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There are three routes leading to Huashan's North Peak (1,614 m [5,295 ft]), the lowest of the mountain's five major peaks. The most popular is the traditional route in Hua Shan Yu (Hua Shan Gorge), first developed in the 3rd to 4th centuries AD and with successive expansion, mostly during the Tang dynasty. It winds for 6 km from Huashan ...
Liu Chenxiang (Chinese: 刘沉香) is a mythical hero and demigod in the Chinese folktale The Magic Lotus Lantern. [1] [2] At the top of the Western Peak of Mount Hua, there is a historic giant stone which is a hundred feet high, called Axe-splitting Rock, that has been cut neatly into three parts.
The monks were seeking immortals who were believed to dwell in the mountains. [4] The walkway is made of wooden boards, [5] nailed together [6] and installed on a series of iron pegs driven into the sheer mountain cliff thousands of metres above the ground. [7] Some sections of the walkway are only 30 cm wide. [8] Some sections are cut into the ...
View from the south; the fence in front encloses the Hua Spring. Behind the spring lies the Huayang Palace. Hua Hill (Shandong) (simplified Chinese: 华 山; traditional Chinese: 華 山; pinyin: Huà Shān) is a solitary cone-shaped hill in the lower Yellow River valley, located at the northeastern edge of the city of Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
In ancient times mountains were places of authority and fear, ruled by dark forces and faithfully worshipped. One reason for such worship was the value of the mountains to human existence as a spring of welfare and fertility, as the birthplace of rivers, as a place where herbs and medicinal plants grew and as a source of materials to build houses and tools.
Mount Hua or Huashan is a sacred mountain in Shaanxi, China Huashan may also refer to the following locations in China: Huashan Rock Art, Guangxi; Huashan District (花山区), Ma'anshan, Anhui; Hua Hill (华不注山), in northeastern Jinan, Shandong; Shandao Temple station, secondary station name is Huashan, a station of Taipei Metro
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It is an adaptation of the legend of Yan Jian, who split the mountain to save his mother. The origins of the story of Liu Chenxiang splitting the mountain to save his mother can be traced back to the 32nd year of the Ming dynasty's Jiajing period, specifically in the Puxian opera Prince Liu Xi Chenxiang. Throughout the generations, the story of ...