Mountain Qingcheng
 Mt.
Qingcheng is located at the Dujiangyan
scenery spot of Chengdu, Sichuan province.
It is a famous mountain of Taoism.
Surrounded by countless peaks and
densely covered by ancient trees whose
branches reaching the sky, the mountain
was named "Mt. Qingcheng"
(Green Town in Chinese). The mountain
includes two parts-the anterior Mt.
Qingcheng and the posterior Mt. Qingcheng.
The anterior mountain is famous for
its beautiful scenery and numerous
cultural and historic sites; while
the posterior mountain is noted for
its paradisiacal scenery, primitive
and brilliant, gorgeous and mysterious.
The famous scenic sites are:
the Shangqing Palace, the Jianfu Palace,
and the Tianshi Cave, ect. Among them, the
Jianfu Palace, with extraordinary bearing,
stands against the barranca under the Zhangren
Peak. It was built in Tang dynasty, and
repaired for several times in the successive
dynasties, now only two halls and three
compounds are preserved. In the left side
of the Jianfu Palace is the princess of
Mingqing mansion site. Going west for 1
kilometer, visitors can find the "the
natural pictures". With the rocks uprightly
standing, cloud and mist thickly wreathing,
visitors often fancy that they are in pictures.
 Two
kilometers towards north comes the
Tianshi Cave, the major temple of
Mt. Qingcheng. According to legend,
in the Eastern Han dynasty, Zhang
Daolin had been here for preaching.
In the Three Kings Palace, the main
hall of the Tianshi Cave, the stone
inscriptions of three kings of Tang
dynasty were laid. The palace contains
wood and stone tablets of past dynasties.
The most famous include the Tang Xuanzong's
imperial decree and Yuefei's handwriting
of Zhu Geliang's Chushibiao, etc.
Coming out from Tianshi Cave and passing
the Fangning Bridge, visitors can
reach the Zhushi Palace; unceasingly
walk straight north is Chaoyang Cave;
out of it, climbers could see the
Shangqing Palace, which situates on
a high platform. The Shangqing Palace
was first built in the Jin dynasty
and the extant temple was built during
the reign of Tongzhi in Qing dynasty.
There are stone inscriptions as "the
fifth famous mountain under the sun",
" the first peak in Mt. Qingcheng"
and so on in it. With its annually
average temperature of 15 centigrade,
Mt. Qingcheng belongs to humid subtropical
monsoon climate. It is reputed as
"Dong Tian Fu Di" (means
wonderful mountain and happy place),
"the fairyland on earth".
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