1 Wudang Mountain Taoism - a colorful page in the history of Chinese Taoism
Taoism is a religion native to China. "The root of China is all in Taoism" (Lu Xun, 1918), and it plays an important role in the history of Chinese civilization. Wudang Mountain Taoism is an important part of Chinese Taoism, and its development has been held in high esteem by successive rulers, reaching its peak during the Ming Dynasty: it was successively named "Danyue" by the emperor (Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty) and "Xuanyue of the Ruling World" (Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty), which made it higher than the Five Mountains and honored as one of the "Four Great Mountains", and "The Four Greatest Mountains". Wudang Mountain was honored as "the four great mountains are bowing to the five Xianyue **** Chaozong" of the "crown of the five mountains", "Xiongzhen hit the mountain and rituals over a hundred generations". Wudang Mountain has become the "Imperial Family Temple" and the "First Mountain in the World" (Mi Fu of the Northern Song Dynasty) dedicated to praying for blessings and sacrifices for the imperial court, and has gained a unique position in the field of Taoism, becoming the largest Taoist temple and the center of Taoist activities in the country, with far-reaching influence, and writing a brilliant chapter in the history of Taoism in China. It has written a brilliant chapter in the history of Chinese Taoism.
2.2 Wudang Mountain Taoist Architecture--Wonders of Ancient Chinese Architectural History
The Wudang Mountain Taoist Architecture Complex is the largest, highest-graded, and best-preserved Taoist ancient architectural complex in China, and it is the core of the World Cultural Heritage of Wudang Mountain, with outstanding features;
Magnificent in size and The project is huge. Ming Dynasty government "South repair Wudang, North repair Palace" large-scale construction, has used 300,000 artisans, over a period of 12 years to build Wudang Palace, built 9 Palace, 9 view, 36 nunneries, 73 rock temple of the large-scale Taoist architectural complex, became the royal use of religious ideological domination
important place. After the subsequent continuous expansion, Wudang Mountain **** reached more than 20,000 temples, covering a total area of 1.6 million square meters, more than double the Forbidden City. The formation of "five miles a nunnery ten miles Palace, Dan wall Cui tile look Linglong" of the grand scene.
Site selection is unique, the layout is ingenious. Wudang Mountain building site selection fusion of "yin and yang canonical art" of Taoist thought, the ancient Chinese "feng shui" and the myth that Emperor Zhenwu cultivated immortality, and strictly in accordance with the intention of the regime and the divine right to combine the camping. Layout, Wudang Mountain, the entire complex of mountains on the trend, everywhere combined
Integration of the natural environment, the clever use of peaks and rocky streams and strange crags and ravines, the construction of the mountain to maximize the preservation of the original style.
The center of the Wudang complex is located in the Golden Temple on the top of Tianzhu Peak, and the eight palaces on the cliffs of the whole mountain are the main body, and many nunneries and shrines are distributed around the main building in a system of their own, and the huge architectural complex and the mountains harmoniously merge together, which perfectly embodies the "unity of man and nature" of the concept of Taoism.
The overall planning is strict, and the architectural skill is high and the craftsmanship is exquisite. The grand scale of the Wudang architectural complex took the royal architectural style, unified design layout, its overall planning is very tight, in the construction techniques and architectural aesthetics have reached a high level of achievement, reflecting the great achievements of China's ancient science and technology. Here there is China's largest existing copper casting gilt hall - "Golden Hall", known as "China's ancient architecture and casting technology in a pearl", its welding and casting technology has reached a fairly high level. The welding and casting technology has reached a fairly high level, in addition, such as "nine curved Yellow River wall", "a column of twelve beams", "turn around the Hall" and so on also
Specialized ancient architectural skills, is China's valuable cultural heritage. It is a valuable cultural heritage of our country. Wudang Taoist architecture has been described as "complementing the legacy of Qin Huang and Han Wu, rare throughout the ages, Zhang Jin Que Lin Gong of victory, but also the ring of the world no" (see the Ming Dynasty Zhang Kaigong "Danyue Fu and the procedure"). 1982 the State Council announced the Wudang Mountain for the national key scenic spots, said Wudang Mountain, the ancient architecture of the "works of the great, exquisite craftsmanship, successfully embodied the" ancient architecture of Wudang Mountain, "is a great," and the "Wudang Mountain" is a "great," and the "Wudang Mountain" is a "great," and the "Wudang Mountain" is a "great," and the "Wudang Mountain" is a "great" and a "great". The State Council announced Wudang Mountain as a national key scenic spot in 1982, saying that the ancient architecture of Wudang Mountain "is a huge project, exquisite craftsmanship, and successfully embodied the meaning of "Immortal Mountain Pavilion", like an exhibition of China's ancient architectural achievements.
