Taoist Culture
In 143 AD (the second year of Han'an), Zhang Ling, the founder of Taoism, came to Chicheng Yashe in Qingcheng Mountain and created the "Five Pecks of Rice Road" using the "Learning of Huang Lao" from the pre-Qin Dynasty. That is, Tianshi Taoism, Zhang Ling "emerged" in the mountains, and Qingcheng Mountain was marked in history as the birthplace of Taoism and the ancestral mountain and ancestral court of Tianshi Taoism. When the development of Taoism in China entered its heyday, there were more than 40 Taoist temples in the mountains, which evolved into seven sects. In the late 9th century, Taoist scholar Du Guangting conducted in-depth research on the Taoism of various schools, integrated each school, and became a great master.
There are currently 11 Taoist temples in Qingcheng Mountain. When the development of Taoism in China entered its peak period, there were more than 40 Taoist temples in the mountains. The Qingcheng Mountain Palace and View Building Complex began in the Jin Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. It is natural, ancient and long-standing, with Chinese Taoist cultural style and Western Sichuan folk customs. The Qingcheng Mountain palace complex is well preserved and rare.
In the history of civilization development over the past 1,800 years, Qingcheng Mountain has preserved a large number of extremely rich historical and cultural heritage. The large number of precious cultural relics and historical monuments in the mountains are quite unique and are of high value for the study of my country's Taoist culture and ancient stone carving art. They are the unique wealth of mankind and a precious heritage of the world.
After 1950, Taoist music developed in various Taoist temples; folk Taoist altars basically disappeared, but there are still some Taoist priests operating in rural areas. In 1979, the Qingcheng Mountain Taoist Association resumed its activities and held them grandly every year in Qingcheng Mountain.
Taoism - a religion native to China
Taoism is a religion developed on the basis of the religious beliefs of ancient Chinese society and has the characteristics of national thoughts and beliefs. On the one hand, its belief roots come from the primitive religious consciousness of ancient Chinese society, or early humans' illusory reflection of natural phenomena, the belief that all things have animism and the immortal soul; on the other hand, it comes from the totem worship and ancestor worship of our ancestors. ; followed by the sacrifices to ghosts and gods in myths and legends. Since its founding more than 1,800 years ago, Chinese Taoism has continued to have a continuous lineage, with sects multiplying and becoming China's state religion. Qingcheng Mountain has also become the ancestral home and holy land of Taoism. Since the spread of Taoism to the west during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Taoism's influence has spread throughout Southeast Asia. Today, the main source of Chinese Taoist teachings and teachings comes from Laozi's "Tao Te Ching". Lao Tzu's theory of "Tao" has long become the common spiritual wealth of all mankind.
The birthplace of Chinese Taoism-Qingcheng Mountain
Qingcheng Mountain is the birthplace of Chinese Taoism. In 143 AD, Zhang Ling, the founder of Taoism, came to Chicheng Yashe in Qingcheng Mountain and used the "Learning of Huang Lao" in the pre-Qin Dynasty to create the "Five Pecks of Rice Way", which is the Tao of Tianshi. Zhang Ling "conquered" the mountain, and Qingcheng Mountain became the birthplace of Taoism and the Tao of Tianshi. The names of ancestral mountain and ancestral court are in the annals of history.
During the Han and Jin Dynasties, Taoism gradually prospered. Fan Changsheng, the prime minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, moved to Qingcheng Mountain and later helped Li Xiong establish the Han Dynasty. The middle of Shu was stable and prosperous for a while, and Tianshi Tao became the spiritual pillar of the Han regime and the Shu people. .
During the Tang Dynasty, Taoism was practiced, and Taoism in China entered a prosperous period, especially in Qingcheng Mountain. Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty granted Mount Qingcheng the title of Duke Xiyi, personally offered sacrifices to it, and ordered Mount Qingcheng to build a Lingbao Taoist temple to hold a large ritual ceremony, with 2,400 altar seats (Taoist priests set up altars to perform rituals). At this point, the development of Taoism in China entered its heyday. There were more than 40 Taoist temples in the mountains and they evolved into seven sects. In the late 9th century, Taoist scholar Du Guangting conducted in-depth research on the Taoism of various schools, integrated each school, and became a great master. He has lived in Qingcheng for nearly 30 years and has written about 30 books and more than 250 volumes. He is a master of Taoist theory. His influence has spread all over China's famous Taoist mountains and Southeast Asian countries, and he has become one of the "Taoist leaders".
