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.
