Travel guide of Taian

>>Mount Tai
Lie in the middle part of Shandong, the north of Tai'an city, is the Eastern Mountain of the Five Mountains of our country. Regard the east as the ground that everything replaces anciently, happens in early spring, so there is reputation of " top of the Five Mountains " , " the Five Mountains are solied respect " in Mount Tai. As far back as summer, trader times, 72 kings can come to Mount Tai dukes under an emperor, book the large location, stone mark. After Qin Shihuang unifies China and offers sacrifices on Mount Tai, military emperor, only military emperor in Han Dynasty, it is the high in the Tang Dynasty for case, in case, case profound ,really case in Song Dynasty, health imitate come Mount Tai to hold bright, Qianlong ,etc. by grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to Heaven in succession too Qing Dynasty, the place of arrival, build temple statue, the stone is autographed, have left a large number of cultural relics and historic sites for Mount Tai. Famous scholars in successive dynasties, come here in succession out of admiration for the reputation too, compose more than up to 1,000 in poesy, song of extolling Mount Tai. Du Fu's " looks at the high mountain " poem: "Ascend to the top to tower all the other mountains. "Have already become and spread the eternal famous poem. At the same time are the places of Buddhism and Taoism in Mount Tai, therefore the temple, scenic spot spread all over the whole mountain. So not only there is grand and magnificent mountain lie in Mount Tai, but also there are numerous cultural relics and historic sites, it is a famous mountain of Taoism too. There are four major wonders even more on the mountaintop: Sun rising in the eastern sky , shine clouds glow of the setting sun , the Yellow River money bring , a sea of clouds jade plate, one famous the first historical relic treasure-house and excursion center of world in fact. At the end of 1987, the world protects and already lists Mount Tai in " the legacy register of the world " with the resource committee of culture naturally .

>>Mount Tai temple
Once called as " the temple of the Eastern Mountain ", also call the Thai temple, Mount Tai palace, mainly offer sacrifices to " the god of east mountain Mount Taishan ", it is the place where the ancient emperor came to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to Heaven and inform that live and hold grand ceremony while holding a memorial ceremony for. Mount Tai temple establish history to be long, historical data start record to have "Qin make farmland promptly, Chinese blow palace also " Western Han Dynasty. Tang drive, repair Song auspicious to agree with, go on extensive enlargement also 2 years (1009 years of the Christian era ) again 13 year (A.D. 725 ) far, and then opened up and repaired by the Jin, successive dynasties of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, form the large-scale most intact buildings of Mount Tai gradually. Mount Tai temple lie in Tai'an city urban north, start from old Thai city south gate in the south just, Mount Tai of the north carry South-Sky Gate at the Middle Axis Avenue. The building of Mount Tai temple, has adopted the form that China's ancient vertical-horizontal both sides expand, it was the mode of traditional palace city that followed in the total arrangement, regarded north and south as the line of axis of ordinates, divide into three axles of the east , midwest. Set up Chinese cypress institute, east throne, garden in front and at the back of the east axle; West axle have Tang Chinese scholartree institute, ring chant pavilion institute, rain spend one dish of institutes; It have it is open door, last Tianmen pivot, benevolence last door, hall at the Kuang of day, behind imperial sleeping palace, door of year thick. Subject building day Kuang Song hall lie Mount Tai to be in the temple latter half of, stand above it on the base, it is outside of centre courtyard that the other buildings are had, separate, there is inner link. This kind of building arrangement is according to needing pattern with Gong Cheng to be conceived and designed of the religion, it is distinct to take shape in the dividing area, primary and secondary is in order, solemn and simple and unsophisticated unique style, and through the change of the building space, contrast finely with in serious, solemn and deep and serene, refined Piao's mutual infiltration, an organic whole that intact. Temple towering hall with high to enter South-Sky Gate of high in the clouds respond to and cooperate with each other across a great distance , give somebody, stay beautiful sense of Mount Tai.
The temple battlement of Mount Tai is built high, 8 doors all around, it is Nankai, of it is exactly door open, tuck in left for the east by door, the and then left name faces upward on the high door; Right tuck in door for the west, right name see the gate and then; The blue and green open door of name eastwards, call Donghuamen too; The name plain scene door westwards, call the west door of China too; The name northwards looks forward on the door stupidly, call the door in thick year too. All there are gate towers on each city gate, there are Xun, tough, the universe, bank watchtower respectively in four corners of Mount Tai temple, the whole building is grand, impressive, like an emperor's imperial palace. Mount Tai temple is the most centralized place of the historical relic in Mount Tai. Here keep a feast for the eyes past dynasties emperor offer sacrifices to Mount Tai sacrificial utensil, offerings, handicraft of god, the unearthed relics of Mount Tai of China's civilized brilliance and revolutionary history relic glimmer too, have kept a large number of ancient books and records and one of Mount Taies to pass. To have 184 past dynasties stone inscription and 48 Chinese draw a portrait stone, become the third forest of Steles following Xi'an, Qufu of our country even more. Mount Tai temple is a pleasing classical garden. Qiu dragon curl ancient cypress that fasten, ginkgo that cover all the sky, exquisite exquisite potted landscape, the flowers vying with each other for glamour, have added the coquetry of ten thousand kinds of conditions and customs for the simple and unsophisticated and refined pavilion, platform, building, pavilion.Mount Tai temple, throughout the year the scenery is drawn, have attracted numerous Chinese and foreign visitors. The solemn, grand Mount Tai temple, the hall is brilliant, the collection of the historical relic. Every building here reflects the elegance of China's ancient architecture art, every historical relic has reflected the development of civilization of Mount Tai. Stroll, in world of art this, lift eyes hope, arrive, raise the hand, touch reach all national rarities, make visitor's motive force hold all without exception, make visitors sigh for. Towering Mount Tai temple, it is one that melt building, garden, carve, painting and motherland tradition on integrative ancient art museum.