During the Five Dynasties, Taoist music entered the court. The guqin music "Flowing Water" passed down by Qingcheng Taoist Zhang Kongshan was recorded on a gold-plated record by the United States in 1977 and was taken into space by the "Voyager 2" spacecraft. The vast universe is looking for human soulmates.
Today, Qingcheng Mountain is still the main place to promote Chinese Taoist culture. In 1995, the China Taoist Association held the second ordination ceremony of the Quanzhen Sect in Qingcheng Mountain. Famous Taoist abbots from all over the country participated in the ordination ceremony. Fu Yuantian, the abbot of Qingcheng Mountain and president of the China Taoist Association, was elected as "the 23rd generation Fu Yuantian Barrister of the Quanzhen Lvtan Tianxian Authentic Sect".
Zhang Ling---Founder of Qingcheng Mountain Taoism
Zhang Ling was born in a family in Jiangsu that believed in the Yellow Emperor and Laozi. In the tenth year of Yongping in 98 AD, Zhang Ling and his disciples went to Yunjin Mountain together, and passed on the Yellow Emperor's Jiuding Dan method. They practiced Waidan Huangbaishu in Yunjin Mountain, and it took three years to refine the Taiqing Shendan, and then the Jiuding Shendan. It is called "Dragon and Tiger Taidan". It is said that after the Dragon and Tiger Taidan was refined, the mountain showed the auspicious response of the dragon and tiger shape, so Yunjin Mountain was changed to Longhu Mountain. In 126 AD, Zhang Ling, who had a childish face and a white head, led several disciples. Entered Shu to prepare for the establishment of a religion. Before and after the founding of the religion, he successively wrote and completed twenty-four Taoist books including the "Yellow Book" and "The Book of Taoism". He also used Fu Shui to treat diseases and develop followers.
One evening when Zhang Linggang moved to Tianshi Cave in Qingcheng Mountain, he fought with the eight ghostly and handsome witchcraft societies in Qingcheng Mountain. He wore a yellow Taoist robe, a sword, and held a seal and amulet. He was later called the Tianshi Sword, Tianshi Seal, and Tianshi Talisman, and became the most important direct inheritance token of Tianshi Taoism. After the eight ghost commanders and six demon kings of the witchcraft in the Qingcheng Mountain area failed to fight, they were transformed and assimilated by Tianshi Tao. Today's "Demon Subduing Stone", "Pen Throwing Tank", "Heart Washing Pond", etc. on Qingcheng Mountain are after the fighting at that time. legend. After Zhang Ling established a foothold in Qingcheng Mountain, he established the Celestial Master's Five Pecks of Rice religious community organization. Later, Zhang Ling was inspired by the legend of the Three Islands of Buzhou in the Western Han Dynasty and conceived of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed lands of Taoism. The so-called caves and blessed lands are scattered all over China's legendary Taoist mountains. He also formulated court rituals and yellow Taoist uniforms for sacrifices for Tianshi Taoism, and personally drafted the system of teaching seal scripts and Taoist precepts, etc. As a result, Zhang Ling's Taoism of the Five Pecks of Rice by the Heavenly Master has continued to have a continuous influence since the founding of the religion, influencing Southeast Asia and some Western countries, and became Taoism, a traditional Chinese religion.
Martial Arts
The Tang and Song Dynasties were the heyday of alchemy in Qingcheng Mountain. "Ten Kingdoms Spring and Autumn" records: "Shen Tianshi, a descendant of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, also known as Xun, practiced Taoism in Qingcheng Mountain, and wrote several volumes of "Yishen Lun" and one volume of "Keys to Convincing Qi." In recent times, many Taoist inner elixir masters have achieved great success. Master came to live in Qingcheng Mountain to practice Qigong and maintain health. Huanxi Taoist Li Jie also came to Qingcheng Mountain many times to practice inner alchemy.
