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Encyclopedia > Mount Hua

Mount Hua, known in Chinese as Huashan, is one of the "five Sacred Mountains of China". Mount Hua is located in Shaanxi Province. Hua was historically the location of several influential Taoist monasteries, and was known as a centre for the practise of traditional Chinese martial arts. The Sacred Mountains of China are divided into two groups associated with Taoism and Buddhism. ... Not to be confused with the neighboring province of Shanxi Shaanxi (Simplified Chinese: 陕西; Traditional Chinese: 陝西; pinyin: Shǎnxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shensi, pronounced like Shahn-shee) is a northwestern province of the Peoples Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on... For other uses of the words tao and dao, see Dao (disambiguation). ... A sparring form of Shaolinquan, an external style of Chinese martial arts, being demonstrated at Daxiangguo Monastery in Kaifeng, Henan. ...


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Sacred Sites of China - Mount Hua (Hua shan), Shan'Xi Province. (199 words)
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