A long time ago, there Mingjiao Bao Jinan city full of young lumberjack, ax chopping wood every day, hands on, still can not feed his elderly parents. Parents suddenly very ill, there is no Dr. Qian Qing. Friends of the whole abalone had Qiuqin report, to scrape together some money, too little to see the doctor, the excuse that did not work. Martin had watched their parents have all died. Bao all thought he was a dignified man, even the parents can not afford to cure the sick are also Youhemianmu see people?However, look at poor people like herself around too much, then who is going to save their sick parents? Then he suddenly remembered the master Nanshan Hospital Road and along a high, then he made up his mind to study medicine. Since then, his daily mountain of firewood, the master monk on the way to consult doctors said. Monk see him sincere, and the temple every day to help increase his firewood, fetching water, very moved, without reservation, the medicine will pass on to him. Read the rest of this entry »

The five sacred mountains of the north, east, south, west, and center of China. The most famous of these is the Tai Shan mountain in Shantung. The mythical emperor Yao is said to have paid homage to them in 2346 BCE.

In Taoism, the island in the East China Sea believed to be inhabited by immortals (Xian). The island epitomizes bliss, because this is where the legendary mushrooms of immortality grow. Many expeditions were sent in search of the island but none was successful. The ships either capsized or was driven off in another direction, or the island itself sank into the sea before the very eyes of the crew.

A mountain range in Western China, believed to be a Taoist paradise. It is one of the ten continents and three islands in Taoist cosmology, and is said to be three (or nine) stories high. Whoever manages to climb to the top gains access to the heavens. It also extends three (or nine) stories below the Earth, thereby connecting the subterranean watery realm of the dead with the realm of the gods.

The first to visit this paradise was King Mu of Zhou. He discovered there the palace of Huang-di and erected a stone memorial. He was then received by the goddess Xi Wang-mu, the Royal Mother of the West, who has her abode in these mountains. The lakes found in the parks of Kun-lun City are plenished by yellow water known as cinnabar (tan). Whoever drinks it becomes immortal.