Luofu Mountain 罗浮山

  Luofu Mountain, also known as "Dongqiao Mountain", is located in the northwest of Boluo County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. It spans Boluo County, Longmen County, and Zengcheng District, covering a total area of over 260 square kilometers. It is a sister mountain to Xiqiao Mountain in Foshan City, Guangdong Province.

Luofu Mountain is one of China's top ten Taoist sacred mountains, ranking as the seventh of the ten great Taoist caves and the 34th of the 72 blessed lands, known as the "First Mountain in Lingnan". Sima Qian, a historian of the Han Dynasty, once compared Luofu Mountain to the "Yue Yue" (a mountain as renowned as the Five Great Mountains in Guangdong).

Luofu Mountain is home to 9 Taoist temples, 18 Buddhist temples, and 32 nunneries. Its main peak is Feiyun Peak, with an altitude of 1296 meters. The mountain features majestic terrain, beautiful scenery, and a pleasant climate throughout the year, thus earning the reputation of "First Mountain in Lingnan".

【Famous Taoist Attractions】

Waterfalls and Famous Springs

Luofu Mountain is "filled with sweet springs everywhere" and "there is no spring that does not form a waterfall". There are nearly a thousand waterfalls, more than any other famous mountain in China. The most famous ones include Baishuidi, Huanglong Cave, Baishuimen, and Liubeichi Waterfalls.

The mountain is also abundant in springs, which flow incessantly all year round. The spring water tastes cool and sweet, winning widespread praise. Among them, the "Changsheng Well" in Chongxu Ancient Temple, the "Zhuoxi Spring" behind Baoji Temple, and the "Niangquan" beside Sulao Temple are the three famous springs of Luofu Mountain.

Cave Wonders

The mountain boasts 18 major caves and hundreds of minor caves. Here, "caves" do not refer to ordinary caverns but to "dongtian" (cave heavens), meaning "a world within a cave". The most spectacular cave landscapes include Zhuming Cave, Huashou Cave, Baihe Cave, Huanglong Cave, and Sulao Cave.

Chongxu Ancient Temple

Chongxu Ancient Temple was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and has a history of over 1,600 years. It is a well-known national Taoist sacred site and the seventh of the ten great caves. It is said that the temple has three wonders:

The temple has five halls: Lingguan Hall, Sanqing Hall, Huang Daxian Hall, Lü Zu Hall, and Ge Xian Hall. The Sanqing Hall is the main hall, dedicated to the Three Pure Ones, namely Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun. Zhang Daoling, Ge Xuan, Xu Xun, and Sa Shoujian are also enshrined as accompanying deities.

Huanglong Temple

Huanglong Temple is located at the foot of Yunu Peak on the western slope of Luofu Mountain, with a constant stream of worshippers and burning incense all year round. It is built on the former site of Ge Hong's West Hut and was also the location of Tianhua Palace in ancient times.

During the Qing Dynasty, Taoist Zhang Miaosheng from Chongxu Temple founded an independent Taoist temple in Huanglong Cave, naming it Huanglong Temple. It was later completely destroyed and was rebuilt in 1997, becoming one of the main Taoist temples of the Quanzhen Longmen School in South China.

Standing in front of the "Entrance to Huanglong Temple" stone stele and looking up at Huanglong Cave, you can see green peaks like dark ink. There is a green ball-like formation under Yunu Peak, shaped like a dragon pearl, and on both sides of the green ball, there is a white ribbon fluttering in the wind. The green ball is the scenic spot of Huanglong Cave, and the ribbon is the Huanglong Waterfall.

Xiyao Chi (Herb-Washing Pool)

Xiyao Chi is a pool made of blue bricks, covering an area of about 15 square meters. It is where Ge Hong and his wife Bao Gu used to wash and process the Chinese herbal medicines they collected.

Beside the pool, there is a vigorous boulder, elliptical in shape, 4 meters wide and 3 meters high, which is the ancient fishing platform. On the boulder facing the pool, there is an inscription by Qiu Fengjia from Taiwan in the late Qing Dynasty:

"The immortal's herb-washing pool, where the fragrance of herbs is often smelled; the herb-washing immortal has gone and never returned, leaving the ancient pool cold, reflecting the plum blossoms and the moon",

with the note "Written for Chongxu Temple in the autumn of Gengxu Year". In addition, above this poem, there is an inscription by Mao Hexiang: "Qi Zi's Hermitage".

Zhuming Cave

Zhuming Cave, It is listed by Taoism as the Seventh Grotto-Heaven.Legend has it that:

Huashou Temple

Huashou Temple is the first Zen temple in Luofu Mountain. Buddhism and Taoism coexist harmoniously on Luofu Mountain. In its heyday, there were nine Taoist temples and eighteen Buddhist temples, among which Huashou Temple, built in the 26th year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty (739), was the first Zen temple. It got its name because 500 Huashou Immortals once gathered here.

Chongxu Temple, Huanglong Temple, and Huashou Temple form a line, serving as a pilgrimage site for Taoist and Buddhist believers and worshippers, and constitute the core scenic area.