Ten Famous Taoist Mountains in Xingtai City

Ten Famous Taoist Mountains in Xingtai City

Xingtai City is the birthplace of Taoism. There have always been many temples and temples and many believers. The western part of Xingtai is close to Taihang Mountain, with thousands of peaks. Since ancient times, there have been many Taoist fairy mountains, forming a famous Taoist mountain with strong atmosphere. The following ten Taoist fairy mountains are among them:

First, Lao Tzu is in Yang Guang's practice ground.

The famous Taoist mountain in China is the Dojo of Taishang Laojun. Located in Shahe, Xingtai, the main peak is 7 18 meters above sea level, which is the seclusion place of Laozi after riding a green cow out of Hangu Pass. There are places of interest such as Taiqing Palace and Laojun Cave, which are approved places for religious activities. Laozi's classic "Tao Te Ching" was regarded as the ancestor of Taoism by the later Buddha.

Second, a place where Zhenwu Emperor practiced in the north of Wudang Mountain.

Zhenwu Dadi Dojo, a famous Taoist mountain in China, is located in Shahe City, Xingtai, and is a key scenic spot in Hebei Province. The altitude of Jinding, the main peak, is 1, 437.3 meters. On the Jinding is the Temple of Tian Xuan (Zhenwu Emperor), which was built in Sui and Tang Dynasties. There is an inscription on the top of the mountain, "Monument to the Gods in the Temple of Innocent Martial Arts", which records: "The Wuming Mountain in the western region is called Wudang in the north, with a temple on the top and Zhenwu Hall on the bottom, hidden in the dense forest of Zhuangdong Valley. The ancient tablet records "from Sui and Tang Dynasties to me, this ancient Wudang Mountain is also". It has been confirmed by experts that it is the famous Northern Wudang Mountain that Taoist circles in China have been looking for for for a long time. According to legend, Zhenwu the Great learned Buddhist scriptures in this mountain and later spread to Wudang Mountain in southern Hubei, so it is said that "brothers in the north and brothers in the south" and "southern tour".

Third, the Dojo of Dingmeishan-Yuan Jun, Bi Xia

Ding Meishan, also known as Xiaoxitian and Bi Xia Yuan Jun Dojo, is located about 45 kilometers southwest of Xingtai City, with the main peak at an altitude of 1.089 meters. The lonely peak is towering into the sky. It is said that "more thunder and less rain" is a famous Taoist mountain and tourist attraction in northern China. Because there is a fairy and jade girl Bixia Palace on the top of the mountain, the locals generally call it Granny Top. It is a famous Taoist mountain in northern China and the first batch of scenic spots in Hebei Province. "Top plum and clear snow" has always been one of the eight scenic spots in Xingzhou.

Fourth, the practice place of eighteen immortals in Xianweng Mountain.

Zhang Shan, also known as Xianweng Mountain, is Zhang's Dojo, located at the west of Xingtai City 15km. According to the monument erected on the mountain by Zhang Guo, an immortal in the 23rd year of Kaiyuan reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, this mountain was originally named Wufeng Mountain, and it was one of the Eight Immortals who lived in seclusion by Zhang Guo, a Taoist priest in Xingzhou. Li Longji, Emperor Taizong, took Laozi as his ancestor, suppressed Buddhism and promoted Taoism, so he named Zhang Guo Xianweng, changed Wufeng Mountain in Xingzhou to Xianweng Mountain, and built qixia temple for Zhang Guo. The improved cave is Xianweng Cave. As early as the Ming Dynasty, "Xianweng Ancient Cave" was called one of the eight scenic spots in Xingzhou.

Yunmeng Mountain is the practice place of Guiguzi, the ancestor of Wang Chan, the founder of Taoism.

Xingtai Yunmeng Mountain Scenic Area (national AAAA scenic spot, national geological park and national key scenic spot) is the practice place of Guiguzi (the ancestor of Wang Chan), located in Shibanfang Village, Jijia Village, Xingtai County. The elevation of the main peak is 1, more than 300 meters, where the landform is strange and the mountains are strange. From bottom to top, it is divided into four layers, namely, Bixi Valley's "Lake Sky", Cliff Waterfall's "Lake Sky", water curtain cave's "Lake Sky" and Heaven and Earth's "Beyond the Sky". People entering the scenic spot are like entering a pot-bellied teapot. Simian Mountain is high and steep, and there is only one sky overhead, which is mysterious. Therefore, it is called "Lake Wonderland", also known as Yunmeng Wonderland. Representative scenic spots include water curtain cave, Lecture Cave, Nine Waterfalls and Eighteen Tanks. Bailongquan spewed out and hung outside water curtain cave, forming nine waterfalls and eighteen pools all the way. White dragon flies like silver, known as "Little Jiuzhaigou".

6. Ling Xiao, the birthplace of Taiping Road and the practice place of Dade's teacher Zhang Jiao.

Lingxiao, also known as Lingxiao Mountain and Zhongyan Mountain, is located in the northern mountainous area of Xingtai County, adjacent to Neiqiu County, 35 kilometers away from Xingtai City, and the main peak is 1089 meters above sea level. Ling Xiao is the birthplace of Taiping Taoism and the base camp of the Yellow Scarf Army. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao, a Julu man from Xingtai, founded "Taiping Road" in Lingxiao Mountain, which gathered heroes from all directions and punished corrupt officials, dealing a heavy blow to the decadent landlord class rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Up to now, the yellow turban insurrectionary army's stations, training grounds, stone ladders, stockade gates, stockade walls, water dungeons, camps, tunnels, octagonal pavilions and so on are still left on the mountain.

