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The Tiesha Mountains，an
Off—shoot
Of
the Changbai Mountain
Ranges，are
located in Benxi，a
city Of Northeast China's Liaoning
province．The
Benxi section Of the
200—km
Changbai Mountain
Ranges，thrust
themselves towards
the sky，like
a dragon holding its
head high．This
is the grotesque
peaked Tiesha Mountains．With
9 peaks
Piercing into the sky，TieshaMountains
look like the tablets held before the breast
by Officials．
There is
a cave in the mountains
With 8 scenic spots and
according to
the legend．it
boasts
with treasures．That
is Why it is named
as eight—trea—sure一cloud—radiance
Cave．Ups
and down，Tiesha Mountains
wind like a
huge dragon；With
unmatched
beauty，it
stands like
a colourful
phoenix．In
the
front，Bapan
Ridges
defense it as a screen．At
the foot of
the mountain，Taizi
River flows
around it．What
a wonderful fairy land!
It is recorded that at the end of
Ming Dynasty(1368—1644)，theeighth
founder of the
Taoist
Longmen Sect Guo Shouzhen，crossed
the sea from Moji，Shandong
province．He
took the
eight—treasure—cloud—radiance
Cave as his hermitage．
After 10 years of
practicing
austerities，he
attained the Way
finally．Then
he travelled around，re一
cruited disciples，preached
doctrines and
delivered all creatures from
torment．This make the
Tiesha Moun—
tains the holi Place of origin
Taoism
in northeast China．Great
changes
have taken place since then．
Now Tisha
Mountain is one of
the National Scenic and Historical
Resorts，National
parks
and the Cul—
ture Sites under state
protection of Liaoning Province．And
it is also the
Place where millions Of travellers en—
joy themselves very much．
文献来自：
Chinaweek 中国周刊，2002(10) |
