Asia: Rocky villages ГОРА ХУАШАНЬ / Mount Huashan

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Хуашань — одна из пяти Священных Гор даосизма в Китае, находится в провинции Шэньси недалеко от уездного города Хуаинь. Гора знаменита изысканными живописными скалами и сложным опасным подъёмом на вершину. Горная тропинка соединяет много вершин до самой высокой 2100 м, это уникальный горный маршрут. По дороге находятся многочисленные даосские монастыри, пагоды, храмы, ворота и мостики. На старой китайской карте мира, в котором страна представлялась в форме квадрата, гора Хуашань занимала место в западном углу.

 

 

Hua Shan is located in the Shaanxi Province, about 100 kilometres east of the city of Xi'an, near the city Huayin in China. The mountain is one of China's Five Sacred Daoist Mountains, and has a long history of religious significance. The mountain has five main peaks, of which the tallest is the South Peak at 2160 m. As early as the second century BCE, there was a Daoist temple known as the Shrine of the Western Peak located at its base. Daoists believed that in the mountain lives a god of the underworld. The temple at the foot of the mountain was often used for spirits mediums to contact the god and his underlings. Unlike Taishan, which became a popular place of pilgrimage, Huashan only received local pilgrms, and was not well known in much of the rest of China. Huashan was also an important place for immortality seekers, as powerful drugs were reputed to be found there. Kou Qianzhi (365-448), the founder of the Northern Celestial Masters received revelations there, as did Chen Tuan (920-989), who lived on the mountain prior to receiving immortality. In the 1230s, all the temples on the mountain came under control of the Daoist Quanzhen School. In 1998, the management committee of Huashan agreed to turn over most of the mountain's temples to the China Daoist Association. This was done to help protect the environment, as the presence of monks and nuns deters poachers and loggers.

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