TAOISM / SITES
The Sacred Geography
14 sites.
Sacred mountains, ancestral temples, and living monastic seats across China — the physical anchors of a tradition that reads landscape itself as scripture.
North China · 5 sites
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White Cloud TempleThe seat of China's Taoist AssociationBeijingBáiyún Guān→02
Mount TaiForemost of the Five Great MountainsShandongTài Shān→03
Mount HuaThe Western Peak of sheer granite cliffsShaanxiHuà Shān→04
Mount Heng (Beiyue)The Northern Peak, relocated by imperial decreeShanxiBěiyuè Héng Shān→05
LouguantaiWhere Laozi is said to have delivered the DaodejingShaanxiLóuguān Tái→
White Cloud TempleThe seat of China's Taoist AssociationBeijingBáiyún Guān→02Mount TaiForemost of the Five Great MountainsShandongTài Shān→03Mount HuaThe Western Peak of sheer granite cliffsShaanxiHuà Shān→04Mount Heng (Beiyue)The Northern Peak, relocated by imperial decreeShanxiBěiyuè Héng Shān→05LouguantaiWhere Laozi is said to have delivered the DaodejingShaanxiLóuguān Tái→South China · 5 sites
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Mount LonghuDragon-Tiger Mountain, seat of the Celestial MastersJiangxiLóng Hǔ Shān→02
Mount Heng (Nanyue)The Southern Peak, seat of the Lady of NanyueHunanNányuè Héng Shān→03
Xuanmiao GuanA Song-dynasty temple hall at the heart of old SuzhouJiangsuXuánmiào Guàn→04
Mount MaoAncestral seat of the Shangqing schoolJiangsuMáo Shān→05
Shanghai City God TempleThe old city's temple to its guardian godsShanghaiShànghǎi Chénghuáng Miào→
Mount LonghuDragon-Tiger Mountain, seat of the Celestial MastersJiangxiLóng Hǔ Shān→02Mount Heng (Nanyue)The Southern Peak, seat of the Lady of NanyueHunanNányuè Héng Shān→03Xuanmiao GuanA Song-dynasty temple hall at the heart of old SuzhouJiangsuXuánmiào Guàn→04Mount MaoAncestral seat of the Shangqing schoolJiangsuMáo Shān→05Shanghai City God TempleThe old city's temple to its guardian godsShanghaiShànghǎi Chénghuáng Miào→
