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Wudang Mountains
Sign in to saveAlso known as Vo Dang, Wudangshan, Wangdangshan, Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains, Võ Đang, Wudang Mountain, Wudang Shan, Wudan
mountain range in Hubei Province of People's Republic of China
Key facts
- Elevation
- 1,612 m (5,289 ft)
- Location
- Hubei , China
- Official name
- Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
- Criteria
- Cultural: i, ii, vi
- Inscription
- 1994 (18th Session )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Shiyan
- Area
- 400
- Elevation
- 1612
- Image
- Wudangshan 2003 10.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wudang Mountains
- described by source
- Gujin Tushu Jicheng
- native label
- 武当山
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Wudang Mountains (simplified Chinese: 武当山; traditional Chinese: 武當山; pinyin: Wǔdāng Shān) are a mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei, China. They are home to a famous complex of Taoist temples and monasteries associated with the Lord of the North, Xuantian Shangdi. The Wudang Mountains are renowned for the practice of tai chi and Taoism as the Taoist counterpart to the Shaolin Monastery, which is affiliated with Chan Buddhism. The Wudang Mountains are one of the "Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism" in China, an important destination for Taoist pilgrimages. The monasteries such as the Wudang Garden were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 because of their religious significance and architectural achievement.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wudang Mountains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.