Song day Kuang hall
Lie Mount Tai temple benevolence fit door, subject building of Mount Tai temple, spread for create constructing Song Dynasty. Yuan claim to fit the hall in benevolence, will call the extremely high hall tomorrow, the Republic of China starts to be called the name of today, reason Song case forge thing of " book from heaven " really since. The hall mainly offers sacrifices to the big emperor in the Eastern Mountain. Hall balcony high to build, white marble carve fence surround, cloud shape hope column rank together, the jade steps song will go back, the meteorological phenomena is solemn. Rich nine the hall, stock dark five, eight getting red large eaves column tower corridor, nine spines of layers of eaves, Meng is splendid that yellow tile flies, well-known for one of three major palatial architectures of our country.

Chinese cypress
In Chinese cypress courtyard of Mount Tai temple, there is five Chinese cypress, tree-like and peculiar, sprain and tie toweringly, like dragon curls and fastens, dark green and ancient and lush and green. " Chinese cypress insult cold" Tai'an eight scene one of, according to Chinese " prefectural state will" year, plant publish Mount Tai, for Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Qianlong the south patrol, resist, paint" Chinese cypress picture " and compose " question Chinese cypress make " a poem is carved in the stone " ".

The temple workshop of Mount Tai
Mount Tai temple workshop lie Mount Tai temple exactly in front of the open door, the Ministry of War in feudal China right assistant minister ZhaoXiangXing and provincial commander cloth policy, governor of a province of Shandong, construct descendants to establish in11 year (1672 year )of Kangxi period of Qing dynasty. The workshop is made of stone, four columns of in weight roof beam, entire body relief. The model is grand, it is meticulous to carve to workers, can be rated as the treasure of the building of stone carving of Qing Dynasty. Embrace drum stone every have round carving squat two pairs of lions, posture is different, lively from beginning to end, make visitors stop each time, enjoy oneself so much as to forget to go home.

The declares tablet of Shansong
Lie in Mount Tai temple the east of PeiTian door, tablet by name " XuanHe rebuild Thai high mountain's temple write the tablet ", Song Xuanhe standing for rebuilding Mount Tai temple in six years (1124 ). Write by bachelor of member of Imperial Academy. The tablet is 9.52 meters high, 2.1 meters wide, 0.7 meters thick, the reverse side of a stone tablet engrave " look at with reverence all ages " four big character, in Ming Dynasty the 16th year of Wanli (1588 year ) titled by Shandong wuzhenglong, written by Tiandongzheng .

