Fairyland-Emphasizing Effect of the Ancient Taoist Architecture for Wudang Mountain in Hubei Province

Abstract:

The Fairyland-emphasizing effect of the ancient Taoist architecture in Wudang Mountain is analyzed in the present paper. To this purpose, the different location selection of the “human world”, the “spirit mountain” and the “kingdom of heaven” is employed. Specifically, the “spirit’s world” are always constructed on a geographical dangerous site in the mountains in the forms of huge-scale ancient architectures. These architectures are always featured by their unique architectural details and marvelous plan. The Nanyan and the Taihe Palace in Wudang Mountains are taken as two studying case at the end of the paper, to analyze the fairyland-emphasizing effect of the Taoist ancient architectures.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 584-586)
• Pages: 630-635
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.584-586.630
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Bo Rui Xia*, Xiao Wang
• Keywords: Ancient Taoist Architecture, Architectural Landscape, Fairyland, Wudang Mountain

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