Mt. Qingcheng
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Located about 15 kilometers from the southeast of Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, Mt. Qingcheng is a ideal place to escape summer hear as well as the most sacred Daoist mountain in China. The annual average temperature is around 15 centigrade degree.
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Jianfu Palace
It is under Zhangren Peak and the original palace was built in the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (730 AD). However, the original one was ruined and the present palace was rebuilt in the fourteenth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. There is a pair of long antithetical couplets of 394 Chinese characters which depict the mountain and its history.
Shangqing Palace
Most Exalted Lord Lao (title for the founder of Taoism Laozi) was enshrined in this hall. From the corridor in front of the Wenwu Palace to Huangjing Pavilion, walking out of the door to Holy Lantern Pavilion, there is a path leading to the peak of Gaotai hill—Pengzu Peak. On the peak, there is a pavilion called Echo Pavilion whose name comes from "standing on the high mountain and shouting, all the mountain will echo back". A hall called Laojun Hall stand on the top of the peak. The three-story hall looks like a cover which offers sacrifice to the huge bronze statue of Most Exalted Lord Lao riding a bull. Standing on the sightseeing corridor on the third floor and looking far into the distance, visitors can see green peaks rise and fall into the distance. Looking farther, Mt. Min appears in mist and Min River is like a graceful belt. Chengdu plain seems like a brocade of thousand miles coming clearly into view.
About a kilometer away in the left from Fangning bridge is Zushi Palace. It was built in the Jin Dynasty and formerly called Dongtian Guan. The remaining architecture was built in the fourth year of Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1865 AD), which makes offerings to Zhenwu God and Founder Sanfeng, so it has another name Zhenwu Palace. Facing Zushi Palace, there is a valley named White Cloud brook whose back is Xuanyuan Peak.
Tianshi Palace
It refers to a group of buildings and the ancient Chang Taoist temple is the major architecture in the complex. This palace is located in the front cave of the third Hunyuan summit and was reconstructed in the tenth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. As Zhang Tianshi is enshrined in the upper cave, so people regard it's the real Tianshi cave. The stone statue of Zhang Tianshi was carved during Sui Dynasty. His three eyes stared at somewhere, with solemn face and left hand sticking out straight/. Tianshi Palace is the ancestral place of Tianshi Taoism. In the past, every Tianshi of Longhu hill of Jiangxi must come here to worship after they took office.
The Three Kings Palace
There are three stone statues of the three ancient kings: Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan in it. In front of them is the stele of emperor Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty which engraved "Mt. Qingcheng belonged to Taoism school and its temple should be built by the mountain side". Those scripts are regarded as the most valuable treasure of Mt. Qingcheng.
Yellow Emperor Temple
Behind the main hall-Sanqing Palace, visitors can walk down from Shangqing Palce, through Tianshi Palace, then enter Yellow Emperor Hall and visit Sanqing Palace at last. The Yellow Emperor Temple is dedicated to -Xuanyuan—the Yellow Emperor. The temple was built with piling eaves and winding corridors which make it primitive and elegant. The streamer hung over the entrance is inscribed with four characters "Ancient Yellow Emperor Temple" written by YuYouren, one of the founders of Kuomingtang and great calligrapher.
Sanqing Palace
It's the most significant Taoist temple in the mountain. The palace was built in 1923 and has been maintained recently. There are nine steps leading up to the corridor before the main hall which is supported by six stone pillars. These pillars are all erected on the 1.2ms high pedestals carved with grotesque beasts. The hall consists of 5 big rooms lining up one by one, which covers an area of 580 square meters. Altogether there are 28 pillars of 4.4ms high whose tops are decorated with open carvings of patterns of birds and beasts, figures and flowers. The color of them is plain and elegant that looks in harmony with the architecture. In the middle of the "Wuji hall" upstairs is a light well of eight angles which is used for light coming in and ventilation. In the center of the well hung the handwriting of emperor Kangxi which wrote "Dan Tai Bi Dong"(meaning red terrace and green cave in Chinese).
Three paramount immortals of Taoism, "Sanqing" are enshrined in the hall. The stone railing before the hall are inscribed with many figures. Some are bare-headed and reveal their backs. Some are jumping and playing. On their heads, there are no religious discipline scars and the tops of the skull are still sunken. Some still have hair root and wear open-split pants. If it's the image of a baby, it's "Chizi". According to Ethics Scripture "Ethics remains because of baby", which teach people to remain pure and kind heart of baby and if those who practice Taoism must be back to the realm of retaining the children-like innocence. Among these inscription are some musical instruments, e.g. those conches will whistle when there's wind, which is called "sounds of nature". So this inscription gets the name "picture of babies and sounds of nature" which reflects the philosophy and aesthetic sentiment of Taoism.
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