Mount Tai god open Bi answer Luan picture
In Mount Tai temple day Kuang the east, the north, paint with jumbo mural painting " Mount Tai god open Bi go back Luan picture " at the west in the hall. The mural painting is 3.3 meters high, 62 meters long, spread it for the posthumous work of Song Dynasty, have described the grand occasion that the supernatural tour of inspection of Mount Tai goes back to Luan. The picture is bustling with vehicles, all living things, personages are 691, in different poses and with different expressions, vivid. The mountains and rivers, palace, trees are interspersed among them, the grand model of composition is vivid, is the precious historical and cultural legacy in our country.

Pavilion
Lie in the east of the temple back garden of Mount Tai, had another name called "the gold watchtower on either side of a palace gate " , in the 43rd year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1615 ). Carry green rosy cloud in the shrine, clear to it moves to be clever to move in conformity with the palace in Mount Tai temple in 1972 under mountain for the first time in Mount Tai originally. The pavilion is the imitative timber structure casted in bronze, the model is graceful, the foundry work is exquisite, cast artistic copper pavilio, Kunming, it of masterpiece and Summer Palace of Beijing chirp phoenix mountain copper pavilion and claim " our country three major copper pavilion " Ming Dynasty.

The stone of Mount Tai of Qin
Lie in the east throne of Mount Tai temple, it is the stone engraving of Mount Tai that hits the works initially of era. The inscription engraves for Qin Shihuang's charitable and pious deeds and the imperial edict of two generations, by prime minister Li Si's seal character. Carve stone originally carry by the teenage girl pool, and then change and move coming here in Mount Tai. Stone original text 222 word, experience various vicissitudes of life, deposit cross " official go disease official invite official " seven word intact " only now, " risk one's life then " three word incomplete Le. Can be rated as the rare treasure.

>>Offer sacrifices to Heaven in the waxen image hall
In the east of Kuang on day. Offer sacrifices on Mount Tai around emperor this China history the special culture phenomenon organization displays and designs, choose really scene that Emperor Zong offered sacrifices on Mount Tai of Song Dynasty, totally 19 waxen image personages. Whole overall arrangement regard Song ZhenZong in the middle part as the centre, launch to both sides, content divide grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to Heaven into, put on a false show of peace and prosperity two major part. Scene of offering sacrifices to Heaven is serious and mysterious, really Emperor Zong's look is dignified, have an imposing appearance. The princes of both sides stand, every retinue pious and respectful in facial expression in officer. There are the scene of putting on a false show of peace and prosperities gentle dance was grown, the military dance was born and make up with each two of Engineer Yue. Gentle dance bamboo hold flute, feather, dance lightly until Engineer Yue cooperate; The military dance grows and holds the dagger-axe, shield to fight each other. Offer sacrifices to Heaven and take Mount Tai as the background the field, use the atmosphere of the light of stage to set off by contrast, melt and display, the stage, waxen image art it in an organic whole, has increased the new beauty spot for Mount Tai temple.

