What is the relationship between Quanzhen religion and Wutangmen?
Zhong Nanshan is one of the cradles of Taoism. According to legend, at present, astronomer Yin Guanwei makes grass for the building and climbs the grass building to watch the stars every day. One day, I suddenly saw Zi Qi coming from the east and Jixing going west. He had a premonition that a saint would pass through this pass, so he waited for Guan Zhong. Soon, an old man dressed in colorful clouds came riding a green cow. It turned out that Lao Tzu swam westward into Qin. Yin invited Lao Tzu to Louguan, held a ceremony to accept disciples, and asked him to give lectures and write books. Lao Tzu told Yin the 5,000-word Tao Te Ching on Gaogang in the south of the building, and then drifted away. Legend has it that today's lecture platform in Louguantai is the place where Laozi lectures.
Since Yin initiated the concept of architecture, it has been built for generations. Qin Shihuang once built a temple in Louguan South to worship Laozi and Hanwu.
The emperor said that he would build the Laozi Temple through Taipei. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, famous northern Taoist schools gathered in Louguan, built more temples and founded Louguan Taoist School. In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty recognized Laozi, the ancestor of Taoism, as a holy ancestor, and highly respected Taoism, and built a large-scale Zongsheng Palace in Zhong Nanshan. During the late Tang and Five Dynasties, Lv Zhong, then, Zhong Liquan, Lv Dongbin, Liu Haichan and other famous Taoists all lived in seclusion in Zhong Nanshan. During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Wang Zhongyang, the founder of Quanzhen Daoism, built temples in Liujiang Village and Shinan Village near Zhong Nanshan, and Zhong Nanshan became the earliest birthplace of Quanzhen Daoism. Therefore, while promoting Quanzhen religion, Qiu Chuji vigorously developed Zhong Nanshan's palace view, which made Taoism in Zhong Nanshan reach its peak. According to reports, since the early Yuan Dynasty, a large number of temples have been built around Chongyang Wanshou Palace in Zhong Nanshan, such as Chongyang Chengdao Palace, Yuxian Palace, Tongxian Wanshou Palace, Yun Guan, Jixian Hall, Taiyi Hall, Yuhua Hall and Bailu Temple. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taoism in Zhong Nanshan gradually declined. Except for the platform, most other temples were abandoned due to disrepair. After the founding of New China, the landscape of ancient buildings in Zhong Nanshan has been repaired many times, forming a building complex centered on lecture halls.
As early as 1300 years ago, during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Wulong Temple was built in Wudang Mountain to publicize Taoism. After Taoism gradually increased, Wudang Mountain became a famous Taoist mountain. Wudang Mountain Taoism worships "mysterious, naive and brave gods". It is said that Wudang Mountain is named because it is not true enough to be brave. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, most of the ancient buildings on Wudang Mountain were destroyed by soldiers. At present, most of the temples on the mountain were built in the Ming Dynasty. In the 11th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 14 13), Emperor Judy sent assistant minister Guo Jin and others to help more than 300,000 military and civilian craftsmen. It took nearly ten years to build Jingle Palace, Yingen Palace, Yu Xiu Palace, Zixiao Palace, Southern Yan Palace, Yulong Palace, Yuzhen Palace, Taihe Palace and Fuzhen Temple in Wudang Mountain. In addition, 39 bridges and 12 platforms were built, paving the stone Dojo of the whole mountain, and the whole Wudang Mountain became a "Zhenwu Dojo". In the design, the topographical features are fully utilized and the layout is ingenious. Palaces and temples are built between peaks, mountains, slopes, rocks and streams. The buildings are exquisite, unique and interrelated, and the whole building complex is suitable in density, which embodies the excellent tradition of ancient architectural art in China. The existing main buildings include Jindian, Zixiao Palace, Yuzhen Palace and Fuzhen Palace.