Tai Shan
| Tai Shan | ||
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 Taishan |
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| height | 1545 m | |
| location | China , Shandong Province | |
| Coordinates | 36 ° 15 '25 " N , 117 ° 6' 7" E | |
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The Tài Shān ( Chinese 泰山 , Pinyin Tài Shān ) is a mountain in the People's Republic of China . It is located north of Tai'an City in Shandong Province . The Tài Shān is one of the five sacred mountains of Daoism .
meaning
With a height of 1545 meters, the Tài Shān is by no means the highest, but it is the most famous of the five sacred mountains of Daoism . In the old Chinese worldview, which viewed the Middle Kingdom as a square, the Taishan embodies the eastern corner mountain. The mountain has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 .
In ancient China , it was considered the highest mountain on earth, for over 2000 years the rulers of China have come here to sacrifice heaven and earth. However, only six Chinese emperors climbed the mountain.
In order to reach the summit of this mountain there is the possibility to go on foot, because a 9 km long staircase with a total of 6293 steps leads up to the mountain, with which the height difference of 1350 m can be overcome. On the ascent you pass numerous gates, halls and palaces. Each step of the stairs between two respective gates or pavilions has its own name. In 2003 around 6 million tourists climbed the mountain, making it one of the most climbed mountains in the world.
Next to the path, a cable car takes visitors almost directly to the summit of Tai Shan. There are several restaurants and temples. The most important building is the Temple of the Jade Emperor (“Yuhuang Dian”) on the Jade Emperor's summit.
Proverbial
The meaning of Tai Shan is reflected in various proverbs:
- 人心 齐 ， 泰山 移. Rénxīn qí, Tàishān yí. - If everyone agrees, even the Tai Shan can be moved. (~ Unity makes you strong.)
- 登泰 山 而 小 天下. Dēng Tài shān ér xiǎo tiānxià. - If you climb the Tai-Shan, you know how small the world is.
- 泰山北斗 Tàishān Běidǒu - (as mighty as the) Tai Mountain, (as shining as the) Big Dipper
See also
literature
- Édouard Chavannes : Le T'ai chan. Essai de monographie d'un culte chinois. Appendice Le dieu du sol dans la Chine antique . Facsimile of the 1910 edition, Phénix Editions, 2000, ISBN 2-7458-0906-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ unesco.de: World Heritage List (German, accessed on February 15, 2011)
Heritage: Great Wall of China (1987) | Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing ( Forbidden City ) and Shenyang (1987) | Mogao Grottoes (1987) | Qin Shihuangdis Mausoleum (1987) | Peking man's site in Zhoukoudian (1987) | Summer Residence and Eight Outer Temples near Chengde (1994) | Confucius Temple, Cemetery and Residence of the Kong Family in Qufu (1994) | Daoist shrines in the mountains of Wudang (1994) | Potala Palace (1994), Jokhang Temple (2000) and Norbulingka Palace (2001) | Lu Shan National Park (1996) | Lijiang Old Town (1997) | Old City of Pingyao (1997) | Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997) | Yiheyuan Summer Palace (1998) | Temple of Heaven with imperial sacrificial altar in Beijing (1998) | Rock sculptures by Also (1999) | Mount Qingcheng Mountains and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (2000) | Xidi and Hongcun Villages (2000) | Longmen Grottoes (2000) | Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000) | Yungang Grottoes (2001) | Capitals and Tombs of the Ancient Kingdom of Koguryo (2004) | Historic Center of Macau (2005) | Yinxu (2006) | Diaolou towers and villages in Kaiping (2007) | Tulou loam buildings in Fujian (2008) | Wutai Shan (2009) | Historical Monuments of Dengfeng (2010) | Cultural Landscape West Lake near Hangzhou (2011) | Xanadu Site (2012) | Hani rice terraces in Yunnan (2013) | Silk Roads: The Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Road Network (2014) | Kaiserkanal (2014) | Tusi sites (2015) | Petroglyphs at Huashan and the Zuo Jiang River (2016) | Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement (2017) | Liangzhu City Archaeological Ruins (2019)
Natural heritage: Jiuzhaigou Valley Landscape Park (1992) | Lime sinter terrace landscape Huanglong (1992) | Wulingyuan Landscape Park (1992) | Protection zones of the three parallel rivers of Yunnan (2003) | Sichuan Panda Nature Reserve (2006) | Karst landscapes in southern China (2007, 2014) | Sanqing Shan National Park (2008) | Danxia Shan at Shaoguan (2010) | Chengjiang Fossil Site (2012) | Tian Shan Mountains in Xinjiang (2013) | Shennongjia Forest Area (2016) | Qinghai Hoh Xil (2017) | Migratory bird sanctuaries along the coast of the Yellow Sea - Gulf of Bohai (Phase I) (2019)
Cultural / Natural Heritage: Tai Shan Mountain Region (1987) | Huang Shan Mountains (1990) | Mountain landscape of Emei Shan and Leshan Big Buddha (1996) | Wuyi Mountains (1999) | Fanjingshan (2018)