Seven, East Wuzhishan, the Dojo of Nu Wa Niangniang

East Wuzhishan, also known as Wuzhishan, is the Dojo of the ancient goddess Nuwa. Located in the southwest of Wangqin Lake, Shahe City, Xingtai, 2 kilometers southeast of Houxiangsi Village, Chanfang Township, Shahe City, with an altitude of 873 meters. Because the mountain looks like a lotus, the locals call it "Lotus Peak". At the top of East Wuzhishan, there is the "Tile Palace" rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty, dedicated to Nu Wa Niangniang. Responsive and effective, it is also called "Wuzhishan". According to legend, in the famous "Shaming War" launched by Li Shimin and Liu Heita, the king of Qin in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin was in distress here, and Nu Wa was rescued. In order to repay his saving his life, Li Shimin specially sent a gold plaque to Nu Wa. The temple at the top of the mountain was repaired many times during the years of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. In the 40th year of Qianlong (A.D. 1775), the inscription of "Rebuilding Notre Dame de East Wuzhishan" written by Hitachi recorded: "Wang Menjiang, Hao Jiangshi, Cao Jiangshi, Wang and others raised money for good people. There is a Wuzhishan in the southwest of China, and there are three temples on it. I don't know when it was built, but because it was in disrepair for a long time, the people were sad and sad, so they built it. " Today, the former site of Wuzhishan Palace is listed as the first batch of cultural relics protection units in Xingtai City.

Eight, a peach blossom girl in Purple Mountain and a practice place in Han Xiangzi.

Xingtai Purple Mountain is the place where Liu, Guo Shoujing and other five masters of Purple Mountain studied in Yuan Dynasty. Han Xiangzi's hometown Xingxian Village is also a famous Taoist mountain. It is said that Han Xiangzi practiced here and turned into an apricot fairy. Han Xiangzi is a member of the Eight Immortals. There is the Cave of Our Lady of Peach Blossom, which is the place where golden couple Peach Blossom girls practice under the seat of Zhenwu Emperor. Zijin Mountain is 66 kilometers away from Xingtai City. The Purple Mountain, which integrates Xiufeng, Liling, Yougu, Yongquan, Waterfall, Strange Gorge, Wonderland, Pit Basin and Dam, bears unique and heavy historical culture, Taoist culture, red culture and folk culture.

Nine, Xuanwu Mountain, the head of the Eight Immortals, is the place of practice of Wang Qiao.

Xuanwu Mountain is located in Longyao County, Xingtai City, also known as Yaoshan and Tangshan. Xuanwu Mountain is the practice place of Wang Qiao, the head of the Eight Immortals of Taoism. Shan Hai Jing contains "Xing Zhou has nothing to do". The mountain runs from northeast to southwest, three miles wide from east to west, seven or eight miles long from north to south, and about 200 meters above sea level. It is mainly composed of two main peaks, Xuanwu Mountain in the east and Yaoshan Mountain in the west, which are collectively called Xuanwu Mountain. Xuanwu Mountain is the hometown of the Tang Dynasty and the fief of Emperor Yao. "History of Thirteen States" says: "There is a Yao Temple on the mountain, commonly known as Xuanwu Mountain, which means Shun used it to announce things." Wang Qiao, the leader of the Eight Immortals in Xia Dong, is said to be from Shu. He served as a county magistrate in Bailen, Xingtai (now Bailen City, Longyao) for several years, then abandoned his official position to study Taoism in Xuanwu Mountain, Longyao, Xingtai, and took a crane to heaven after gaining enlightenment. Wang Qiao's deeds are widely circulated among the people. He is one of the Eight Immortals in Xia Dong.

X. Dojo of Heshan Wang Yang-Kowloon

Heshan, located in Shahe City, Xingtai, is the Dojo of Wang Yang in Jiulong. In Penglong Village, Shahe, there is a valley on the left side of the highway, which extends to the bottom of the valley and bends to the north. You can see a mountain split from the middle, and the crack is up and down, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, making the shape of the mountain like a double peak confrontation. Because the rocks are red and brown, the ancients named Heshan according to its color. This rift valley is Jiulonggou, and Jiulongtan is in the ditch. Walking along the ditch, you can see more than 40 stone tablets describing the situation of praying for rain or repairing temples in ancient times. Some of them have been destroyed, and some statues and handwriting are still very clear. After passing through the forest of steles, passing through a stone gate is the Kowloon Temple, the central building at the bottom of the ditch. At the main entrance of Tianwang Temple, Kowloon, there is the word "protecting the country and waiting for the spirit", and on the doorpost there is a couplet donated by the old Wu 'an county magistrate. There is a statue of the King of Kowloon in front of the temple. Outside the Fengbo of Lei Gong on both sides, there are two dragons wrapped around the post, one is raining and the other is grabbing a bloody head. Some people say that the King of Kowloon is punishing an unfilial woman. Behind the front hall is grandma Kowloon's back hall. Some people say that this lady is the daughter of Hu Quan Village. Behind the temple is Jiulong Lake, which is several meters wide and the water is clear to the bottom. In the crevice behind the temple, the spring water of Jinjinshan keeps oozing. In the old days, there was a stone carving faucet at the spring eye, and the spring water was spit out by Longkou. Heshan Jiulong Temple is a government-level temple in Shunde, where 18 counties in three provinces, four places pray for rain. The King of Kowloon is in charge of the dragon gods in the world. It is said that the dragon gods invited from here are also the most effective.

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