The North Wudang Mountain or Mount Beiwudang (), also known as Zhenwu Mountain (), is located in
Fangshan County
Fangshan () is a county in the west of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Lüliang
Lüliang or Lyuliang () is a prefecture-level city in the west of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi province ...
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Lüliang
Lüliang or Lyuliang () is a prefecture-level city in the west of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi province across the Yellow River to the west, Jinzhong and the provincial capital of Taiyuan to the east, Linfen t ...
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Shanxi Province
Shanxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is ...
, China.
In ancient times, North Wudang Mountain was known as Longwang (Dragon King) Mountain. It is one of the holy places of Taoism. North Wudang Mountain combines the majesty of Mount Tai with the strangeness of
Huangshan Mountain
Huangshan (),Bernstein, pp. 125–127. literally meaning the Yellow Mountain(s), is a mountain range in southern Anhui Province in eastern China. It was originally called “Yishan”, and it was renamed because of a legend that Emperor Xuany ...
, the dangers of
Huashan Mountain
Mount Hua () is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province, about east of Xi'an. It is the "Western Mountain" of the Five Great Mountains of China and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as ...
, the glorious beauty of Emei Mountain and the quiet contemplativeness of
Qingcheng Mountain. To all four sides, the main peaks are practically surrounded by steep wall cliffs. It is only possible to climb up to the misty top by a single manmade trail. Every step along the path to the apex, one can hear the frustrated melody of the "sound of stone." The mountains are filled with a veritable forest of strange stones. The five-thousand-kilo "turtle stones" are poised on the edge of cliffs, rocking back and forth and risking a tumble at the slightest push from a breath of wind. This is why these stones are also called "wind moving stones." They are one of the mountain's rare sights.
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Mountains of Shanxi
Taoist temples in China