Mountain Zhangguolao

Mountain Zhangguolao is 15 kilometers to the west of Xingtai City.

According to a Tang Dynasty's stone tablet on it, the mountain was formerly named Mountain Wufeng. Zhang Guo, a Taoist priest from Guangzong County, practiced Taoism here in the mountain and became one member of the Eight Immortals. Li Longji, an emperor in the Tang Dynasty, was crazy about the Taoism and regarded Laotze as his ancestor. He conferred immortal old Man upon Zhang Guo, renamed Mountain Wufeng and the cave where Zhang Guo had lived respectively as Mountain Xianweng and the Xianweng Cave. “Xianweng” means “immortal old man” in Chinese. And the Emperor had a temple named Qixia Temple built for him. Later on, in the Ming Dynasty, the Xianweng Cave was regarded as one of the eight main scenic spots in Xingzhou City.

There are many pines and cypresses on the mountain. Surprisingly, there is a strange tree called “Kumeng” on the hillside, which looks 1ike either a tree of heaven or a pagoda tree. It blooms only at dawn on the eighth day of the third Chinese lunar month when there is a temple fair. When the fair is over, the flowers will wither away, which makes it very mysterious. The flowers of the Kumeng tree smell sweet and are healthy. So, the tree is regarded as a treasure of the mountain.

You can enjoy yourself by visiting the Access-to-heaven Bridge, Qixia Temple, the Eight Immortals Cave, Zhangguolao Cave, the White Deer Cave, and the statue of Zhang Guolao's fairy donkey.

Publishes at : 07-11-29 23:00

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