The stone carvings on Mount Tai are engraved with "The Five Sacred Mountains Are Sovereign".
After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the four characters "Five Mountains Supremacy" are written in regular script and were inscribed by the jade structure of the Tai'an clan during the reign of Guangxu and Dingwei in the Qing Dynasty (1907 AD). The "Five Sacred Mountains" landscape stone group is located at the top of Mount Tai (southeast of the Jade Emperor Temple) on the only way to the Jade Emperor Peak, with an altitude of 1,545 meters. The cliff is 210 cm high, 65 cm wide, and has a large character diameter of 55x42 cm. On the right side is the inscription "Angtou Tianwai" in regular script.
Since November 2004, Mount Tai Scenic Area has been protecting and renovating the "Five Sacred Mountains" landscape stone group. Mount Tai has been a popular destination for emperors and literati from past dynasties, leaving behind many cultural relics and historic sites. In addition to temples and statues, there are more than 2,000 cliff stone carvings on the mountain. Among them, "The Five Sacred Mountains" is the most representative masterpiece among the many monuments and stone carvings. It has now become the symbol of Mount Tai and was designed into the background of the RMB. pattern.
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"Five Mountains" is the general name for the five famous mountains in China. They are Dongyue Taishan, Xiyue Huashan, Zhongyue Songshan, Nanyue Hengshan, and Beiyue Mount Hengshan. The Five Sacred Mountains originated from the worship of mountains and rivers by the ancient Chinese. Legend has it that after the death of Pangu, the great god who created the world, his head and limbs turned into five mountains, which are called the Five Sacred Mountains.
In terms of altitude, Mount Tai only occupies the third place among the Five Mountains, and is even more unknown among the mountains in China. The reason why it will become the first of the Five Mountains and the leader of mountains and rivers is due to the Zen culture. Due to the worship of Mount Tai by emperors throughout history, Mount Tai has been given a lofty status. It is a symbol of national prosperity and national unity, a representative of Eastern civilization, and the place where the idea of ??"unity of man and nature" rests.
Baidu Encyclopedia—The Five Sacred Mountains