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Mt. Wudang



      
 

Wudangshan hears as one of four taoism mountains, and is the birthplace of Wudang military arts. It is in Shiyan city Hubei province, and is the scenic spot that has 72 peaks in 312 square km. The fossil of ancient dinosaurs and the living thing of bottom of the sea has been found in the region. so that the mountain was specified for the UNESCO world cultural heritage in 1994.

 

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(pic01-02) The calm country scenery led to the road from Xiangfan to Wudangshan. A motor highway was also under construction here.

(pic03) Xuanyue Gate was the first gate to receive you on foot. It is heaven from here.
(pic04-05) First of all We climbed Jincheng in unfortunate rain. The lift was covered like the ropeway for two person, but the window did not close and our hips became profusely wet because of rain that blew in. It was made of a certain shipyard though it was a bytalk. Are state enterprises diversified management? When it clears up it might be a superb view, because the waterfall is seen in the mountain here and there,
(pic06-07) Taihe Palace was misted in the cloud and the fog too. It misted as milk-white so we could not see 3m ahead from here on, and the camera was of no use.
(pic08) Central Palace.
(pic09-14) Purple-Clouds Monastery.
(pic15-16,19) Nanyan Palace, South Cliff Palace.
(pic17) I don't know how to translate the name.
(pic18) Zhang Sanpeng trained from Yuan to Ming Dynasty in this mountain is the founder of neijiaquan, internal Chinese martial arts or the Wudang military arts. Wudang sword also be called Wudang Elixir Sword. Some houses in front of the temple hunged the signboard of "We make Wudang Sword".
(pic20-21) Sky Entrance Palace.
(pic22) The superb view of one's feet was seen over the Doragon head Incense Burner. A lot of waterfalls, lakes and marshes were seen to be scattered.

         (September, 2002)

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Photo by INO, Shohta with NIKON Coolpix5700 & PENTAX Optio330.
      Arranged with Photoshop 6.0


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