Friends who have watched Hong Kong zombie movies in the 80s and 90s should be familiar with Lin Zhengying, Lin Zhengying often says in movies that he is a Maoshan Taoist, so where is Maoshan? Is it in Hong Kong or the Mainland? Why are there so many Taoists? Today, Sanmao will take everyone into Maoshan Mountain to understand this famous Taoist mountain!
Maoshan is located in Jintan District and Zhenjiang Jurong City, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and is divided into two areas, Jintan and Jurong, with a total area of about 253.85 square kilometers. Maoshan is the birthplace of the Shangqing sect of Taoism, known by Taoists as the "Shangqing Sect Altar", and has the reputation of "the first blessed land, the eighth cave heaven". Many famous Taoist monks have practiced here, such as Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Tao Hongjing in the Southern Dynasty. It enjoys the reputation of "Qin and Han Immortal Palace, Liang and Tang Dynasty Prime Minister's Home".
In the territory of Jiangsu Province, there are two Maoshan Mountains. One is south of the Yangtze River, called Nanmao Mountain; the other is in Xinghua City on the north bank of the Yangtze River, called Beimao Mountain. In the Han Dynasty, Xianyang, Shaanxi, there were three Mao brothers living in seclusion here, so they built the Sanmao Taoist Temple, calling them Sanmao Zhenren, so they called the mountain Sanmao Mountain. Since then, Juqu Mountain has been renamed Nanmao Mountain, and Jiangbei Sanmao Mountain has been renamed Beimao Mountain, referred to as Mao.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Ren Dachun, a representative figure of the Yangzhou School who was famous for his examination and examination of evidence, said in the "Monument to Guomao Mountain": "Beimao Mountain is the place where the Three Mao Zhenjun first practiced the Tao." That is to say, during the JingDi period of the Western Han Dynasty, Mao Ying, Mao Gu, and Mao Zhen were three brothers who initially cultivated and saved the people in The Northern Mao Mountain, so it was called Mao Mountain. Later, they were invited to go to The Jurchen Mountains in the south of the River, which led to the distinction between the South and north Mao Mountains.
Maoshan is known as nine peaks, eighteen springs, 26 caves, 28 ponds of the scenic spot, as early as 1986, was listed as a Grade A scenic spot in Jiangsu Province. Here, the peaks are stacked, the clouds are misty, and the mountains are lined with strange rocks, deep caves, scattered spiritual springs and crisscrossing streams.
For example, Huayang Cave, the name of the cave is Su Dongpo's personal inscription; Yuliu Spring is a high-quality famous spring in Maoshan Mountain, and there is a record of it removing pain in the "Maoshan Zhi"; and when you walk to the Xike Spring, the spring water will suddenly boil and splash, as if welcoming your arrival happily.
Although the Taoist temples on the mountain are everywhere, although they have a long history, but after the war, most of them are now seen by modern reconstructions, of which the Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace and the Yuanfu Wanning Palace are the most famous, collectively known as "Maoshan Taoist Temple".
In addition to being a Taoist holy place, Maoshan is also a famous anti-Japanese base area. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, maoshan was listed by Chairman Mao as one of the six major anti-Japanese base areas in the country as the center of the Anti-Japanese Base Area in southern Jiangsu of the New Fourth Army.
In the 1960s and 1970s, intellectual youth went to the mountains and went to the countryside, and the place where they received revolutionary traditional education was also here, and 6,000 or 7,000 Changzhou zhiqing left the youth and enthusiasm of a generation of young people here, leaving indelible merits for the development of Maoshan. Today, you can also see important revolutionary monuments such as the memorial to the victory of the War of Resistance and the Memorial Hall of the New Fourth Army on the hill.
Therefore, Maoshan is a blessed place that integrates multiple identities such as prosperous beauty, Taoist holy places, and revolutionary relics. Just sounds domineering and leaky, making people yearn for it. Well, in the next time, let's walk into this famous mountain and see for ourselves its otherworldly beauty and extraordinary humanistic feelings.
Scenic address: Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, Jurong City, Maoshan Town and Jintan junction
Ticket fee: 120 yuan / person
Suggested visit time: Half a day
Opening hours: 07:30-17:00
Scenic Tips:
1. If you want to visit the main attractions of Mount Mao at the top of the mountain, you need to buy tickets for Jurong Mao Mountain, and the entrance tickets for Jurong Mao Mountain are not sold at the foot of Jintan Mao Mountain, but must be purchased after going to the top of the mountain.
2. Jurong ticket check is very strict, do not believe the wild guides on the road and the "locals" said to pay them some money, and then they can bring into the scenic spot can be free of charge and so on. Most of them brought you to Jintan Mao Mountain, even if you are lucky enough to enter the mountain for free, you have to buy a ticket for Jurong Mao Mountain when you get to the top.
3. There are Taoist priests everywhere on Maoshan who pull you to tell fortunes and look at faces, the cost is very high, you can politely refuse.
4. The gesture of worshipping Taoist deities is different from that of worshiping The Buddha, generally the left hand is on top, the right hand holds the thumb of the left hand, the hands are tightly held, and the kneeling is raised and the eyebrows are down.
5. Every year from the 24th day of the lunar month to the 18th of March of the following lunar calendar, it is the "incense period" of Maoshan Mountain, especially in the first month, there are many pilgrims who come to pray for blessings.
Transportation: Take the 113 Zhenjiang Maoshan Scenic Area Line to reach.
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