Health care
Health care culture is one of the essences of traditional Chinese culture. The ancient Chinese book "Shang Shu." "Hong Fan" lists "longevity" as "the first of the five blessings". Taoism inherited this tradition and became a religion that loves life and pursues immortality.
Taoist health science focuses first on recuperating the mind, emphasizing a sound personality and psychological cultivation, and advocating spiritual civilization and moral self-discipline.
After 1950, Taoist music developed in various Taoist temples, and the folk Taoist altars basically disappeared, but there are still individual Taoist priests operating in rural areas. In 1979, the Qingcheng Mountain Taoist Association resumed its activities and holds activities in Qingcheng Mountain every year.
Qingcheng Stele Inscriptions
In the past 1,800 years of civilization development, Qingcheng Mountain has preserved a large number of extremely rich historical and cultural heritage. The large number of precious cultural relics and historical monuments in the mountains are quite distinctive and are of high value for the study of my country's Taoist culture and ancient stone carving art. They are the unique wealth of mankind and a precious heritage of the world.
Statues of the Three Emperors
It is dated to the 7th century AD and is located in the Chang Taoist Temple in Qingcheng Mountain. In the Hall of Three Emperors, the stone statues of Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan are 90 centimeters high, with an inscription on the back: "Made in the 10th year of the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty". It has certain value for the study of my country's Taoist culture and ancient stone carving art.
Tang Monument
A key cultural relic protection unit in Sichuan Province. Located in the Three Emperors Hall next to Tianshi Cave in the Qingcheng Mountain Scenic Area, it is called the "Book Stele of Emperor Kaiyuan Shenwu of the Tang Dynasty". 1.4 meters high, 70 centimeters wide, 10 centimeters thick, running script. The inscription on the stele is an edict issued by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in 724, the twelfth year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, to resolve disputes between Buddhism and Taoism in Qingcheng Mountain. It is called the "Edict Stele of Emperor Shenwu of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty". It is a national second-level protected calligraphy art treasure of the Tang Dynasty. The word diameter is 2-7 cm. There are two branches: Tang carving and imitation carving. Qingcheng Mountain has become a Taoist resort since Zhang Lingjiemao preached in the Han Dynasty. When it was in its prime, there were two out of seventy temples. During the Tang Dynasty, when Wu Zetian "worshiped Buddhism and suppressed Taoism," his father-in-law Fengbei flew to the temple. The monks took a fancy to this precious land, went up the mountain to drive away the Taoists, and occupied the palace.
After Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, came to the throne, Taoism and Buddhism were worshiped together. The Taoist priests who were driven down the mountain filed a complaint with the court, accusing the temple monks of encroaching on the Taoist temples in Qingcheng Mountain. On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month in the Kaiyuan year of the Tang Dynasty (724), Li Longji wrote an imperial edict, ordering "the temple will be restored to Taoism, and the temple will be based on the old temple outside the mountain, so that Taoism and Buddhism can be distinguished." He also sent the imperial officer Mao Huaijing and the Taoist priest Wang Xianqing to Shu with imperial edicts. On the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan (725), together with the judge Xuan Yilang sent by Zhang Jingzhong, the governor of Yizhou, Yang Jun Wang Shou, who joined the army in Pengzhou Sicang, they rushed to Qingcheng Mountain to read the edict. After it was properly dealt with according to the imperial edict, Gan Yirong, the master of Changdao Temple, wrote it and Wu Guangkui carved it on stone. ?
The stone statue of Zhang Tianshi
Dated to the 6th century AD, it was carved in the Chang Taoist Temple in Qingcheng Mountain during the Daye Period of the Sui Dynasty. It is a historical witness for the study of Taoist culture.
The Fifth Famous Mountain Stone Carving
It is dated to the 20th century AD and is located in the Chang Taoist Temple in Qingcheng Mountain. Inscribed in 1925, it is 10.1 meters wide and 2 meters high. The characters are 2 meters high and 1.4 meters wide. The engraving is 10 centimeters deep.