Sorting And Study On The Inscription Materials Of Wangwu Mountain Taoism

Wangwu Mountain is China's famous taoist mountains,with the famous title of the First Grotto-heavens,occupying a crucial position in the history of the development of Taoism in China.A total of 122 inscriptions in Wangwu mountain Taoism,95 of them are in the Taoist temple in Wangwu Mountain region,the other 27 inscriptions have not been kept,but can be found in rubbings made by people in the Qing Dynasty.The time of these steles is from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty with strong coherence,11 steles in Tang Dynasty links,1 stele in Five generation Dynasty,11 steles in Northern Song Dynasty,6 steles in Jin dynasty,34 steles in Meng Yuan period,42 steles in Ming dynasty and 17 steles in Qing Dynasty.The steles are rich in content related to toists activity,palace construction,court activities,and so on,which is the most important historical materials to study the Taoism of Wangwu Mountain.Through the collation of the stone inscriptions data,wiht the analysis of relevant literature,we can know Wangwu mountain Taoism has experienced four historical development periods including comprehensive bred,rapid development,prosperous,gradually decline.It is the gestation period of Wangwu Mountain Taoism before Northern and Southern Dynasties.located in the Central Plains,Wangwu Mountain has beautiful natural scenery and rich cultural heritage,which attracts monastic people frequently came here to collect Chinese medicinal herbs for alchemy,and behaved properly to improve their character.During Pre Qin and Han Dynasties,Wangwu Mountain was chosen by many cultivation people to the land cultivation.From Wei Jin to Northern and Southern Dynasties,There are more taoists practicing in Wangwu Mountain,which promoted the development of Wangwu Mountain Taoism.Wangwu Mountain Taoism developed rapidly in Sui,Tang and Northern Song Dynasties.Imperial court built temple here to worship Jishui River,master Sima Chen Zhen presided over the altar,Yuzhen princess came here to learn toism,which had a widely influence.view high road Helan Qizhen,the famous Taoist ofFengxian Temple,was summoned by Song Zhenzong.A large number of famous Taoists came here to promote Wangwu Mountain Taoism to develop quickly.Li Bai,Du Fu,Bai Juyi,Wen Yanbo and many other poets and scholars came here to visit famous Taoists,which added unlimited style for Wangwu Mountain.The Jin and Yuan Dynasties were heyday of Wangwu Mountain Taoism.In this period,A large number of Taoists who had close relationship with the Yuan Royal family came to Wangwu Mountain to preach,building and repairing a large number of temples such as Yangtai Temple,Ziwei Temple,Jidu Temple,Qingxu Temple,Taiqing Temple,Longxiang Temple,and so on.Wangwu Mountain Taoism got vigorous development and became an important base of Quanzhen Taoism.The Abbots of Quanzhen Taoism almost had activities in Wangwu Mountain.In particular,two of them came from Wangwu Mountain directly.The frequent grand ritual in Wangwu Mountain,A large number of taoists believers took part in various religious activities,which made Wangwu Mountain Taoism enter into the peak stage of its development.In Ming and Qing Dynasties,With the decline of Taoism in China,Wangwu Mountain Taoism was gradually fading.But in the process,There were also some bright spots.The worship to Jishui River was becoming more and more frequent,the sacrifice to Wangwu Mountain also occurred frequently,which made Wangwu Taoism have a brief brilliant.In general,while the combination of Taoism and kingship gradually separated,Wangwu Mountain Taoism gradually slide into the folk From the original high above,increasing number of private believers.Wangwu Mountain keeps a large number of related inscriptions,or for commemorating famous Taoists,or for the construction of the temples,or for imperial court sacrifices.The stone inscriptions of Wangwu Mountain Taoism just like a history book carved in stone to record the vicissitude of Wangwu Mountain Taoism,and to witness the glorious history of Wangwu Mountain Taoism.Because of the close contact of Wangwu Mountain Taoism and the central government,these inscriptions reflect the great historical events.These inscriptions told us about the development of Wangwu Mountain Taoism and let us have a concrete understanding with the combination of ancient Chinese imperial power and religion.Someinscriptions were made by famous calligrapher and literary writer in history,which reflects the high art.value of calligraphy and literature.From all description of the inscriptions about Wangwu Mountain natural beauty and thick cultural heritage,We have a profound understanding for the heavy connotation of the Wangwu Mountain.It many aspects contained in the inscriptions worth us to explore.Wangwu Mountain Taoism is a colorful part of Chinese Taoism.Almost all the important development of China Taoism is reflected in Wangwu Mountain,its history could be called the epitome of the whole history of Chinese Taoism one of the most representative case studies on Chinese Taoism history.cultural ideas Contained in Wangwu Mountain Taoism culture is a valuable cultural heritage.Today,promote the outstanding traditional culture It also has important practical significance.