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Taoist Elder You Xuande is a famous master of martial arts among Chinese martial arts field, and a leader of Taoism who has influenced widely all over the world.
He has students and disciples in China and other 52 countries of the world. He has often been abroad to visit, such as the USA, Italy, Germany, France, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, and cities like Hong Kong and Taiwan. Being a 14th generation descendent of Wudang Tai Chi Chuan, he is a famous master of martial arts and representative of Wudang Wushu in China.
Wudang Mountain is a famous sacred place of Taoism in China. In the Song Dynasty, the great master Zhang Sanfeng watched a bird and a snake fight in Wudang Mountain one day.
Late in the night in his dream a heavenly presence Emperor Xuan demonstrated to him the fundamental movements of Taijiquan He then understood by meditation the theory of Yin and Yang of Taoism, imitated movements and abstracted ideas.
He founded Wudang sect and has been declared an Immortal. He was regarded as the common founder of all Taijiquan sects in China.
Wudang Kungfu became world-famous, and till now the martial arts field holds the tradition that “In the South Wudang is revered, and in the North Shaolin has great importance”.
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At Zixiaogong, there are statues of gods and immortals on the altars, as well as sacred objects and musical instruments. This is where the largest Taoist rite for the saving of the souls of the dead is performed.
A bell and the drum strike out the time every morning and the monks get up at around 5 am, assemble in the Palace to read Taoist canons, to the accompaniment of Taoist music, then do so again in the afternoon, also singing Taoist songs
. “You must be a good person before becoming a Taoist,” is the often-heard mantra at Wudang. Taoists should be compassionate, loyal and faithful. Only by becoming a good person can one train oneself to become immortal”..
At the top of Nanyan (South Rock) is a stone beam with a dragon’s head carved on it protruding from above the cliff.
This previously attracted many travellers to burn incense on it as a sign of their devotion but now for health and safety reasons, it is obviously cordoned off.
Wudang Mountain, in the northwest of Hubei Province and is perhaps the most renowned of China's Taoist holy mountains.
It was listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1994 and the main tourist attractions, spread over an area of 300 square kilometres that host a spectacular panorama of traditional Chinese landscape painting.
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