Mount Wangwu

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 (九丹經),[3] one of the earliest Chinese alchemical texts.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Wangwu (王屋山)" (in Chinese). Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Secret Pathways to Dao". 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 0-7923-4066-3. p. 397

Coordinates: 35°12′00″N 112°20′24″E / 35.20000°N 112.34000°E / 35.20000; 112.34000


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