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Complex built on mountains and legends

Date: 2008-8-22 3:39:00 by jasmine Tags: Wudang mountains of Hubei province

A sprawling ancient building complex in the Wudang mountains of Hubei province was founded in the heyday in the Tang Dynasty (618-960), but reached its zenith during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), when Emperor Zhu Di sent some 300,000 workers who spent 12 years finishing the sacred site. The complex includes nine palaces, nine Taoist temples, 36 religious halls, 72 hillside monasteries, 39 bridg

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