>>18 circle
Until the north the strategically most located and most difficult of access one among the Mount Tai mountaineering dishes of Luis to loose mountain, there are stone more than 1600 grades of steps in all, it is one of the main signs of Mount Tai. Here "it is in mound high, pairs of passageway at the precipice" sharpen likd cliff at the mountain at the both sides, inlay it precipitous records of way, look far into the distance, is once called as the cloud door just like Tianmen scaling ladder, the name cuts into a mountain today, open up while reconstructing the winding mountain path for the last years of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. 18 circle beginning since here. It is Longmen to cut into a mountain in the north, the old workshop of Longmen, and then destroy. West rock have carved reproduction of an inscription or painting overbearing grass big character of " Longmen " By Weixiang of Daoguang period of Qing dyansty. The east of workshop location is a big dragon valley, all water belong to the gorge in rainy season, if cliffside spring rushes down .
The front is New pan mouth. Period of Wanli of Ming dynasty , participate in government and political affairs Lukun to build, cross overline bridge across ravine, and source build the new winding mountain path along dragon valley, the supernatural door of the south of direct green rosy cloud shrine, it is very convenient to ascend the person who carries Mount Tai from head to foot. The bridge and winding mountain path are destroyed in the Qianlong Year of Qing Dynasty.
New two mountains in the north rise steeply, the east is Feilong rock, the phoenix mountain range in the west, the middle is a slice sky, called Stone valley. The valley has South-Sky Gate middle and upper, under it is Shengxian workshop, is linked to each other by 18 circle. South-Sky Gate is just in the valley mouth, it is the ancient building of Mount Tai that fully utilizes geographical environment, stresses and beautifies the model of the natural environment with artificial strength, it is one of the important marks of Mount Tai. Look up in Tianmen, a way is steep definitely, like the scaling ladder to hang upside down. Cliff valley both sides there are " long whistle in Tianmen ", " one layer of precipice and empty valley " , " Tianmen scaling ladder " , " step on horizon " for all quartering.
There are three 18 circle sayings in Mount Tai. It is " slowly 18 circle" from Kai mountain to Longmen, and then to rise celestial workshop is " neither fast nor slow and 18 circle", it is " tight 18 circle" to South-Sky Gate, it is more than 1630 steps altogether. The west precipice of " tight 18 circle" has huge unsettled rock, silhouette Buddha's head side pillow, the high nose goes bald, the kindly face smiles, the name meets the guest Buddha. 18 records of rock stratum rise steeply, 70 to 80 degrees of inclinations, rise 400 meters in the distance fewer than 1 kilometer. The grandness of Mount Tai, is all in 18 circle; The magnificence of Mount Tai is in climbing to the limit!

>>Grand sight peak
Lie front of Yuhuang top,the Grand sight peak under the Pingding peak, famous one is to carve Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty " discipline Mount Tai engrave " most.
" discipline Mount Tai engraves " also lets Tang rub the precipice tablet , 13.3 meters high, 5.7 meters wide, carve preamble, inscription, volume fund amount to 1008 word, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty record event tablet that east offer sacrifices on Mount Tai. It is and then a cloud peak to the west, often cloud and mist shrouds and gains the name. Cloud have health bright emperor question " cloud peak " at the peak today, have poem, emperor of Qianlong, carve " night Mount Tai carry , act as night " under it. Inscribe and spread all over on grand sight peak and cloud peak, overlaps, more than 80 places that can admit. It is " the vast in the sky and the sun ", " breathe by universe", " staying in sky", " Danya Mountain green blue and green ",etc. big character and " Mount Tai engrave to discipline " reflect; Liurenyuan of Tang, Zhaomingcheng of Song dyansty, Xushilong of Yuan dynasty, Zhuheng of Ming dynasty, yuanyuan of Qing and ShiRunZhang, etc. past dynasties distinguished personages inscribed and came clearly into view slowly. Have tablet of Song Dynasty in southeast of peak,on have really while sealing Song by Mount Tai " whether engrave charitable and pious deeds imperial " on cases of the east originally, and then bright people Zhaitao professional storytelling in a local dialect " rock of Dexing, " on their, destroy its shovel. Leave seal character volume " publish Mount Tai thank book from heaven state 2 holy charitable and pious deeds engrave " only today. Precipice have " Mount Tai Yue Qiao" , " pitch universe ", " whether Tianzhu the east link ", " heaven is on the top only, there is no mountain and " inscribes neatly when the big character even more. There are towering pillars by a road in the southwest, carve " a fist stone " in the south, the north book is " clever and upright ", " real Mount Tai fetched the justice that the Five Mountains really appeared " for so-called hole chastity in Qing Dynasty.

