The sacred mountain, which has a very important place in mythology, is a place where the gods live and cultivate. There are many sacred mountains in ancient Chinese mythology, such as Kunlun Mountain, Buzhou Mountain, Penglai Mountain, etc., many of which still have references in reality. Here we will take a look at the ten sacred mountains in ancient Chinese mythology.
10. Changbai Mountain
The 16 heavenly generals turned into 16 peaks, and the jewel of the Queen Mother turned into a heavenly pool.
9. Qingqiu
Qingqiu, located three hundred miles east of Jishan, is the residence of the legendary nine-tailed sky fox. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" records: "The base mountain is three hundred miles to the east, and it is called the mountain of Qingqiu, with many jade in its yang and many green in its yin."
8, Mt. Zhangwei
Zhangwei Mountain, located in the extremely cold land in the north, there is Zhangwei Mountain Mountain God guarding here, named Candle Dragon, also called Candle Jiuyin, is the head of the gods of the Great Wilderness.
7. Danxue Mountain
Danxue Mountain, the legendary place of residence of the Phoenix clan, although this place was born in the mortal world, but suppressed the world's feng shui, it is the place where the earth and fire gather, and the mountain is rich in gold and jade. The phoenix is a legendary auspicious bird, the pattern on the head is like the word "De", the pattern on the wings is like the word "Yi", the pattern on the back is like the word "Li", the pattern on the chest is like the word "Ren", and the pattern on the abdomen is like the word "letter".
6. Razor
Lei Ze, also known as Jing Ze, Lei Xia Ze. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" Lei Ze has the god of thunder. Hua Xu's track Lei Ze gave birth to Fuxi, and Shun Yu Yu Lei Ze, that is. "The Great Wilderness East Classic" Lei Ze, that is, Guanshan, Tianchi. Longshan Mountain Range. Also known as Liupan Mountain, Liupan Mountain is the source of the water, and the water flows into the Wei River. Therefore, the ancients also called Longshan Mountain or Shan Mountain. It is also written as 丱山, mistaken for Guanshan. Guanshan is also known as Wu Mountain and Wu Yue in ancient times. It is said that Lei Ze is in the west of Wu, and it should be the west of Wu Yue. According to this research, Mr. Fan Sanwei, an archaeologist, is now in the west foot of Taomu Mountain in Zhuanglang, Pingliang District, Gansu Province, that is, Lei Ze.
5. Penglai Immortal Mountain
Penglai Island is an island in myths and legends, and it is said to be the dojo of the saint of heaven and the master of the Tongtian Sect. Penglai Immortal Mountain is located in the vast Bohai Sea, there are immortals on the mountain, and the birds and beasts on it are all white, looking like beautiful jade. Hundreds of millions of miles east of the Bohai Sea, there is a bottomless ravine called "Guixu", where all the water in the world flows, and the magic is that the water in Guixu neither increases nor decreases, and it is also considered the abyss at the end of the world. There are five immortal mountains in the secret realm of Guixu, which are called Daiyu, Yuanqiao, Fanghu, Yingzhou and Penglai, the circumference of the bottom of the five mountains is 30,000 li, and the flat place of the top of the mountain is 9,000 li.
4. Wangwu Mountain
The place where Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor sacrificed to the sky, the place where the mythical story of Yugong moving mountains took place, and it is also said to be the place where Nuwa mends the sky. According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", Kunlun Hill of Wangwu Mountain is the "heavenly capital" and "lower capital" of the Emperor of Heaven, and it is the ladder and fairy palace that leads to heaven and earth and the gods of traffic seek immortality. Several major geographical features such as Fantong, Zengcheng and Yaochi in Kunlun Hill are all available in Xicheng Mountain in Wangwu Mountain.
3. Taihang Mountain
Taihang Mountain, where the mythical story of Nuwa mending the sky took place, Yugong Yishan also said here, and now there is the Chinese ancestral temple dedicated to Nuwa - Wa Palace. Legend has it that in ancient times, the sky collapsed, and Nuwa "refined the five-colored stone to make up for the sky, and the broken ao was enough to set up the four poles, and killed the black dragon to help Jizhou".
2. Not Zhoushan
Buzhou Mountain, is a sacred mountain in ancient Chinese myths and legends, first seen in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness of the West": "Beyond the Northwest Sea, in the corner of the Great Wilderness, there are mountains but not together, and the name is not Zhou." Legend has it that Buzhou Mountain is the only path in the human world that can reach the heavenly realm, but Buzhou Mountain is cold all year round and snows all year round, and ordinary people can reach it on foot. There are various theories about where Buzhou Mountain is, but the most common one is the Pamirs.
1. Kunlun Mountain
Kunlun Mountain, also known as Kunlun Xu, Kunlun Hill or Jade Mountain, has a prominent position of "the ancestor of ten thousand mountains" in the cultural history of the Chinese nation, and many of the myths and legends handed down in ancient China are related to Kunlun Mountain, which is considered to be the birthplace of the descendants of Yan and Huang. In Chinese Taoist culture, Kunlun Mountain is regarded as a fairy mountain where the gods live. According to legend, it is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven and the Queen Mother of the West, and there are sacred trees such as Yushu, Bishu, and Wenyushu, as well as guardian gods such as Lu Wu, Yingzhao, and Enlightened Beast.