecting here, with its huge trunk rooting in the ground and falling down from the sky. Since it is remarkably true to life and looks like a living being, this stone elephant is also known as “the No.1 Immortal Elephant in China”. Mountain Trunk is an important part of Mountain Longhu National Geopark. There are grand and steep cliffs, rapid flows, flourishing green trees, beautiful wisteria, and splendid falls. With its diverse shapes, the mountain is really unique, amazing, picturesque, beautiful, and peaceful, which can be seen as a perfect place to explore and enjoy Danxia landscape. | Edit by: ch | |
| Birthplace of Wudoumi Sect of Taoism——Zhenyi Temple [edit this] | | Chinese great writer, Lu Xun ever remarked that: “China roots in Taoism.” The birthplace of this religion is Zhengyi Temple situated at Mountain Longhu. In the middle of In the middle of Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling, the first Heavenly Master settled down here and began to make Nine-sky Pills of Immortality. “A dragon and a tiger appeared when the Pills are made”, so the mountain was renamed as Mountain Longhu. Then, the 4th Heavenly Master, Zhang Sheng came back and erected the Temple to Commemorate the First Heavenly Master. Whenever in Sanyuan Festival, a forum was erected for lecturing, attracting scholars all over the country and forming a prosperous and busy environment no matter it is daytime or nighttime. However, things changed. After couples of repairs and name changes, it was finally renamed as Zhengyi Temple in the Jiajing Period of the Ming Dynasty and this name was kept till now. The present Zhengyi Temple is a rebuilt construction at the original site according to styles of buildings in the Song Period while adopting some helpful points and artistic characteristics applied in the Ming and Qing Period. With grey tiles and white walls, the whole building emits an air of divinity from inside while realizing an elegant and grand appearance. | Edit by: ch | |
| Attractive Village——No-mosquito Village [edit this] | | No-mosquito Village is located at a position with 3 sides surrounded by hills and only one water way-out left. The only way to go out is by boats and people here cultivate their crops on the opposite bank. It seems like a really ordinary small village except one thing, there are no mosquitoes throughout the year here. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the ancestor of this village, Xiang Yigong arrived here for hunting of animals. He found something interesting here; the bamboo tube rice he left in the morning remained warm till noon. So he believed that this place was full of immortal air and was a perfect position for settling down. After making this decision, he moved here with the whole family, which has lasted for over 40 generations. The tools for production and everyday life displayed in the village's folk museum show ordinary people's hardship and delight. The traditional wedding custom performance expresses people's real happiness. A visit to this ordinary yet kind of supernatural village has become a popular option for tourists. | Edit by: ch | |
| Absolutely Unique Scene——Stone Fairy [edit this] | | There are kinds of wonders in the world. But this one, the natural Stone Fairy in Mountain Longhu, is really special and absolutely unique in China and even all over the world. Facing north, this scene is tens-of-zhang (a Chinese unit of length) high and situated at a remote place near the Luxi River. Her image is very vivid, natural, and peaceful. So the image is also regarded by people as “Mother of Land and All Being” for her grandness. Noble yet amiable, beautiful as well as natural, she stands at this peak, watching and blessing her children below. Resorts become renowned for their unique beauties. This image adds charm to Mountain Longhu while she becomes more mysterious and nobler for the immortal atmosphere here. | Edit by: ch | |
| A Palace for Immortals——Shangqing Palace [edit this] | | Shangqing Palace is a site where heavenly masters gave Taoism lectures, award titles, and cultivate themselves, known as the Headquarter of Taoism, the Palace for Immortals, and the “location where deities get their duties”. Surrounded by streams and hills, this divine place is located in the east of Shangqing Town, a location of excellent geomantic quality where “nine dragons gathered”. It is where the 108 warriors came from in the Outlaws of the Marsh, a Chinese classical masterpiece by Shi Nai'an, and their stories have won universal praise in China. The current Shangqing Palace is grand and solemn, and characterized by its beauty, elegancy, and pureness. Lots of historical spots got revitalized, such as Fudi Gate, Xiama Pavilion, Lingxing Gate, Bell and Drum Tower, Dongyin Compound, Vanquishing Demon Hall, and Subjugating Evil Well. With these, the prosperous Taoism environment full of smoke of incense and religious music reappeared. Now, along with Zhengyi Temple, Doushuai Palace, Heavenly Master's Residence, Dongyue Palace, and Liuhou Family Temple, Shangqing Palace adds extensive and rich contents to the Taoism Pilgrimage Visit of Mountain Longhu. | Edit by: ch | |
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