Yunguang Cave, Tiecha Mountain, Benxi本溪铁刹山云光洞
- Type
- Daoist Sacred Mountains
- Location
- China · Liaoning · Benxi · Tianshifu Town, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County
- Coordinates
- 41.34, 124.36 Map ↗
- School
- Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism, Longmen (Dragon Gate) Lineage of Quanzhen
- First built
- 1630, the 3rd year of the Chongzhen era, Ming · Guo Shouzhen practiced cultivation in the Yunguang Cave; the birthplace of Daoism in the Northeast; the Baba Yunguang Cave, Sanqing Temple and other structures were built in the Ming and Qing
- Heritage status
- Liaoning Provincial Cultural Heritage Site
Overview
Tiecha Mountain is the birthplace of Daoism in the Northeast. In the third year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming (1630), the Quanzhen Longmen priest Guo Shouzhen came here from Shandong and practiced cultivation for many years in the Baba Yunguang Cave (Cave of Cloud Light and Eight Treasures); he later left the mountain for Shengjing to found the Taiqing Palace, and for this reason Tiecha Mountain is called "the foremost mountain of Daoism in the Northeast." The mountain has five peaks; within the Yunguang Cave are stalactite formations known as the "Eight Treasures" (the Wind-Stilling Pearl, the Turtle, the Wooden Fish, and others), objects of Daoist veneration. The mountain also has a Sanqing Temple, a Dragon King Temple, a Zhenwu Temple and others, most built in the Qing dynasty and restored after the 1980s. The mountain bears numerous stone inscriptions, such as "Tiecha for Three Thousand Years." Tiecha Mountain is today a National Forest Park and a Liaoning Provincial Cultural Heritage Site.
Highlights
- Baba Yunguang Cave
- Site where Guo Shouzhen practiced cultivation
- Sanqing Temple
- Cliff-face stone inscriptions