Wang Wei once had a poem "Taiyi is close to heaven, even the mountains to the sea corner." The white clouds looked back, and the mist entered to see nothing. The gist of it was that the majestic Zhongnan Mountain seemed to be very close to Chang'an City, and the rolling hills stretched out to the sea. Standing at the highest point, looking back at the white clouds under the mountain, surrounded by a vast sea of clouds, looking verdant and lovely in the distance, but when you walk in, you are suddenly gone. This is the ultimate South Mountain in the eyes of a poet, so majestic, so enchanting.
Zhongnan Mountain, also known as Taiyi, referred to as Nanshan, is located in the middle of the Qinling Mountains in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, spanning the four counties of Shaanxi, stretching for more than 200 miles, living in the southern end of Xi'an, becoming a tall and solid support and majestic natural barrier of Chang'an City. Ancient books contain "Shoubi Nanshan" and "Zhongnan Shortcut" all originate from this.
Zhongnan Mountain is also a famous Taoist resort in China, especially the name of Louguantai. "The thousand peaks in the south are towering and green, and the building view is the most famous." This is the comment of the ancients recorded in the "Shaanxi Chronicle". Legend has it that the Louguantai was the place where Lao Tzu wrote and taught the Tao Te Ching. Here the mountains and waters, the lush forests and bamboo, the flowers and birds in the forest, and the small road sheep intestines are a good place for the world to ask questions.
More than 2,600 years of history have witnessed the rise and fall of Louguantai, where many people who had a major influence on Chinese Taoism have lived and practiced. The most famous in modern times are Zhang Zhishun, who lived for 104 years, and Ren Farong, the Dao chief who died of illness not long ago, and they all previously served as the Louguantai Supervisory Yuan. Today, Zhongnan Mountain attracts a large number of hermit tourists, and the purpose is different.
There is a valley on the south side of louguantai called Wenxianyu, which is densely packed with complex landforms like the "Blessed Land Cave Heaven" where the gods and immortals practice, and according to legend, among the Taoist gods, Laozi, Yin Xi, Xu Jia, etc. are all immortals here. There are also interesting stories about the Eight Immortals in Yu Nei, which are still widely circulated by local folk today.
The world's first blessed land - Zhongnan Mountain. The world asks for a good place to go, idle here to find the gods.