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Qiyun Mountain, known as Baiyue in ancient times, is located 15 miles west of Xiuning County, Anhui Province km near Yanqian Town.
Qiyun Mountain was once listed as one of the four famous Taoist mountains in my country. As early as the Qianyuan period of the Tang Dynasty (758-760), the Taoist priest Gong Qixia traveled to Qiyun Mountain and lived in seclusion at Tianmen Rock. During the Baoqing period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1225-1227), the alchemist Yu Daoyuan built the Yousheng Zhenwu Temple in Qiyunyan. By the Ming Dynasty, Taoist activities in Qiyun Mountain were increasingly prosperous. Taoist priests from the mountains often visited Wudang Mountain to study and learn from their masters. As a result, Qiyun Mountain's palace architecture and Taoist rules and regulations imitated Wudang. In the fifteenth year of Zhengde (1515), Wang Taiyuan, a Taoist from Qiyun Mountain, built the Yuxu Palace on Zixiao Cliff and the Jingle Palace on Taohua Stream, imitating Wudang Mountain. His disciple Fang Qiongzhen followed his master's plan and built Langmei Temple, and went to Wudang Mountain to get plum blossoms and plant them. . Wudang Mountain is called "Taihe" and Qiyun Mountain is called "Zhonghe". Therefore, the ancients called Qiyun Mountain "Jiangnan Xiaowudang".
In the 11th year of Jiajing reign of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty (1532), the 48th generation Celestial Master Zhang Yanfu of the Zhengyi sect of Longhu Mountain sent an order to the Taoists to go to Qiyun Mountain to build a memorial ceremony for the emperor to pray for heirs. The result was efficacious and the emperor granted him The Xuantian Taisu Palace was built in Qiyunyan. During the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties, three generations of Han Tianshi descendants from Longhu Mountain stayed in Qiyun Mountain to build altars and hold ritual ceremonies. The Zhengyi sect of Taoism began to develop its power in Qiyun Mountain, thus forming a pattern in which the Quanzhen sect of Wudang Mountain and the Zhengyi sect of Longhushan coexist. .
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qiyun Mountain Taoist Temple gradually declined. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a period of resurgence. However, during the Xianfeng and Tongzhi years, there were successive wars, the incense faded, and the palaces, pavilions, and mountain climbing stone steps were in disrepair for many years. And they collapsed and disappeared one after another. At present, the Qiyunshan Taoist Association and relevant local government departments are raising funds to rebuild some temples.
There is the famous Yuehua Street on Qiyun Mountain. The streets are lined with simple and dignified Huizhou folk houses, among which some Taoist temples and temples are strategically placed along the mountain. Among the palaces on the street, Xuantian Taisu Palace is the most majestic. The palace faces south and faces north, with the three peaks of Yuping, East Bell and West Drum at its back. In front of it is the tall and elegant Xianglu Peak. The bell, drum and incense burner are like a natural creation of heaven and earth.
Qiyun Mountain has a large number of steles and cliff carvings, with more than 1,400 in history. Due to years of wind and rain erosion and man-made destruction, only 462 sites remain. The earlier stone carvings are those from the Daguan period of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Shaoxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty. Those from the Ming and Qing Dynasties account for about 80% of the total. These tablet inscriptions and cliff stone inscriptions are all in authentic, running, cursive, official, and seal scripts, with different styles, and are of extremely high value for calligraphy appreciation. Among them, the inscriptions on the cliffs, such as "The sky is opened and the gods are beautiful", "The peaks are unique", and "The ancient wonders" are magnificent and breathtaking.
With its unique charm, Qiyun Mountain complements Huangshan Mountain and Jiuhua Mountain and has become a shining pearl in the tourist attractions in southern Anhui. Compiled by the Tourism Bureau of Xiuning County, Anhui Province: "Qiyun Mountain", published by Huangshan Publishing House in 1987. Jin Yongming: "Travel Notes on Qiyun Mountain", published in "Chinese Taoism", Issue 4, 1999, pp. 44-45. Yang Zeshan: "Jiangnan Xiaowudang - Qiyun Mountain", published in "Chinese Taoism", Issue 3, 1997, pp. 55-56.