In China, traditional sacrifices to the ancestors of the spirits, people like to burn incense to express their devotion to them. The very auspicious meaning of this event has become somewhat different in wudang mountain in Hubei province.
The reason lies in the fact that the incense is in a different place. Wudang mountain is not only one of the important schools of Chinese martial arts, or Chinese Taoism culture, since ancient times is known as the "everlasting unique scenic spot, the day the first one seazan", and it is enjoy the laudatory title of "world a seazan", the main or because in wudang mountain rock "Tianyi zhenqing wanshou palace stone palace." outside a seat near the cliff carved dragon stone beam. It dangling out of 2.9 m, width is about 30 cm long, carved above have panlong, ancient craftsmen are round is carved, engraved look and graven images, so many ways, the merger of the two dragons, modelling is unaware, clouds of primitive simplicity, look up a ball of fire, the two dragons flew ahead, breathtaking. At the top was a small, delicate censer. This is what makes a lot of fragrant visitors to be known as the first incense. Legend has it that the two dragons were the emperor of xuanwu, and he often rode them around.
Strong myth color gives it a wisp illusion mysterious breath, plus leading facing mount Wudang Jinding, meaningful, so people pray for family, children education, will burn leading to sweet, although here is terrible. Every worship is wandering in the border of life and death, and burn incense kneeling from narrow his followers to climb above leading lit incense, and then kneeling back to have a bit inadvertent, will be destroyed. Since the beginning of the Yuan dynasty, some pilgrims have risked their lives to burn incense in order to express their piety, and countless others have died on the cliff. Until the Qing dynasty, sichuan governor of court banned burn dragon lake, and set the bar door lock, sets up the inscription rings to the world: god is merciful, payoff is spirit, and not necessarily on the escarpment on incense is the worship of god; So don't make the same mistake, ruin your precious life. It protects the lives of many people, and it also shows that life is very precious, and that if you really look up to god in your heart, you won't need to be formal.
Now, the faucet is only lit on special days, and the staff comes to carry out every step from incense to incense. Therefore, in order to view this precious and rare incense process, many tourists come to wudang mountain every year.
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