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Taoism sacred sites in China

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Mt. Wu Tang Shan
Taoism

Mt. Wu Tang Shan

Danjiangkou City, Hubei, China

Wudangshan is one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism, the dwelling place of Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior who governs the northern quarter of heaven....

Mt. Huang Shan
Taoism

Mt. Huang Shan

Huangshan District, Anhui, China

Huangshan rises from southern Anhui Province in a formation of granite peaks, ancient pines, and cloud phenomena that has defined the Chinese aesthetic imagination for...

Mt. Hua Shan
Taoism

Mt. Hua Shan

Huayin City, Shaanxi, China

Hua Shan rises 2,155 meters from the Wei River plain in Shaanxi Province, the Western Peak of the Five Great Mountains and the most dramatically Taoist of the group....

Mt. Qi Yun Shan
Taoism

Mt. Qi Yun Shan

Huangshan, Anhui, China

Qiyun Shan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism, rises as a formation of red Danxia sandstone in Anhui Province....

Mt. Luo Fu Shan
Taoism

Mt. Luo Fu Shan

Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China

Luofu Shan in Guangdong Province is one of the Ten Great Cave Heavens of Taoist sacred geography — a classification that places it among the most spiritually significant...

Zhongnan-shan
Taoism

Zhongnan-shan

Chang'an District, Shaanxi, China

The Zhongnan Mountains rise south of Xi'an, forming the central section of the Qinling range....

Mt. Mao Shan, Jiangsu
Taoism

Mt. Mao Shan, Jiangsu

Jintan District, Jiangsu, China

Maoshan in Jiangsu Province holds the distinction of being the First Blessed Land and Eighth Cave Heaven in Taoist sacred geography — the highest classifications in the...

Mt. Wu Yi Shan
Taoism

Mt. Wu Yi Shan

Wuyishan, Fujian, China

Wuyishan holds a rare convergence: Taoist Grotto Heaven where immortals dwelt, birthplace of Neo-Confucianism where Zhu Xi rewrote East Asian philosophy, and the mountain...

Mt. San Qing Shan
Taoism

Mt. San Qing Shan

Sanqing, Jiangxi, China

Sanqingshan — the Mountain of the Three Pure Ones — is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Jiangxi Province where granite pillars and pinnacles rise through cloud seas in...

Mt. Tai Shan
Taoism

Mt. Tai Shan

Taishan District, Shandong, China

Mount Tai is the mountain of the Chinese state itself, the place where heaven and earth meet, where the emperor's authority was validated by the cosmos....

Mt. Heng Shan Nan
Taoism

Mt. Heng Shan Nan

Hengyang, Hunan, China

Heng Shan rises across 72 peaks in Hunan Province, the Southern Peak of the Five Great Mountains that have anchored Chinese cosmology for over three millennia....

Beiyue Hengshan Mountain
Taoism

Beiyue Hengshan Mountain

Datong, Shanxi, China

Beiyue Hengshan is the Northern Great Mountain of China's Five Sacred Peaks — the cosmic axis points that have anchored Chinese civilization's relationship with heaven for...

Mt. Lao Shan
Taoism

Mt. Lao Shan

Laoshan District, Shandong, China

Laoshan rises from the shore of the Yellow Sea near Qingdao, the highest coastal mountain along China's shoreline....

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