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Today well visit the famous sacred place of Taoism-Wudang Mountain. Now I would like to outline the general situation of this mountain. It is not only one of the first batch（bt） national level scenic spots （首批国家级旅游景点）of China but also the heritage of the world. Wudang Mountain, also known as Taihe Mountain, is located in Shiyan City, northwest of Hubei Province. In the late period of the Easten Han Dynasty, Taoism道教 was born and Wudang Mountain was respected as the immortal 不朽的(im:tl) mountain of Taoism. Besides the refined(微妙的) and elegant natural sceneries , the ancient architectures are grand rnd and magnificent . The ancient complex of Mt. Wudang, inherited继承 down since the Ming dynasty, is revered令人尊敬的 for its typical royal style, as proved by the saying of “ constructing the Forbidden City in the north and redecorating Wudang in the south”. In 1994, the ancient architectural complex of Mt. Wudang was listed in the Catalogue目录 ktl of the World Cultural Heritage. The complex consists of palaces and temples forming the nucleus核心nju:klis of secular and religious building exemplifying举例 the architectures in Wudang Mountain can date back into the Tang Dynasty, and was expanded in later dynasties, and reached its climax顶点 klaimks in the Ming Dynasty. The whole complex adopted采用 royal architecture style, utilizing利用 ju:tilaizi fully the natures, showing exotic layout.异国情调的布局Now weve reached our destination-Wudang Mountain. A few minutes later, we will reach our first station-the needle-rubbing well. The buildings of the Needle-rubbing Well were located at a high point. According to Wudang Taoism, it was this exact point that receives the first beam of pure positive sunshine when the sun rises every day, so it is also called Pure Sunshine Palace. Now we are in the Taizipo zone. The building in front of us is the Needle-rubbing Well. Lets get off the bus. The Needle-rubbing Well is a typically exquisite精美的 ekskwizitbuilding in Wudang Mountain, whose overall arrangement is supremely ordered and beautiful她的整体布局极度的美丽而有序, and tells about the story of Zhenwus training It is said that Zhenwu, crown prince of Jing le Country, went to Wudang Mountain to train himself at the age of 15.After self- training in the deep forest for several decades but achieved nothing, he was totally depressed and decided to go back to the secular world; however when he came here and met an old woman, rubbing a ferrous fers pestle to get a needle, which made him realize that Perseverance ,p:si:virns will prevail priveil so he came back to the deep forest to continue his self-training and finally he became a god.Entering the gate, you will see a group of smart and exquisite buildings, without symmetrical独特的 simetrikl arrangement, but with a unique style and layout, which allow you to easily distinguish the primary and secondary ones. Lets get on the bus and go to our next station-Purple Cloud Palce. Before my description of this scenic spot, you can draw a picture of the palace in your mind with imagination.The nucleus construction of Purple Cloud Palace, The Grand Hall is the only left double-eaved, lean-to-hill重檐歇山顶, wooden building. As one of the quite rare 稀有的r building of uplift wooden crossbeam construction抬梁式大木结构 in the history of the Taoist architecture, the Grand Hall is scientific and rational in structure and overall arrangement, harmonious和谐的 and coherent一致的 kuhirnt in artistic style, united with surroundings as a whole, and unique in taste and features among the buildings in Wudang Mountain. Meanwhile（at the meantime）, the Grand Hall, having absorbed the techniques of various times artisans, demonstrated展示，证明 demnstreit great achievements of architectures in Ming and Qing Dynasties, therefore, worthy of visiting and researchingThe palace is in front of us. Compared with your imagination, what do you think of the palace? Dazing是晕眩 and full of praise preiz from travelers the inner part of the Grand Hall is. Lets enter the hall. Carefully painted and well carved k:v, the Hall is magnificent in vigour 气势, crafty on idea, smooth and natural with sculpting雕刻法, unsophisticatednsfistikeitidand gracious by decoration, solemn庄严肃穆的 slm and exquisite over displaying. In the hall, five shrines神龛 rain are set there. Around the shrines hundreds of rare antiques古玩dedicated. Most of the precious antiques, dynamic动态的dainmik, vivid, and wonderful to see, were the images of Gods by clay sculpture泥塑 and goods for worshipping during the Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasties.In the middle of the Shrine dedicated the image of Zhenwu. With a height of 4.8meters, the image is the biggest clay sculpture. Another divine神圣的 image made by paper and covered with golden leaves is the best preserved 保存priz:vd and most ancient paper image ，which comprehensively displays广泛地，最大程度地展示了 the marrow精华on craftwork of paper pasting裱糊peisti, sculpting, gilding镀金, colored drawing, and has great value in researching ancient paper pasting. The fastigium屋脊 of the Grand Hall consists of six flying colored glaze彩釉 gleiz dragons. An Aquarius is surrounded by the dragons that are painted in three different colors. Due to the heaviness and highness, the Aquarius has to be drawn by four iron arn chains tein铁链. Each end of the chain is attached to the hand of a divine kid, it is said that the four kids of deity神明 dirti has stuck to their positions in order to keep the Aquarius steady no matter it is chilly寒冷, scorching灼热, rainy, windy or thundering. Because their spacial positions are even higher than the superior 上级的sju:piri God, the four kids are also called Super Gods.After the rebuilding in 1412 A.D., the Grand Hall had been repaired about ten times in different times. Therefore, it can maintain its basic features. In 1994, the experts on worlds relics from UN inspected Wudang Mountain and said, Here, we witness the sample of traditional remedial治疗rimi:dil,means to the ancient buildings. Now we are leaving for the Golden Summit, which is regarded as the symbol of the Wudang mountain .We will go there by tram rail索道. Now we have got to the station. Lets get of the bus and get on the tram rail. On the way to Golden Peak by tram rail, we are now traveling among the peaks, and then we are floating in the clouds, just like gods. We have reached the main peak .It is 1612 meters high. The Golden Palace is located here. Standing in front of the Golden Palace, you can have overall view of the beautiful scene of Wudang Mountain,。Golden Summit (金顶)is located in Wudang Mountain-day peak of the main peak, 1612 meters high. And the Golden Palace, with a height of5.45 meters and flying eaves飞檐 decorated by dragon, phoenix凤凰fi:niks, sea horse, and other immortals神仙、神兽, is the highest one in the ancient Chinese construction grade. Bronze青铜制brnz constructed, the Golden Palace was gilded by gold outside. All the parts were so perfect matched that there is without any crevice缝隙krevisnails. Enduring indjuri保持、持久 about 600 years wind and rain, thunder and lightening, cold winter and hot summer, the Golden Palace is still shining as if it was newly built up. Hence, the Golden Palace, national treasure, not only presents the wonderful Chinese ancient architecture skills, but also reveals揭示 the wisdom of Chinese people and ancient scientific level. The Golden Palace is