Wikipedia's article on the Wudang Mountains. Reliable for the site's standing as one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism in China, centered on devotion to Xuantian Shangdi and functioning as the Taoist counterpart to the Buddhist Shaolin Monastery; for its association with the legendary Taoist hermit Zhang Sanfeng, credited with originating tai chi; for its Ming-dynasty building complex of nine palaces, nine monasteries, thirty six nunneries and seventy two temples, of which fifty three structures survive; and for the Ancient Building Complex's 1994 inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List under cultural criteria i, ii and vi.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wudang_Mountains
Source Typereference
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3, on a well-documented World Heritage Site whose inscription year and criteria agree with the World Heritage Committee's own listing record below. NotesUsed for the site's standing among Taoism's Four Sacred Mountains, its Ming-dynasty building history, and its 1994 UNESCO inscription.
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This source names China directly: "the Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism in China, centered on devotion to Xuantian Shangdi and functioning as the Taoist counterpart to the Buddhist Shaolin Monastery; for its association with the..."
This source names Shaolin directly: "the Taoist counterpart to the Buddhist Shaolin Monastery; for its association with the legendary Taoist hermit Zhang Sanfeng, credited with originating tai chi; for its Ming-dynasty building complex..."
This source names Taoism directly: "as one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism in China, centered on devotion to Xuantian Shangdi and functioning as the Taoist counterpart to the Buddhist Shaolin Monastery; for its association with..."
This source names Wudang Mountains directly: "Wikipedia's article on the Wudang Mountains."
This source names Zhang Sanfeng directly: "with the legendary Taoist hermit Zhang Sanfeng, credited with originating tai chi; for its Ming-dynasty building complex of nine palaces, nine monasteries, thirty six nunneries and seventy two..."
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