Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Huashan, in Shaanxi district in China

The Taoist Five Great Mountains are arranged according to the five cardinal directions of Chinese geomancy, which includes the center as a direction.

East: Tài Shān, literally Leading Peaceful Mountain, in Shāndōng (1,545 m); west: Huà Shān, Splendid Mountain, in Shănxī (1,997 m), south: (Nán) Héng Shān, Balancing Mountain, in Húnán (1,290 m).

North: (Běi) Héng Shān, literally Permanent Mountain, Shānxī (2,017 m) and center, Sōng Shān, Lofty Mountain, Hénán, 1,494 m

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