Taishan is well known for its majesty in vigor, grandness in structure, soaring in shy and rooting in terra, broad foundation, steady and massiness. The typical character of natural scenery of Mt.
Taishan is splendid, graceful, and spacious. Mount Taishan is a typical symbol of China. As one of the "Five Sacred Mountains", it is associated with sunrise, birth, and renewal, and is often regarded the foremost of the five.
Tai has been a place of worship for at least 3, years and served as the foremost ceremonial center for eastern China during large portions of this period. There is a legend about Mt.
It is said that Pangu is the ancestor of Chinese people. When he created the world, his head turned into Mount Tai, his belly turned into the Central Mountain, his left arm turned into the South Mountain, his right arm turned into the North Mountain and his feet turned into the West Mountain.
Thus, Mt. Taishan is a tilted fault-block mountain with height increasing from the north to the south. It is the oldest example of a paleo-metamorphic formation from the Cambrian Period in eastern China.
Known as the Taishan Complex, this formation contains magnetized, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock as well as intrusions of other origins during the Archean Era. The uplift of the region started in the Proterozoic Era; by the end of the Proterozoic, it had become part of the continent.
The word "Tai" in Chinese means stability and peace. Highlights to See in Mount Taishan As a symbol of the Chinese Spirit and the royal object of worship, Mount Tai has many spectacular scenic and historic sites, thus, it is also considered to be a cultural and historical museum. It is a famous place both of Taoism and Buddhism. There are four marvelous spectacles in Mount Tai, and they are sunrise watching on the peak, shine of sunset, Yellow River watching in sunshine and sea of cloud.
There are many attractions in Mt. Taishan area. For example, peculiar geologic structures as three grand fracture layers, Komatiite rocks and Zuixin Stone a swirl shaped allgovite rocks ; masterpieces of ancient constructions as Dai Temple, Nantian Gate, Bi Xia temple; precious stone inscriptions of past dynasties as Qin dynasty stone inscriptions, inscriptions rocks of the Diamond Sutra, cliffs with inscriptions of Tang dynasty; ancient trees like pine trees of Qin Dynasty, cypress of Han Dynasty about years ago , locust tree of Tang Dynasty about years ago.
The city also has several mid-range hotels and low-priced guesthouses to cater to budget travelers. The upscale resorts provide a fantastic view of the ocean and the white sandy beaches, hence, are a popular choice of domestic and overseas tourists. The hotels provide countless amenities to ensure that the guests have a comfortable and enjoyable visit. Although not very large in size, this township is a popular beach with modern amenities.
Tourists can indulge in several exciting marine sports along the beach like jet-ski, parasailing, scuba diving, surfing, etc. Shangchuan Island is a larger version of Xiachuan Island and offers the same marine sports activities.
It has the added attraction of having a beautiful golf course. The Mei Grand Courtyard is a marvelous mansion built in the s. This 3-storied house has the typical Chinese architecture and aesthetically landscaped gardens.
The house has been used in several Hong Kong film shootings and many of the props used in the movies are still in place. On the outskirts of Taishan City is a family-favorite tourist attraction. The ruins of this earliest of great walls in Chinese history are still evident.
According to traditional doctrine, the east signifies birth and spring. Standing at the eastern edge of the North China plain, Taishan has therefore always been considered pre-eminent among China's five sacred mountains.
For more than 2, years, 12 Chinese emperors of many dynasties are said to have made pilgrimages to Taishan for sacrificial and ceremonial purposes, activities which then acquired political significance.
Intricately carved memorial inscriptions, stelae, stone tablets and temple complexes bear testimony to these visits, forming an open museum of inscriptions. The mountain is covered with archaeological and architectural sites of outstanding importance: 22 temples and 97 ruins, palaces and pavilions, arches and bridges, stairways and sculptures, stone tablets, and nearly 1, cliffside and stone inscriptions. In one valley the entire Buddhist Diamond Sutra has been carved on a rock face.
Renowned scholars, including Confucius whose home town, Qufu, is only 70 km away, also left poetry and prose in their calligraphy on the mountain. The way in which these cultural monuments are integrated with the scenery is a treasured legacy. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties A. Of these the Azure Cloud Temple near the top of the mountain has been the most influential, its influence extending over more than half of China. Architecturally, most of the temples were restored in the rococo style of the Qianlong period Taishan Temple, built at the foot of the mountain is a major palatial complex.
These, and houses on the mountain, have now been removed although commercial structures remain. Historically the mountain has been one of the most revered places of cultural pilgrimage in the country. Even during the Ming Dynasty , the Azure Cloud Temple is said to have received several hundred thousand worshippers a year. The mountain is heavily visited: between and annual visitors totalled 2.
On one holiday in 60, people visited the top of the mountain Wei, In there were 3. Crowds may be expected. However, during the past decade much money and care has been spent on improving the infrastructure and level of visitor services. There are now five visitor centres on and around the mountain and a museum of geology. There are also several hotels and hostels in the summit area.
Access is well signposted. The easiest ascent is by bus to a cable-car half way up. The old path is by foot up two long stairways west and east, one being the famous Eighteen Bends route of 1, steps from the Red Gate to the South Heaven Gate which may take 6 hours to walk. There is an annual climbing contest and festival. A large investment has recently been made in the production of nightly performances to entertain visitors.
Jinan international airport is 80 km away. During journeys between and , the geologist Baron F. Later that century Japanese scientists studied the preCambrian fossils with their evidence of palaeological conditions and life, and in the American geologists B. Willis and E.
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