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4 unusual facts about Mount Hua


Chang Qu

Chang Qu (常璩) (c. 291 – c. 361 CE) was a 4th-century Chinese historian who wrote the Chronicles of Huayang (華陽國志) or Records of the States South of Mount Hua, the oldest extant regional history of China.

Mount Hua

Kou Qianzhi (365–448), the founder of the Northern Celestial Masters received revelations there, as did Chen Tuan (920–989), who spent the last part of his life in hermitage on the west peak.

At the foot of the mountains is the Cloister of the Jade Spring (玉泉院), which is dedicated to Chen Tuan.

Wolfram Eberhard

The next year Eberhard travelled across northern China to Xi'an, the sacred mountain Mount Hua, Taiyuan, and the Yungang Grottoes at Datong.


Erlang Shen

In the tale Lotus Lantern (Bao Lian Deng), Erlang had a sister known as the Holy Mother of Mount Hua (Hua Shan).


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