During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Jimo County Magistrate You wrote a poem praising: "Vibration clothes go straight to the highest peak, like a fusang line. There is only a cave house in the fairy camp, but no one has ever stirred up the wind. Outside the mountain, Hai Ruo looms. Compared with Daizong, it should be unique, and the sky is far away. " Taiqing Palace is also called Xia Qing Palace, and so are the locals. Located at the foot of Laojun Peak at the southern foot of Laoshan Mountain, and facing the Yellow Sea, it is known as the "Little Jiangnan in the North". Taiqing Palace covers an area of 30,000 square meters with a building area of 2,500 square meters. The temple is divided into three courtyards, each with its own entrance. The three official halls are dedicated to the three gods of "Heaven Official", "Earth Official" and "Water Official"; Sanqing Hall is dedicated to "moral respect", "Yuanshi Buddha" and "Lingbao Buddha"; The Three Emperors Hall is dedicated to Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan.
The ancient trees in the Taiqing Palace are towering, and the "leading elm tree" outside the courtyard, also known as "Tang Yu", was planted by Li Zhexuan during the God bless period of the Tang Dynasty. Ginkgo biloba and Cooper in the hospital are said to be older. Two cold-resistant trees planted in the Ming Dynasty are flourishing, and they return to the earth in winter and spring every year, and the flowers bloom like brocade for more than three months. The story of "Yu Xiang" and "crimson snow" recorded by Pu Songling, a famous writer in Qing Dynasty, in the chapter "Yu Xiang" in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is said to be the embodiment of a red peony and this cold-resistant tree in the courtyard.
There is a spring called Shenshui Spring in the courtyard outside Sanguan Hall. The spring water is clear and sweet, which is the first spring of Laoshan due to drought. Huayan Temple Huayan Temple, formerly known as Huayan Temple, also known as Huayan Temple, is located in the middle of Luoyanshan Mountain in the west of Houling Village in the east of Laoshan Mountain. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea in the east, it is the only existing Buddhist temple in Laoshan.
Huayan Temple was built in the late Ming Dynasty and was later destroyed by soldiers. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, his son Huang Tan continued to build, initially named "Huayan Temple", also known as "Huayan Temple". In the Republic of China, it was renamed "Huayan Temple". The temple covers an area of 4000 square meters with a building area of 2500 square meters. There are Daxiong Hall, Guanyin Hall, Wei Tuo Pavilion (Ancestral Hall), Sutra Pavilion and Guest Hall in the temple, and there are more than 20 houses in 1932 and * * *. This temple is magnificent and elegant. Its main building is the Hall of the Great Heroes, which is more than 7 meters high. It has a heavy beam, a bucket arch, cornices, and alarm bells hanging under the eaves. Yellow-green glazed tiles are carved 50 cm high and decorated with dragons, phoenixes, tigers and lions. The two ends are decorated with kisses and covered with yellow-green glazed tiles, which is a "backer" building. Under the eaves, red lacquer wood columns stand upright, and the base is granite, which is drum-shaped. In addition, the Sutra Pavilion and Guanyin Hall are also "backing" buildings. There are 1 statues of Sakyamuni, Guanyin and Cizhan, 65,438 wooden Buddha statues and 33 bronze arhats cast in Ming and Qing Dynasties. There is a 1 seven-level brick tower outside the temple, which is the bone hiding place of the first generation abbot Ci Zhan in the temple. Opposite the brick tower is a Shi Zhuan structure building, about 4 meters high, which is Yu Qi's hiding place. 1982 has been designated as a municipal key cultural relics protection unit. Laoshan Mountain is one of the cradles of Taoism. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Laoshan has gathered a group of alchemists who have been engaged in health preservation and self-cultivation for a long time. In the chronicle of the Ming Dynasty, there was a record that "Wu Wang Fuxi tasted Lingbao and traveled to Laoshan". By the end of the Warring States Period, Laoshan Mountain had become a famous "Fairy Mountain in the East China Sea" in China.
