Mount Wangwu

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

1. ^ "Mount Wangwu (王屋山)" (in Chinese). http://www.tianyabook.com/zongjiao/cndaojiao4/036.htm. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
2. ^ "Secret Pathways to Dao". http://wenhousecrafts.com/iching/sacredsites.htm. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
3. ^ (In Chinese) The Yellow Emperor (黄帝轩辕氏)
4. ^ 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

• Images of Mount Wangwu

Coordinates: 35°12′00″N 112°20′24″E / 35.2°N 112.34°E / 35.2; 112.34