>>Black dragon's pool
At the small stream and one hundred Zhangs of cliff, there is waterfall that flies to and flows and lays direct, sound is thunderous, like a thousand chi of silver. The waterfall comes down in torrents throughout the year, assault to pool under the precipice, the north of the pool is one hundred Zhangs cliff, the waterfall flows and rushes down to go to the rock directly to put the stone cave. Stone cave bump into with long-term stream, belly loud mouth little, similar to the tile jar, deep and broad several Zhangs, it is said that communicates with East China Sea in this pool, there is a dragon that makes a return journey freely, thus come the name of " the black dragon's pool ". There are one hundred Zhangs cliff in the west in the west of the pool, there are one hundred Zhangs cliff in the south in the southwest.
Every summer and autumn period, it is very cloudy and drizzly, three waterfall like jade dragon high up in the air to lower from precipice, ancient to call " cloud dragon appearance three times ". " dragon's pool cliffside waterfall " is one of Mount Tai scenic spot, watch waterfall to chant, guide produce limitless reverie life. There are stone pavilions, the west small stream pavilion of the name in southeast of black dragon's pool. Pool north is the east one hundred precipice long-lived bridge, bridge both sides have stone to be pavilion relative, the east is the cloud water pavilion, the west is the pavilion of wind and thunder. Bridge lay ravine bottom gentlely, stream purling tiny stream come on, fly to and set the unique ravine suddenly, like the Milk Way and flow backwards, the gentry brings flaggingly, has another name called the gentry spring of day. There are several parallel white lines that pass through from east to west by the precipice, the negative and positive circle of the popular name , FengYuXiang sets up the column to protect here.
Between bridge and fence is broad stone and level ground, like the mirror smoothly, visitor sit stone, listen to spring appreciate the scenery, pleasing.
There are temple site of bamboo groves originally in the north of the bridge, for the guard station of managing area of bamboo grove temple today. There are temple tomb tower forest site of bamboo groves in the Northwest. 1925, Yan state guard, make pieces of honour of banking up with earth symbol madam their an electrodeless true man, build the electrodeless temple here. The temple is made up of mountain door, main hall, side hall in a palace or temple of things and meditation abode.

>>Three river of Licheng
I.e. Jinxiu river, Jinyang river, Jinyun river, lies in the mountain area of the south of LI city of Mount Tai, commonly called as three river in the south. Three water lie tiger mountains and rivers storehouse converge, in second palace town, note jade agree with the river. Jinxiu river lies in north of three river, have another name called north River. Rise in the Tizi mountain of Xiying town, extend 36 kilometers, 221.6 sq. km. of drainage areas. Surrounded by hills in the middle part of Jinxiu river. The bluish waves here, like the mirror, the blue sky, white cloud and blue mountains and green waters contrast finely with; The full valley of the flowers and fruits, is overflowing with vigor. Autumn flood season whenever, lake water boom, go out dam carry, overflow hole, form beautiful grand waterfall, fly and flow and leave directly, evoke breaker a thousand again, is like the cigarette cloud, the sound, like the rolling mine, impressive, rated as an unsurpassed one.
