The origin of the name Mount Tai
Mount Tai is located in the central part of Shandong Province. Mount Tai extends from the east bank of Dongping Lake to the northeast to the south of Zibo City and connects with Mount Lu. Its main peaks are all in Tai'an, and the surrounding low mountains and hills extend to Licheng, Changqing, Feicheng, Jinan and other places, with continuous undulations. It reaches more than 200 kilometers and has a total area of 426 square kilometers. People usually refer to the main peak of Mount Tai in Tai'an and its adjacent mountains as "Mount Tai", while Mount Tai and its peripheral low hills are collectively referred to as "Mountain Tai Mountain", which is an important part of the mountains in central Shandong. According to the classification of geological structures, Mount Tai is a "fault block mountain", which was formed by the rise of crustal faults in the Mesozoic Era. Starting from Tiantianmen in the south of Hongmen Palace, Mount Tai rises from the ground. It is only 5,000 meters away in the horizontal direction and reaches more than 1,300 meters vertically. Three obvious steps are formed, one at Tiantianmen and the other at Tiantianmen. Zhongtianmen, and the other one is at Nantianmen. Mount Tai is one of the standard areas where ancient metamorphic rock series are exposed in my country. Its ancient rock system includes the mixed metasedimentary rock layers of the Taishan Group, as well as various types of granitoids, basic intrusive rock bodies and dykes, etc., which are collectively called the "Taishan Complex". The Taishan Complex is an ancient Archean rock. According to isotope measurements, the age of the Taishan Group is over 2.5 billion years old, and the age of the rock masses in the complex is also between 2.2 billion and 1.7 billion years old.
The main peak of Mount Tai is 1,545 meters above sea level. Named "Yuhuangding", also known as "Tianzhu Peak", its relative height is 1391 meters, which is the highest mountain at the mainland entrance of the eastern coastal area of my country. Its mountains are steep and tall, and it is known as "Mount Tai is the most powerful mountain in the world". Mount Tai has five major tourist areas: "beautiful, secluded, wonderful, mysterious and open", namely the "beautiful area" at the foot of the mountain, the "wonderful area" at the top of the mountain, the "secluded area" on the east road to the mountain, the "open area" on the west road, and Distributed in the "Ao District" behind the mountain.
Dai Temple is located at the foot of Mount Tai. It is the main temple of Mount Tai. It was founded a long time ago. There are records of "Tai immediately built the temple" and "Han also built the palace". It has been expanded and renovated in the past dynasties, forming a large-scale ancient building complex. In terms of scale design, Dai Temple was built after the ancient imperial palace, majestic, solemn, and resplendent. Tianguan Hall is the main building of Dai Temple. It, together with the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Dacheng Hall in the Confucius Temple in Qufu, are known as the three major palace-style buildings in my country. 72 emperors in the past dynasties of our country have held grand ceremonies here to crown the "God of Dongyue and Mount Tai". There is still a huge mural in the hall called "The Picture of Mount Tai God Enlightenment and Return to Luan". It vividly depicts the scene of Emperor Dongyue's tour and return to Luan. The scene is huge and the figures are lifelike. It is a rare art treasure. Dai Temple has a forest of ancient steles and calligraphy relics, the most precious of which is Qin Li Si's Xiaozhuan "Taishan Carving Call". It is an edict issued by Qin II in 209 BC, of which only 10 characters remain.