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Lónghŭ Shān (龙虎山, Jiāngxī)

 
 

Longhu Shan - Part 1

 
 
Mount Longhu (Chinese:龙虎山; pinyin: Lónghŭ Shān; literally "Dragon Tiger Mountain"), is located in Jiangxi, China. It is famous for being one of the birthplaces of Taoism, with many Taoist temples built upon the mountainside. It is particularly important to the Zhengyi Dao as it the Shangqing Temple and the Mansion of the Taoist Master are located here.

Two of them are the temples of Immortal City (仙岩)and Zheng Yi (正一), all founded by Zhang Daoling (张道陵), the Han Dynasty founder of the religion. There are more Taoist temples in nearby Shangqing (上清). One of the temples in Shangqing is mentioned in the beginning of the famous Chinese novel "Outlaws of the Marsh" (水滸傳).

Mount Longhu also has cultural significance has a historical burial site of the Guyue people, who placed their dead in hanging coffins on the mountains cliff faces.

Mount Longhu can be reached from the nearby city of Yingtan.

Learn more about Longhu Shan...

 

Yingtan Minibus

 
 
 

Longhu Shan - Part 2

 
 
 

Longhu Shan - Part 3

 
 
 

Longhu Shan - Part 4

 
 
 

Longhu Shan - Part 5

 
 
 

Longhu Shan - Part 6

 
 
 

Longhushan (龙虎山; Lónghǔ Shān) - Raising a cliff coffin (reenactment) Part 1

 
 
 

Longhushan (龙虎山; Lónghǔ Shān) - Raising a cliff coffin (reenactment) Part 2

 
 
 

Longhushan (龙虎山; Lónghǔ Shān) - Raising a cliff coffin (reenactment) Part 3

 
 
 

Longhushan (龙虎山; Lónghǔ Shān) - Raising a cliff coffin (reenactment) Part 4

 
 
 

LonghuShan - Daoist Store

 
 
 
 

LonghuShan - Daoist Temple (Part 1)

 
 
If you want to see more video clips from this Daoist temple in Shangqing (上清) please go to the next page...