Jinyang river lie in south of Zhong palace and Jinxiu river, have another name called nanchuan. Come from the Great Wall of willow port nest of mountain range pave valley, port town receive around all water remit for a river in willow, put on mountain exceed ravine, go downstream, spew out into, lie tiger mountains and rivers storehouse. Total length is 32 kilometers, 181.9 sq. km. of drainage areas.
The Wohu mountain storehouse lie in the west of Zhong palace, 110 million of capacity of reservoir, It is famous Mount Tai flat lake under Yinshan Mountains. The dam is 37 meters high, mount the spillway gate bridgehead, view in the far distance and poach Tiger Mountain and is like the ground fierce tiger, straighten one's back in the east and look. Come here before dawn , take a broad view of flat lake, still can see wonder of a sea of clouds sometimes: Billowing cloud and mist, one block is vast, the bank cottage forest are hit-and-miss, cloud group incessantly attack lake surface like great wave like wadding, wheel and rise and fall, as if entering the fairyland.
Jinyun river lie in the south of three river, have another name called Jinyin river. Come from the Gaoer township of Licheng urban are of the north of Great Wall mountain range, converge enter to tiger mountains and rivers storehouse to Zhong palace town and Jinyang river. Total length is 16 kilometers, 55.2 sq. km. of drainage areas. Dragon hole mountain lie in the Northeast of Panlong village of Gnaggou town of Licheng urban of Jinxiu river, have another name called Donglong Cave. According the legend Xiayu get up the mountain sting dragon harness the river, so have another name called Yudeng mountain. All peak of mountain is high and strange, endanger rock stand like a wall. The front have Phoenix's platforms, old monarch's precipice ring are joined like the door; Have beautiful peak, three beautiful peak towering ring tabulate alone, ravine deep and secluded valley dark, the clear spring and one pile of waterfalls. Beautiful peak have silk screen rock alone, high and steep precipice rise steeply, ancient pine hang down, the grass and trees grow prosperity; Every to midspring, mountain flower magnificent, name " spring dawn such as silk screen ". Institute southwest vulture perch precipice carry, have stable political situation, build seven pay a debt of gratitude tower six year (1116 year ) Northern Song Dynasty, the shape like the Great Wild Goose Pagoda of Xi'an. There are dragon holes at the west peak cliff of the east of the rock of the silk screen, are lime karst and rock and cave. Unless the high in entrance to a cave for 2.7 meters, the 1.3 meter wide, by engrave unite : "Vital full of trees gushes, the supernatural work is connected and mixed boundlessly and indistinctly. " inscribe " dragon hole smokes the wind " have health to be bright,. The hole is original more than 1300 meters long, the back midsection collapses. Open like the palace high in the hole, the spiral shell is very up to 30 meters, stone gap is bottomless; Spacious place can hold a thousand people, narrow place can't walk abreast. The different poses and with different expressions in stalactite, it have " whether burn grape trellis " , " bridge at the celestial being ", " whether pig last sea to river ", " waterfall at the curtain at the water " and " pool at the ginger " , " pool at the lotus root ",etc. natural landscape, the model is graceful, physique is lifelike. " jade dragon soar " model at high 20 cave wall, tap flagging, gush out pearl spit the jade, have another name called " drip imperially ". Hole extend place name " sparrow hawk stand up " downwards, visitor can both hands climb stone change conduct only. By there is Xi, crawl because it last after more than 40 meters of conduct, meander circuitous of 200 meters still, the scenery is changeable, too plenty for the eye to take it all in.

