(Sacred Tablet)

Also called Taihe Mountain and Xianshi Mountain, the Wudang Mountain is located in Danjinkou City, Hubei Province. Its main peak, Tianzhou Peak, is 1612 meters above sea level. Clustering around it are numerous strikingly outstanding peaks and exotic sceneries as if "ten thousands peaks are paying their homage". Its scenic spots include 72 peaks, 36 rocky cliff, 24 streams, 3 pools, 9 wells, and 10 lakes. Wudang Mountain, well-covered with vegetation, has a rich resources of plants; 600 of the 1,800 medicinal herbs recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica" compiled by the Ming Dynasty pharmacist Li Shizhen are chosen from Wudang Mountain. Therefore the mountain is also known as a "natural herbary".

(The gate leading into Mount Wudang)

Man-made sceneries on Wudangg Mountain compliment natural ones. Legend has it that as early as the Zhou Dynasty people began to build thatched huts here to practice Buddhism. A Five-Dragon Temple was built during the Tang Zhen Guan reign (627-649) and renovations were done in later dynasties. Being a Daoist, Emperor Cheng Zu of the Ming Dynasty started building 33 hall and monasteries in 1412 (the 10th year of the Yong Le reign). The construction was finally finished in 1423 (the 21st year of the Ming Yong Le reign). The largest architectural complex includes 9 halls, 9 monasteries, 72 temples and 36 nunneries with a total floor space of 1.6 million square meters. A refined copper hall perches on a granite foundation on the main peak. A sitting stature of God Zhenwu in the hall built with rivets and tenons is an exquisite example of ancient Chinese art of copper casting.

(Golden Hall)

Wudang Mountain is the source of the Kung Fu of the internal school boxing created by Zhang Sanfeng. The Daoist music in the mountain is also a living fossil of the music of China.