Mount Laojun (also called Jingshi Mountain 景室山) is a mountain in
Henan Province
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luo ...
, China.
Along with the
Jiguan Cave, the mountain forms part of a tourist scenic area that is rated as
AAAAA, the highest category in the tourist rating system. Historically, the mountain was a retreat for
Laozi
Laozi (), also romanized as Lao Tzu #Name, among other ways, was a semi-legendary Chinese philosophy, Chinese philosopher and author of the ''Tao Te Ching'' (''Laozi''), one of the foundational texts of Taoism alongside the ''Zhuangzi (book) ...
, the founder of
Taoism
Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ' ...
.
See also
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List of mountains in China
The following is an incomplete list of mountains in China, the People's Republic of China, sorted in alphabetical order. Some of these mountains that are claimed by the PRC, including those List of mountains in Taiwan, under the control of the Re ...
References
External links
Official website
Laojun
Daode Tianzun (), also known as Taishang Laojun () is a high Taoist god. He is the Taiqing (, lit. the Grand Pure One) which is one of the Three Pure Ones, the highest immortals of Taoism.
Laozi is regarded to be a manifestation of Daode Tian ...
AAAAA-rated tourist attractions
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