>>Efficacious rock mountain
The highest peak pares precipitously, it is flat like the whetstone that have, look far into the distance as the ancient chop, up right and foursquare, also called the jade and agreed with the mountain , mesa.
Hang the star rock lie in the rock mountain north precipice highest point of fairy, is commonly called as the charitable and pious deeds to carry. It have stone shrine, Tang period of Zhengguan cut, the name proved the shrine of charitable and pious deeds. Level oval in shape, carve Sakyamuni seated statue inside, 5 meters high, the figure is full and round, thick and strong and refined. Former by offer sacrifices to by four waiter Bodhisattva, last two today. It is inscribed that on the wall in many Tang and Song Dynasty. In Jiajing Year of Ming Dynasty, expand and offer the hall outside the cave, the wall scribbles red, commonly called as the red door. The mountain color here is won farsightedly definitely, such as entering the sky among the clouds circle.
The west of the rock is Fori rock, two peak insert foot-path such as impregnable door, commonly called as light Tianmen. The west is Jicui rock of the door; the north have Yinhu rock, there are Chaohe rock of southwest of the door.
There are cloud in the east of Chaohe rock, the south have Guanyin hole, three doors communicate, there is stone Buddha inside. The southeast hillfoot much Song people inscribe. It is Xiangfei rock, is vulgar to call the mountain of ball made of strips of silk for the west to have. White cloud hole lie in southeast of hang star rock transfer the east of mountain to, go down south from red door, cross, transfer to east of mountain and roll over and go to. Hole wide on the sunny side, dark to examine while being dark, question volume, emperor of Qianlong, compose verses 4. It is small stone factory, the southeast is extremely precipitous, there are platforms, name is Kegong bed. The east is a big stone factory, have another name called half a room of precipices, can hold several dozen people. The south of small stone factory original have Juejing pavilion, have another name called Baoling pavilion, monk of Song Renqing build, and then abolish. Build the temporary dwelling place here at the Qianlong period, and then abolish. East precipice towering to like, reject, water flow out under the precipice since, bend over conduct dress on the wall, wind its way down, question " sweet dew spring ", emperor of Qianlong,, it is called fairy rock first spring, breathe out cool world vulgarly. Chenshoukai of Jin dynasty, Durenjie of Yuan dynasty once live in hereby according to legend. The ancient wood here is uneven, blue and green wingceltis is like dragon, called a thousand years wingceltis.
Lie in southeast of white cloud and hole on a gleam of day, have another name called small Tianmen, east Tianmen. If precipice sharpen, gorge coherent Line one, let single to walk only. in order to open up the peak efficaciously, the mountain lie is lofty and steep in the north. And there are stone end peaks in the north. There are rock and spring of China in the east, the old rock temple of China, has abolished for a long time. Efficacious rock valley have stone workshop in the mouth, question volume "clever rock scenic spot " , emperor of Qianlong. The east heavy horizontal ditch, stone gorge count, roll over, ravine precipice stand like a wall. Set up the bridge across the ditch, revitalize the bridge high, is also called the open fairy bridge in name, breathe out the large stone bridge vulgarly. Bridge west road the north have Song grand sight beginner Guosi, write articles, their son Guoshengqing book " rebuild high to revitalize the record of events inscribed on a tablet of the bridge ". The ridges and peaks are like dragons and jump the tiger and crouch around the bridge, and for example the lion lies and bends over alikly, extremely majestic. Pass the bridge and look up at the south mountain, the stone tooth is jagged, for instance, the floor is like the pavilion in the mountain lie, there is a round hole on mountain peak and cliff, big like the wheel, the north and south communicates, if Spiegel, Der is hung high, like the white moon in the sky, the bright hole and mountain of name. Saying, legal Buddhist monk reopen fairy rock at the mountain, lead the way from blue and green snake, two tiger carry on the back, come here Northern Wei Dynasty, look up mountain such as Liancheng, steep to can't climb, face the wall and meditate 27 days, make Bodhisattva moved after all, makes the Sun god penetrate and wear the rock, illumination is several li, follow the light to enter legally, go to the temple location directly. It is the low horizontal ditch to go along the east of the valley, build the bridge, the bright empty bridge of the name across the ditch, breathe out the small stone bridge vulgarly. There are 5 of ancient cypress on the bridgehead cliff, with luxuriant foliage and spreading branches, the trees whose branches interlock or join together are like the door, the name, to the loose door. There is yellow Mao Gang the east of the bridge, on the hillock the haphazard stone like one herd of sheep, or run with one's chin up, or bow and gnaw grasses, or lie and enclose break. Have septarian boulder is colored hillock gneiss, interlock, cut by two group different section reason of direction by the road. Before the septarian boulder is meet officer's pavilion. Put Su Shi " yellow Mao GangShi " tablet originally in the pavilion, move backward in Lingyan Monastery. The east is the new stone bridge, Berlin is luxuriant, dark green on the way, commonly called as " 5 kilometers pine ". And the east parking area, neutrality to according to examine, make people document to receive book " loud Lingyan Monastery " tablet Xixia dynasty yuan. The north is Lingyan Monastery.

