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Mt. Wudang is one of the famous Taoist holy lands in China. Taoism, the traditional Chinese religion, originated from ancient witchcraft, |
| necromancy, philosophies of Chuang Tzu and Lao Tzu in the era before the Qin Dynasty .In the times when Emperor Shui in the Eastern Han Dynasty was on the throne, Zhang Daoling respected the Yellow Emperor as First Ancestor,, Lao Tzu as T....(More>>) |
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Taoism in Mt.Wudang has very close relations with traditional culture and art. In history, both art and religion belong to the fields of fantasy |
| and emotion on the made of thinking. In these ways people can extricate themselves from reality, surpass ordinary life's feelings,chase spirit happiness and finish self-molding. As far as religious art is concerned, art aesthetic and religion fanaticism ....(More>>) |
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Mt.Wudang is located in the Qinling Mountain in central China and is the eastward offset of the Daba mountain ranges. To the east, |
| it connects with the Jianghan Plain and to the south. It lies back on the Shennongjia Forest Zone. In the northeast, there locates the Nanyang Basin and the Hanshui River flows from the northwest to the southeast. In the historical records,....(More>>) |
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Taoist music refers to the music applied by Taoism in ceremonious activities. The Taoist music of Mt.Wudang enjoys a quite long history. |
| During the late stage of the Eastern Han Dynasty when the religion of Five-dou-rice came into being before long, it was spread from Hanzhong in the Shu Kingdom to its neighboring area Mt.Wudang. the sacrifice-to-gods ceremony of the ....(More>>) |
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The earliest religions construction in Mt.Wudang was built during the earlier period of the Tang Dynasty. According to related records, |
| in the period of the Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty(627-649), Junzhou encountered severe drought. Yaojian, a messenger in Mt.Wudang prayed for rain in the area. What he did made a five dragons present and timely rain fell all over....(More>>) |
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Chinese pilgrimage activity initially originated from natural worship in primitive religion, but large-scale and organized pilgrimage-to- |
| mountain activities started from and ceremonies of worship of Heaven and Earth during the Qin and Han Dynasties. Altars were built both on the top of and at the foot of Mt. Tai to offer sacrifice to Heaven and Earth respectively. After the Kingdom of ....(More>>) |
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