Longhushan Mountain

Longhushan Mountain	Longhushan Mountain

For many centuries Longhushan was the very center of ritual Daoism of Zhengyi Dao, the Dao of Orthodox Unity, which includes thousands of schools of Daoism. On one of the pictures we can see the remaining walls of the Zhengyi temple, Zhengyiguan, which will be renovated. On another one we see the cliff tombs. There is also a picture of a print of wooden blocks which shows the ancient beauty of the monastery.

Today Longhushan is almost renovated to attract tourists, but slowly real Daoism may come back to one of its historical cradles. 
Mount Dragon and Tiger is located 20 km south of the Yingtan city in JiangXi Province. It is one of the key scenic areas in china and the birthplace of Taoism. It covers an area of more than 200 square kilometers, including six major sights: Supreme Purity Palace, Mountain Dragon and Tiger, Celestial Spring Rock, Heavenly Echo Mountain, MaZu Rock and Hong Hu Lake. Mount Dragon and Tiger has always been well known as "Residence of Celestials" or "Blest Earthly Abode". The first chapter of the Chinese classic "All Men Are Brothers": "Priest Zhang prayed against the god of plague. Marshall Hong let out the demons by mistake" provides us with a most vivid description of this sacred place: "To watch it from a distance, the peaks pierce through the chaotic clouds. While from a closer footing, the mount looms up seemingly eating up the bright moon." "Hundreds of peaks compete their beauty, while thousands of streams meanders through them. The waterfalls pour down from high height while creepers hang down from every cliff. A gust of wind moans over the empty valley, when a tiger growls. And when the moon turns up halfway up the mountain, the monkeys' chattering travels miles away. What do the mountains look like? Heaps upon heaps of jades dyed into dark green, and clouds of smoke shrouded by emerald screen.