>>Four major views of Mount Tai

The sun rising in the eastern sky
Mount Tai sunrise grand deeply moving, it is one of Mount Tai that carry wonder, important sign of Mount Tai too, tear darkness of dawn with first dawn that the rising sun send out, make eastern canopy of the heavens from pitch-dark transferring grey dawn to gradually, red, until being dazzling and golden yellow, spray ten thousand rays of sunlight, the end, a fireball jumps out on the surface of water, rises to the sky, fluctuate out the colourful picture of ten million kinds in the twinkling of an eye, staggering. Mount Tai carries the view calendar and is yearned for by visitor, makes a lot of men of literature and writing sing heartily for it too.

The glow of the setting sun of shine clouds
When the sun shines again after the rain, the sky is high and the weather is fine, the setting sun sets, like stroll in the top of Mount Tai, look up at Western Paradise: For instance, the peak is like hill on incomplete clouds, a lot of golden lights pierce the clouds and mist, rush down in human world directly. Under shining upon in the setting sun, are inlaying one layer at the glittering bright side on the cloud peak, the glory like the rare treasures glimmers.

The Buddhism light in Mount Tai
Mount Tai Buddha Mount Tai is one of the wonders only. In blinding cloud and mist a early morning or at dusk whenever, visitor stand at higher hilltop looking at along light, may see that demonstrate the blue red colored ring of light outside in one on dimly discernible fog curtain, reflect the whole souls or head shadows inside, like the ring of light of riot of color above the head just like Buddha, gain the name " Buddha light " or " treasure light ". Buddha in Mount Tai is only a kind of mere diffraction phenomenon, its appearance is conditioned. According to record light, Buddha of Mount Tai, appear weather of the fog half fine, half in June - August mostly, and the sun is oblique while shining.

Jade one of a sea of clouds
Jade one of a sea of clouds is another wonder that Mount Tai carries. In summer, it is fine at the beginning after the rain, a large amount of vapor evaporation rises, in addition warm air come to blow control when having an elevation of 1500 meters about height high-pressure air current from sea summer, if calm, carry, can see white cloud tile ten thousand, suspend like first enormous jade dish among world in Mount Tai. The hills and mountains at a distance are all swallowed up by the cloud and mist, only several of mountain stronghold emerge in the high in the clouds; Nearby visitors step on the cloud and drive the fog, seems to come beyond the heavens. The breeze blows, the unexpected turn of that a sea of clouds floats, all peaks are hit-and-miss, like the subtle lotus-eater's island, the wind has grown up, the jade one turns a huge dragon , soar up and down, overturning rivers and seas.

>>The national Forest Park of Culai Mountain
Lie in the hinterland of Shandong, from the north to 20 kilometers of Mount Tai, match on the sisters mountain with it, call south Mount Tai too, border on 30 kilometers in Qufu in the south, borders on 20 kilometers in Dawenkou Culture origin in the west, the whole area is 16666.667 hectares, the highest peak has an elevation of 1027 meters, is one of the largest Forest Parks of Shandong. Culai Mountain is Taoism, Buddhism Holy Land, it is said the native place of " old mother in Mount Tai " is Culai Mountain, unless it has to be ancient by temple 30 a place at the site, stone inscriptio , stone the numerous, particularly with "it is like being the heavy if through ", it is the well-known since " whether Polo the dense to pass ", published one with Mount Tai together by the stone and valley " Diamond Sutra ". Culai Mountain is that Shandong resists against Japan in the holy land of revolution of the armed uprising , there is " resists against Japan in the armed uprising monument " that the marshal inscribed the name of the tablet forward slowly, it is the Patriotism Education Base of the whole province. Have loosed anciently, ancient cypress, ancient ginkgo, ancient Chinese wistaria for a thousand years in the national Forest Park of Culai Mountain, there are grotesque peak well-known " swing shelf " , " beautiful peak alone " , " high official's peak " ,etc.. There is the sunrise in Mount Tai, Culai Mountain has a glow of the setting sun, belongs to " eight major scenes in Tai'an.

>>The academy of Longshan
From Daiba village view in the west, meet mountain lie zigzag if dragon form of curling, that is famous Longshan. The highest peak of this mountain is 236.6 meters, mountain lie is high and beautiful, the forest of the Chinese incense cedar. Buildings of exhausting in the old "academy of Longshan " of southern foot of the mountain, large cloud temple etc.. Large cloud exhaust temple have God hall, two Buddha pavilion, three Buddha pavilion, etc. , all build by the mountain, spectacular, but how obsolete, stop leaving several cubic meters of stone inscription, carve the work exquisitely, the writing can be debated.
There are rock caves among the mountain rock on the holy well, there is one statue of Buddha of shallow relief in the cave, about 3 meters high, skill in using a kitchen knife in cookery was simple and unsophisticated, smooth, the model is vivid . Build it to a 30 years (1293 ) in yuan in the academy of Longshan, are adjacent to temple, always quite well-known, have a lot of famous scholar in speaker this, a lot of become famous scholar study in hereby in history, all parts of roach's reputation. But academy building has destroy, only deposit the remains. Longshan is beautiful, on good day of spring and autumn, the mountaineering peak is viewed in the south, Qinghe is like practising, Wen's water is like the belt, wears the dam like the dragon, the tower shadow of Wen city, can be seen indistinctly. Make people completely relaxed and happy, enjoy oneself so much as to forget to go home.