2.3 Wudang Wushu, famous all over the world, a school of its own
Wudang Wushu is one of the most important schools of Chinese martial arts, created by the famous Taoist priest Zhang Sanfeng of the Wudang Mountains, there is a "Shaolin in the north, the south of the Wudang respect," said. Wudang Wushu is a school of its own, known as the "internal boxing school", it is to nourish the body to practice, self-defense and health care for the purpose of softness and rigidity,
static braking, after the attack of the "internal work". Wudang Wushu is y influenced by Taoist thought, advocating the cultivation of the heart and the cultivation of martial virtues, and focusing on the connotation and cultivation of the body. Wudang Kung Fu is a valuable heritage of the Chinese culture, and is also influential internationally. Nowadays, Wudang Boxing, Taijiquan, and Taiji Sword have become famous and popular all over the world.
2.4 Immortal Music--Wudang Taoist Music
Wudang Taoist music, also known as Wudang Taoist music, is an important part of Chinese Taoist music culture. Taoist music is the Taoist priests chanting and performing ritual activities, due to historical and geographical reasons, Wudang Taoist music is extremely rich in connotations: although it is a local Taoist music, but with the solemnity and elegance of the court music; on the one hand, it is difficult to inherit the ancient Wuguan music and dance traditions and the pre-Qin folk ritual music, on the other hand, it has absorbed a large number of local folk elements of music; in addition to the local area, the neighboring regions of the music is also having an impact on the influence of, such as "Qin Yin Chu Sheng", "Qin Yin", "Chu Sheng", and "Qin Yin". The music of neighboring regions has also had an impact on it, such as "Qin sound and Chu sound", "Qin cavity and Yu tune", and "Chu rhyme and Han withering";
The Taoist music, which has a long history of inheritance and continuous innovation in the development, has eventually formed a blend of north and south, with Taoism as the main theme, and a mixture of Taoism and other folk music.
The Taoist music, which is mainly based on Taoism, with Buddhist and Confucian melodies, is known as Wudang Xianle Shenyun, Wudang Rhyme, pleasant to the ear, and it is a part of the Wudang Mountain religious cultural heritage that is rich in characteristics.
3 Beautiful natural scenery - Wudang Mountain can not be ignored characteristics of tourism resources
Wudang Mountain, although the "cultural heritage" is included in the World Heritage List, but compared with its human resources, the natural landscape of Wudang Mountain is no less important.
Rich historical and cultural relics - Wudang Mountain precious characteristics of tourism resources
Wudang Mountain area has a long history, rich in prehistoric cultural relics. From the current Si unearthed dinosaur egg fossils, marine vertebrate fossils, ancient ape skull fossils, ape teeth fossils, here was one of the habitat of human ancestors, the important birthplace of Chinese civilization. Wudang Mountain area was once the early years of the state capital of Chu location, the Qin and Han dynasties since the establishment and development, a long history for the local legacy of a large number of valuable cultural heritage, Taoist cultural relics are the most abundant, there is the reputation of China's Taoist cultural relics treasure trove.
5 rich medicinal plant resources - Wudang Mountain has great development value of the characteristics of tourism resources
Wudang Mountain is very rich in plant resources, especially Chinese medicinal herbs, is China's existing wild medicinal herbs in one of the most concentrated area, initially determined that the Wudang Mountain 617 kinds of existing wild medicinal herbs. As early as in the Wei, Jin and North and South Dynasties that there are hermits in this medicine cultivation, after the Tang and Song Dynasty is a continuous stream. Li Shizhen, a famous medical doctor in Ming Dynasty, has been collecting medicines in Wudang for a long time, and according to statistics, there are more than 400 kinds of medicinal herbs from Wudang Mountain in the Compendium of Materia Medica. As the saying goes, "ten Taoist nine doctors", Taoism has always attached importance to the tradition of pharmaceutical research, combined with its profound Taoist health culture, and modern tourism development of health concepts are consistent, medicinal plant resources is undoubtedly the Wudangshan Mountain is very valuable development of the characteristics of tourism resources.
6 colorful folk culture - Wudang Mountain has great potential for the development of the characteristics of tourism resources
Wudang Mountain region's deep historical and cultural heritage, leaving a wealth of local folk culture resources, which is characterized by the richness of the Taoist atmosphere of the folk culture: such as Wudang beliefs folklore, the Great Dharma meeting, Jiaojiao Luotian, incense, fasting taboos and other customs; such as March 3, September 9 and other Taoist beliefs are closely related to the folklore of the festival of amusement. There are also many legends and stories about Wudang Mountain by high Taoists, emperors, generals and celebrities, such as the famous "pestle and mortar sharpening the needle" and "reading by the prince", as well as a large number of poems, songs, fugues, travelogues, novels and other literary resources depicting Wudang Mountain. In addition, due to historical reasons, such as the support of successive dynasties and the events of the Ming Dynasty such as the great repair of Wudang, have directly led to part of the court folk culture and folk culture from different sources in the country gathered in Wudang, and local folk culture collision, integration, plus this place is in the Qin-Chu border "towards Qin
Mu Chu", the Yellow River culture and the Yangtze River culture convergence, the Yellow River culture and the Yangtze River culture. In addition, this place is at the intersection of Qin and Chu, the Yellow River and Yangtze River cultures, and the historical and cultural streams have been diversified, so the Wudang folk culture also shows a wide range of sources, north and south integration, and the colorful and distinctive characteristics