Hello, tourists. I'm your tour guide of Wudang Mountain. You can call meXiao Zhu. Here, on behalf of our travel agency, I would like to extend mywarmest welcome to you all. Next to this is our driver master --- Master Li.Master Li has ten years of driving experience and skillful driving skills, soyou can rest assured to ride. In the next journey, we will try our best to bringyou the best service. I hope you can have a good time on this day.
Wudang Mountain, also known as Taihe mountain, is located in Shiyan City,Hubei Province. It is a famous Taoist Holy Land and the birthplace of Wudangboxing. There are many peaks, the main peak is Tianzhu peak, and the surrounding72 peaks face each other, forming a lotus shaped mountain system and a spectacleof "72 peaks facing the top", which is rare in other famous mountains inChina.
There is a saying that "the world's famous mountains are occupied byBuddhas", but in Wudang Mountain, Taoism dominates the world. Wudang Mountaingets its name from "it can't be regarded without real martial arts". Zhenwu isthe great emperor of Zhenwu. He practiced here.
Wudang Taoist temple was built in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty andreached its peak in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. In the second year after heascended the throne, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, began to buildlarge-scale buildings in Wudang Mountain. In the past 12 years, 300000 militaryand civilian craftsmen were mobilized to build a large-scale building complex.During the Ming Dynasty, Wudang Mountain was regarded as a royal Taoist temple,and its political status was supreme. These buildings are still well preserved.In 1994, they were listed in the world cultural heritage and became thetreasures of the world.
Having said so much, I think you can't wait. Now that we are at the foot ofWudang Mountain, please take your belongings and get out of the car to start ourpilgrimage.
You see, there is the legendary Prince slope. It is said that the crownprince of jingle state went to Wudang Mountain to practice at the age of 15. Hefirst lived on this mountain, so "taizipo" got its name. After a period ofpractice there, the prince could not bear the hardships and wanted to return tothe secular life. When walking through the well of grinding needles, ziyuanjunturned into an old woman. After being enlightened by the matter of grinding ironand pestle, she came back here to practice at ease, so it was also named"restoration". Prince slope also has a "teardrop pool". It is said that when theprince was practicing in Wudang Mountain, his mother shansheng came to ask theprince to go back. The prince refused, and the queen couldn't catch up with him.She was so sad that she burst into tears.
Now the main hall in front of us is Zixiao palace. Zixiao palace is themost complete palace of Ming Dynasty in Wudang Mountain. Looking along thecentral axis, the buildings on both sides are symmetrical, with exquisitelayout, carved beams and painted buildings. "Zixiao" symbolizes theconstellation of crape myrtle in the sky and occupies the central position asthe emperor. It gathered the aura of all things in the world, and Emperor Yonglenamed it "Zixiao blessed land". It means that it is a fairyland in the world andan ideal place for Taoism to pursue the unity of heaven and man. I believe youwill have a better life and a better fortune after you come here. I feel that itis a worthwhile trip.
Well, now we have come to Nanyan. Nanyan stone hall is the largest stonehall in Wudang Mountain. Notice that the walls here are inlaid with 500 gods.Taoism is called "500 Lingguan". It is said that after the prince entered Wudangfor cultivation, the king sent 500 elite soldiers to Wudang Mountain to find theprince because he missed him. The prince is determined to cultivate Taoism andbecome an immortal, and he will never go back. When the ministers were kneelingdown to beg the prince to return to the palace, they suddenly felt stiff andmotionless. Only their mouths could speak. Everyone said in unison: I would liketo learn from the prince and never go back to the palace. After that, the princeascended to heaven and became emperor. Five hundred soldiers also completedtheir cultivation and became five hundred spirit officials who guarded emperorZhenwu.
Down along the west side of Nanyan, we can see that there is a protrudingpeak here, which has a wonderful scenery. There are "feisheng rock" and"dressing table" on the mountain, and a stone is stretched out in front of thetable, which is called "heart testing stone". It is said that after 42 years ofcultivation in Wudang, the prince finally gained the Tao. Before ascending toheaven, one day the prince came to the dressing table and suddenly saw abeautiful woman in cicada clothes. The beauty tried every means to dress for theprince. The prince refused. She thought that the woman was changed by a demon,so she drew out her sword and tried to kill her. The beauty was humiliated andcommitted suicide by jumping off a cliff. Seeing this, the prince panicked andregretted, determined to pay for the beauty's life. Then she went to the stonewhere the beauty jumped off the cliff, which is what we call "heart testingstone" on this day, and jumped down without hesitation. But at this time, hefelt that his body was not falling rapidly. Instead, it was like a ribbon. Herose up in the air. Five dragons lifted him up to heaven. Later generationscalled this rock "feisheng rock". At this point, the prince with complete meritsbecame emperor Zhenwu.
There is a lot to say about the origin of the statue of Zhenwu. It is saidthat after Zhu Di ascended the throne, the aristocrats were not satisfied, butthey did not dare to make it clear. When Zhu Di learned that everyone believedin Taoism, he decided to build a large-scale construction project in WudangMountain and told painters all over the country to paint the statue of Zhenwu,the main god of Wudang Mountain. 71 painters were killed because they could notsatisfy Cheng Zu. The 72nd is a surname Ji
I'm a great painter. He didn't plan to come back before he went to Beijing.He has arranged everything for him. When the eunuch introduced him, Zhu Di wasbathing. When he heard that the painter had arrived, he put on his bathrobe andcame out to meet him. When the painter kowtowed to the emperor, Zhu Di said,"please look up.". And knowingly nodded to the painter. The clever painterpresented the portrait to the emperor the next morning. Zhu Di laughed and gaveit to the craftsman for casting. The painter was also awarded the title ofpalace painter and got a high official position. Originally, this portrait isthe heroic posture of Emperor Zhu Di with his hair and bare feet when thepainter worships. Therefore, Wudang Mountain has left the saying that "the trueGod and martial arts, the image of the ancestor".
When you come to Wudang, you have to mention the martial arts of Wudang.Wudang martial arts is an important school of Chinese martial arts, which ischaracterized by static control, soft outside and firm inside. It is known as"Shaolin in the north, Wudang in the South". Many people are not aware of WudangMountain, but know Wudang boxing. It is said that the founder of Wudang boxingis Zhang Sanfeng, a famous Taoist in the Ming Dynasty. I think friends who likemartial arts may know something about this through novels. It is said that whenhe was practicing there, he saw the scene of the fight between the crane and thesnake, and was inspired to understand the thirteen forms of Tai Chi. He was alsorespected as the founder of Wudang school. Taijiquan, founded by him, aims atkeeping fit and prolonging life. It is widely understood by people and is anextremely precious cultural heritage of all mankind.
If you are interested in Wudang martial arts, you can also go to see themovie code of Wudang, which was released in July this year and starred by ZhaoWenzhuo and Yang Mi. It is an action movie about Wudang's winning treasure. Mostof the scenes are taken from Wudang Mountain. All kinds of wonderful scenes inthe movie are right in front of you. Of course, I didn't see the seven treasuresof Wudang mentioned in the movie, Xiao Zhu. Now let's have a free tour. By theway, let's see if we can find the treasure. Remember our meeting time andplace!
The perfect time is always short, and that's the end of our journey. Thankyou for your support and cooperation in my work on this day. If I have anyshortcomings in my work, please criticize and correct me! I am very happy tomeet you this time, and I hope to have the opportunity to get together with youagain. Finally, I wish you all good luck, good luck every year, thank you!