July 22, 2025

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Tianshi Mansion on Longhu Mountain

 

The Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain is near Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province. It was listed by the State Council as one of the key national temples of Taoism in the area of Han nationality.

The landscape of Longhu Mountain is very special and miraculous.Tianshi Tao(the Celestial Masters Sect) of Taoism selected the mountain as its cultivation base, and most of the celestial masters lived here during the past dynasties. So Longhu Mountain is called the 32ndHappy Land of Taoism, and it had considerable influence in the history of Taoism.

The Tianshi Mansion is the most famous building of Longhu Mountain, and the celestial masters of the past dynasties lived here. The Tianshi Mansion has a grand scale, covering an area of 220,000 square meters. The main buildings include the Sanyi Gate, the Sanxing Hall and the Wanfazong Hall, etc. It not only maintains a high status in the Taoism field, but also possesses many cultural relics. The most famous one is the copper bell weighing 4,999.5 kilograms cast by the celestial masters of the 40thgeneration in 1351.

 
 
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