Why have countless people died in the burning incense burner of Wudang Mountain in the past hundred years?

Taoism takes "Tao" as the origin of the world and "Tao gives birth to one, two, three and three things" as the beginning of its birth. Taoist thought was not created by Laozi, but originated from two emperors in Taigu, namely Fuxi and Shennong.

Fuxi's view of everything created innate gossip: one-stop, two-stop, three-stop, four-shock, five-training, six ridges, seven roots and eight-kun. Later, according to the fourth divination, Zhou Wenwang created the acquired gossip, which is the Book of Changes.

The book Huai Nan Zi Yuan Tao Xun says that Emperor Taigu got the handle of Tao, stood in the center, walked with God, and appeased all sides.

Taoism originated from the Book of Changes, and a hundred schools of thought contended in the Spring and Autumn Period. Laozi followed the great wisdom of ancient sages, summed up the opportunity of Taoism, and formed a moral theory of inaction. Later, Lao Tzu rode a green cow to Hangu Pass and wrote the classic Tao Te Ching.

The birth of Tao Te Ching became the core of Taoism. After thousands of years of evolution, Taoism gradually formed from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It should be noted that Taoism and Taoism are related, but there are also differences.

Taoist practice is divided into nine avenues: first, virtue, second, yin and yang, third, dharma, fourth, celestial officials, fifth, gods, sixth, geisha, seventh, human feelings, eighth, weapons and ninth, soldiers.

Nine ways are indispensable, so Taoist figures have been masters since ancient times, whenever disaster comes. Taoist characters are born to punish evil and promote good, so the Taoist family has left many legends.

Taoism takes the Tao Te Ching as its ideological core, the Shan Hai Jing as its Taoist myth system, and respects Lao Zi as a grand old gentleman. Wudang Mountain is considered as the holy land of Taoism. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the end of the Han Dynasty, many dignitaries went to Wudang Mountain to practice valley.

In the Tang Dynasty, the royal family in Li Tang claimed to be the descendants of Lao Zi (Li Er) and regarded Taoism as the state religion. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Jian Yao, an envoy of Wudang, built Wulong Temple in Wudang Mountain, which was also the first ancestral temple built by the emperor. Wudang Mountain is therefore listed as the ninth blessed land of Taoism, and Wudang Mountain is established as Taoist orthodoxy.

The Ming Dynasty was the heyday of Taoism, and Wudang Mountain was always regarded as the "imperial palace" and its status rose to "the first fairy mountain in the world". Ming Chengzu overhauled the ancestral temple, and a stone peak stood out on the cliff of Nanyan, so the emperor asked the masons to carve two dragons and put an incense burner on the faucet.

In the era when Taoism prevailed, in order to show piety, believers had to put on a column of dragon head incense. After burning incense, they can't come back immediately, but retreat in the same posture. It is said that burning incense like this is piety.

But there were not many protective measures before. Since its establishment, countless people have fallen off cliffs and died. 1673, Kangxi banned the burning of dragon head incense and strengthened the fence, but this still did not stop people from burning dragon head incense. I don't know how many people fell off the cliff because of burning dragon head incense during that time.

With the reform and opening up, Wudang Mountain has also become a major tourist attraction, and many people are attracted by it. There are many rumors about "dragon head incense", and it is inevitable that some people will burn dragon head incense regardless of regulations. In order to protect people's lives, in addition to strengthening the fence, the position of the tap incense burner has also been changed.

The staff put a big incense burner in front of the small incense burner, so people who want to burn the dragon head incense don't have to risk their lives to climb. This change is very reasonable, on the one hand, it ensures people's safety, on the other hand, it also satisfies the believers who burn incense.

In fact, it is enough to have faith in your heart. If you risk your life to burn incense, it's really not worth losing your life.