As the saying goes: "Guanzhong River and Mountain Hundred and Two, with the end of the south as the most victorious; the end of the south of the thousand peaks towering green, to the view of the building as the best." "Louguantai is located in the northern foothills of Zhongnan Mountain in Shaanxi Province.
Ancient scholars called this mountain the "Lung Mountain", and King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 900 BC) once visited the west to visit the immortals and seek the Tao.
Louguantai is surrounded by mountains and waters, pines and cypresses, clear springs, and lush forests and bamboo, which is a natural garden of its own, which is very poetic. During the reign of King Kang of Zhou, the Tianshui people Yin liked the study of astronomy and geography, and jiecao lou was here, watching the stars and looking at the qi, meditating to the Tao, so it was called "Lou Guan".
According to historical records, King Kang worshipped Yin Xi as a doctor and was a friend of Dongguan (the prince's teacher), and in the year of King Kang Xinhai, Yin Xi saw that there was a "purple qi" in the sky from east to west, and it was known that a few years later there were sages and high people traveling west, so he resigned his post as a doctor and asked for a letter to Gu Guanling.
Two years later, in July of the year of the Ugly Year, Lao Tzu traveled west to Guanguan, and Yin Xi resigned from his post to welcome Lao Tzu to the ancient mansion louguan and perform the rituals of his disciples, and Lao Tzu wrote "Five Thousand Words of Morality". In April of the following year, Lao Tzu was feathered and buried in Wulao Cave, the place where Lao Tzu's cultivation soared, and Louguan became famous. Therefore, Louguantai is also known as "Speaking Platform" and "Teaching Platform".
From the Zhou Dynasty onwards, successive dynasties have successively built temples and temples on the guantai of Yin Xi's former residence, forming a large number of palace complexes.
Until now, there are still monuments such as the Shujing Platform, Zongsheng Palace, Shangshan Pond, Liandan Peak, WenxianGou, Lüzu Cave, Xianling Mountain, Huanu Spring, and Daqin Temple Pagoda. It is mainly concentrated in the three hills of Louguantai, Daling Mountain and Yuanshitai.
Successive generations of literati and scholars have regarded the "Louguantai" as a tourist attraction, and the great poets of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, Wang Wei, Cen Shan, Bai Juyi, Li Shangyin, Su Shi and Mi Fu of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty, and Wang Shizhen of the Qing Dynasty, have all come here to visit the scenic spots and write poems and paint.
From the South Heavenly Gate, through the thousand acres of oak forest to the Tiger and Leopard Bridge, looking up faintly visible prayer platform. Climb a stone path again and you will reach the Lao Tzu Ancestral Hall. There is a six-sided corner pavilion on the east and west sides of the temple, and there is a Bagua-shaped pool under the west pavilion, which is called "Shangshan Pond" because Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has the word "Shangshan Ruoshui". There is a stone stele next to the pool, and the stele is engraved with the three characters of "Shangshan Pond" written by the great calligrapher Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty.
Lao Tzu Ancestral Hall, the most important building of Louguantai, was built in the Tang Dynasty. The ancestral gate hangs a plaque of "Lao Tzu Ancestral Hall", and there are two stone tablets on each side of the inner corridor of the ancestral gate. On the east side of the stele there is the "Dao Jing" written in letters, behind the stele there are three characters of the Song Dynasty great calligrapher Mi Fu Shu "First Mountain" Xingshu, and on the side of the stele there is the inscription of Su Shi YouLou Guantai.
In the center of the ancestral hall, a brick high platform is built, and on the top is the main hall, which is said to be the place where Lao Tzu preached the scriptures. The main hall is a square cornice building, carved beams and painted buildings, brick carved "partridge tails" on the roof ridge, and decorated with reliefs of flowers, plants, birds and animals. On both sides of the door of the main hall hangs a couplet, which reads"Jade Furnace Smelting Longevity Medicine, The Right Path practices Yi Shou Dan". Inside the main hall, there are statues of Lao Tzu, Yin Xi and Xu Jia. In the "Tibetan Scripture Cabinet" behind the main hall, various editions of the Tao Te Ching, the classics of the Tao Te Ching studied throughout the ages, and Taoist cultural relics are collected.
Lian dan peak, according to legend, is the place where the Taishang Laojun refined Dan, once had a gold furnace and a silver furnace, and now there is a masonry hall.
Wenxian Ditch, named after Chen Zhuo Laozu and Huaxian County Ling, came here to pay homage to Lü Dongbin, the ditch winds and deepens up to seven or eight kilometers, with thorns and vines, lush bamboo trees, and waterfalls and springs.
Lü Zu Cave, according to legend, during the Tang Dynasty Emperor Qianfu, Lü Dongbin chiseled the cave here to practice. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Nuo, the King of Qin, created the Lüzu Taoist Temple here, and newly carved two caves on both sides of the original cave, All Saints and Wen Shi. During the Wanli Period, on the basis of these two caves, the Jade Emperor and the Three Officials halls were built.
In the southeast of Louguantai, there is a lake called "Yangtianchi", also known as "Tianchi". Legend has it that Lao Tzu smelted iron here.
On the west side of the louguan platform, there is a west building viewing. Legend has it that Lao Tzu first meditated here before being invited upstairs to the viewing platform.
On the side of the Yuxian Bridge outside the West Building, there is an oval tomb, which is said to be the tomb of Lao Tzu, and there is a stele in front of the tomb, which reads "LaoZi Tomb", written by Bi Yuan in the Qing Dynasty.
In louguan Taipei, there is the ruins of Zongsheng Palace. According to reports, the temples here were lined up at that time, which was very spectacular. There is a cooper tree to the east of zongsheng palace, and according to legend, Lao Tzu once tied a green cow to it, so it was called "cow cypress".
Throughout the development of Louguan, it rose and fell several times, was destroyed by war during the Jin Dynasty, and there were flood disasters during the Yuan Dynasty, but it was eventually preserved.