In the first year of Jianyuan in Liang Wudi in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 140), Zhang Lianfu came to Laoshan to build Mao 'an, worshiping the three officials as disciples, and laid the foundation of Taoism in Laoshan. From the Western Han Dynasty to the end of the Five Dynasties, after the reform of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Taoism in Laoshan basically belonged to Taiping Daoism and Daoism, and was divided into Louguan School, Lingbao School and Shangqing School (also known as Maoshan School and Gezhizong School).
In the early Song Dynasty, Song Taizu was named "Gai Hua Real Person" by Liu Ruozhuo, a Taoist priest in Laoshan, and all Taoist temples in Laoshan belonged to the newly established Gai Hua School.
Since the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the Taoist Quanzhen school has risen, and the temples in Laoshan have converted to the "Northern Seven True Schools". Taoism flourished in Laoshan after Genghis Khan closed the hill. In the Ming Dynasty, the "Dragon School" of Taoism in Laoshan Mountain gave rise to three sects, bringing the total number of sects to 10, and Taoism flourished in Laoshan Mountain and its surrounding areas. By the middle of Qing dynasty, there were nearly 100 Taoist temples, which were called "Nine palaces, Eight temples and Seventy-two temples" in history.
Since modern times, the invasion of imperialist powers has seriously damaged Taoism in Laoshan, among which the Japanese invaders' "mopping up" Laoshan in 1939- 1943 was the most harmful. Taoist priests were killed, temples were bombed and treasures were taken away. Since then, Taoism in Laoshan has gone from bad to worse.
After the founding of New China, the Qingdao Municipal People's Government allocated special funds 1952 for the key maintenance of Laoshan Taoist Temple, and Laoshan Taoism was protected and passed down.
In the early period of the Cultural Revolution, Taoism in Laoshan was attacked as the "four elders", statues were destroyed, Taoist priests were dismissed, and religious activities of Taoism in Laoshan were abolished.
After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the Qingdao Municipal People's Government gradually and systematically restored some Taoist temples in Laoshan, implemented religious policies, recalled Taoist priests, rebuilt statues and returned temple property. The temples that have been restored and opened to the outside world in Laoshan include Taiqing Palace, Shangqing Palace, Mingxia Cave and Taiping Palace. Taoism in Laoshan resumed normal religious activities. Buddhism was introduced into Laoshan area 1700 years ago. Laoshan Buddhism began in Wei and Jin Dynasties, flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties, reached its climax again in Ming Dynasty, and gradually declined in the late Qing Dynasty. The Chongfo Temple in Laoshan Mountain (commonly known as Jinggouyuan) was built in the fifth year of Jingyuan of Wei Yuan Emperor (AD 264). It is the oldest temple in Laoshan Mountain and should be regarded as the origin of Buddhism in Laoshan Mountain. In the eighth year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 4 12), Fa Xian, a monk who went to India and other places to learn Buddhist scriptures, crossed the ocean to return home and landed in the south bank of Laoshan Mountain in Buqi County in a hurricane. At that time, his county was Changguang County, and Li Kui, the Buddhist satrap, heard that Fa Xian was a famous Buddhist monk, so he could not receive Fa Xian from his city. Since then, Buddhism has become famous and spread widely in Laoshan Mountain. Later, Shishu Temple (later renamed Huiju Temple) and Lion Lotus Temple (commonly known as Chengyang Temple) were built in Laoshan. The establishment of fahai temple in the Northern Wei Dynasty marked that Buddhism in Laoshan Mountain had begun to take shape.
After putting forward the slogan of "national rejuvenation" in the economic field, "Laoshan" has become the engine of China's economic development, especially the series of Tsingtao beer products with Laoshan as the brand, which has created many achievements for China's economic development.
In addition, in the southwest of Yan 'an City, Shaanxi Province, there is the famous Laoshan Mountain, which is about 80 kilometers long and about 1400 meters above sea level. With dense vegetation, it is a famous "green island" on the Loess Plateau.