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Mount Wudang covers an area of 321 square kilometers wide, with very rich beautiful sceneries and many culture relics relating to Taoism. Some of the famous sites include: three ponds, nine springs, nine wells, nine platforms, ten pools, ten stones, eleven caves, thirty six cliffs and seventy two peaks, all of them compose a grand style similar to what is found in classical Chinese paintings.
It is heard the Taoism deity Zhenwu practiced internal alchemy here and succeeded in possessing the Golden Elixir at long last. Later his body changed into brilliant light and disappeared. Besides Taoism alchemy, Mount Wudang is the birthplace of Wudang Kung Fu. The name of Wudang in Chinese characters has the meaning “Deserve nothing when there is no genuine Kung Fu” The Wudang Tradition attributed its origin to Cheng Tuan's Daoist sect, but then the government put it under the Complete Perfection sect. The Wudang Tradition was characterized by its worship for the Great Perfect Warrior Emperor, its practice of Chinese Inner School Boxing, its advocacy of the Integration of the Three Doctrines and its emphasis on Cultivation and Refinement of Inner Alchemy and Spiritual Nature. It was a new sect of the Complete Perfection Tradition which emerged between the Yuan and Ming dynasties. According to the General Summary of Perfect Men and Sects, the Wudang Tradition had as many as eight branches, among which the Spontaneity sect, the Sanfeng sect, the Renewal sect and the Penglai sect lasted until modern times.
Wudang Internal Kung Fu not only has the functions of body-strengthening and self-defense but also can preserve one's inner energy, increase vitality, aid in longevity, promote self-healing, and give one a deep inner peace and tranquility.