Mount Qingchengshan

Cave of the Heavenly Master (Tianshi Dong)that Zhang Daoling, the legendary founder of the Taoist religion, taught in a cave in Mount Qingchengsahn. Since then it has been called the Cave of the Heavenly Master. The temple dates from the Sui period (589-618), but was rebuilt at the end of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Visitors can see a terracotta likeness of Zhang Daoling and three 90cm/3ft statues dating from 723 and representing Fuxi, Shengong and Xianyuan, three rulers said to lived in China in prehistoric times.

At the foot of Mount Qingchengshan stands the Taoist Palace of the Creation of Good Fortune (Jianfu Gong), which dates back to the Tang period (618-907). The present buildings were erected in 1888.

Built between 1860 and 1870, the Temple of the Utmost Purity (Shangqing Gong) stands majestically on the Laoxiao Ding mountain peak. It replaced a much older 3rd C building which burned down in the mid-17th C.