Laojun Mountain (The Laojun Mountain), "the unparalleled holy land in the world, the world's first fairy mountain". [1] Formerly known as Jingshi Mountain, it is located three kilometers southeast of Luanchuan County, the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties Luoyang. The main peak of the Babaili Funiu Mountains, Yuhuangding, is 2217 meters above sea level. [2-3] With more than 2,000 years of human history, it is the mountain with the longest history in Taoism.
Laojun Mountain was formed during the continental orogeny movement 1.9 billion years ago. [14] During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu Li Er, who was recognized as the ancestor of Taoism, came here to practice and practice, making it the "source of Taoism" and "ancestral courtyard". The Northern Wei Dynasty began with the construction of Laojun Temple on it to commemorate it. In the eleventh year of Zhenguan (637), Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty rebuilt the Laojun Temple on the Tieding Mountain in Jingshi Mountain and gave it the name "Laojun Mountain", which became the holy place of the mainstream Taoist Quanzhen School. In the 31st year of Wanli (1603), Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty ordered Laojun Mountain to be a "famous mountain in the world", and he built a temple with money and gold, becoming the only Chinese mountain range in history that was named "a famous mountain in the world" by the emperor. [4]