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Mount Wangwu (Chinese: 王屋山; pinyin: Wángwū Shān) is a mountain situated about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north west of Jiyuan City in China’s Henan Province.[1] Located in the Wangwushan-Yuntaishan National Park, Mount Wangwu is a famous Taoist site that includes the “Celestial Grotto of the Small Pristine Void” (小有清虚洞天), one of the Ten Grotto-heavens of Taoism.[2]
According to legend, the Yellow Emperor used an altar on top of the mountain to offer sacrifices to heaven (祭天) where he received the Book of Nine Elixirs (九丹经/九丹經）[3], one of the earliest Chinese alchemical texts.[4]
References
- ^ "Mount Wangwu (王屋山)" (in Chinese). http://www.tianyabook.com/zongjiao/cndaojiao4/036.htm. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ "Secret Pathways to Dao". http://wenhousecrafts.com/iching/sacredsites.htm. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ (In Chinese) The Yellow Emperor (黄帝轩辕氏)
- ^ Selin, Helaine (ed) (2007). Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 0792340663. p. 397
External links
Categories:- People's Republic of China stubs
- Mountains of China
- Geography of Henan
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