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| | Tianshi Cave [edit this] | | Two kilometers towards the north is the Tianshi Cave, which is the major temple of Mountain Qingcheng. The palace contains wood and stone tablets of past dynasties, including the Tang Xuanzong's imperial decree and Yuefei's handwriting of Zhuge Liang's famous piece Chu Shi Biao. | Edit by: Ada | |
| Shangqing Palace [edit this] | | The Shangqing Palace was situated at a high platform, it was first built in the Jin Dynasty and the extant temple was built during the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. | Edit by: Ada | |
| The Temple of Eternal Dao [edit this] | | Mount up from the Jianfu Temple and go through the Workshop of Natural Pictures, and you will come to the Temple of Eternal Dao. Behind the temple is the grotto in which the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling once dwelt; commonly called the Celestial Masters' Grotto. The main buildings include the Hall of the Three Pristine Ones, the Shrine of the Yellow Emperor, and the Hall of the Three August Ones, etc. | Edit by: Ada | |
| Jianfu Temple [edit this] | | The Jianfu Temple lies below the Zhangren Peak, Mountain Qingcheng. The temple was first built in the 18th Kaiyuan year of the Tang Dynasty (730) and rebuilt in the 14th Guangxu year of the Qing Dynasty (1888). Today there are three lines of temples. The front temple worships Fan Changsheng, the Heavenly and Terrestrial Elder Master of the Four Seasons and Eight Solar Terms; the main temple worships the Elder of the Five Sacred Mountains Perfect Sovereign Ningfeng, and Du Guangting; the back temple worships the Supreme Venerable Sovereign, the Imperial Sovereign Donghua, and the founder Wang Chongyang. Hung on the pillars of the back temple is a 394-word couplet poem, a superb scene of Mountain Qingcheng. | Edit by: Ada | |
| Patriarch Peng Peak [edit this] | | Mounting up the stone stairs, you reach the first peak of Mountain Qingcheng, Patriarch Peng Peak. The famous Temple of the Highest Clarity stands on the eastern hillside of the peak. The temple was first built in the Jin Dynasty, and the existent building was reconstructed during the last years of the Qing Dynasty and the first years of the Republic of China. Mounting up, you enter the Hall of the Three Pristine Ones; by passing the ambulatory, you reach the Hall of the Jade Emperor. To the left of the hall is the Hall of Civil and Martial Spirits, where Confucius and Guan Yu are worshiped. There is a Maiden Ma's Pond to its lower right side. It is said that Maiden Ma washed elixirs here. Walking to the summit, you will find the Pavilion of the Venerable Sovereign, where there is a huge newly sculpted stone statue of the Venerable Sovereign on a black ox. | Edit by: Ada | |
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