1906 Jurong , in front of the main hall of Huiju Temple in Baohua Mountain, a group of monks are doing rituals. Huiju Temple is the current Longchang Temple , which is located on the Beibaohua Mountain in Jurong County, Jiangsu Province. Baohua Mountain was originally named Huashan . It was named after the yellow flowers in the mountains in spring. Later, it was because of the eminent monks of the Liang Dynasty Baozhi who came here to preach, so they changed their name to Baohua Mountain. Baohua Mountain has four wonders: "the beauty of the forest, the beauty of the peaks, the depth of the caves and valleys, and the victory of the mist and clouds".
1906, monks performing rituals in front of the main hall of Huiju Temple in Baohua Mountain. Longchang Temple, originally named Qianhua Temple and Huiju Temple, was built in the first year of Tianjian in the Southern Dynasties (502). The Longchang Temple in the past was huge in scale, with 999 and a half halls. The Longchang Temple now is no longer as vast as before.
1906's Maoshan Qianyuanguan Songfeng Pavilion. Maoshan is a famous mountain of Taoism, which is the birthplace of the Shangqing School of Taoism. It is called the "Shangqing Sect Altar" by Taoism. It is known as "the first blessed land, the eighth cave heaven". Qianyuan Temple is located on the Yugang Peak of Qinglong Mountain on the eastern foot of Maoshan Mountain embraces the mountains and is hidden by green bamboos. It is one of the "Three Palaces and Five Views" of Maoshan Taoist Holy Land.
11906 Daluo Hall of Qianyuan Temple in Maoshan, Qianyuan Temple was the Li Ming Zhenren Alchemy Academy during the Qin Dynasty. In the Southern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing lived in seclusion here, and communicated with Emperor Wu of Liang and discussed state affairs. He was praised as the "Prime Minister in the Mountains". This is the main origin of Qianyuan Temple, which is known as the "Immortal Palace of Qin and Han Dynasties, and the Prime Minister's Family of Liang and Tang Dynasties".
1906's Qianyuan Temple Front Gate. The Maoshan Qianyuan Temple in history is huge in scale and has many temples. Especially in the Yuan Dynasty, there were more than 800 houses, surrounded by lush forests, elegant scenery, and many ancient sites. The Qianyuan Temple in Maoshan in 1906 is said to be a wood lotus hand planted by Tao Hongjing. During the Qi and Liang dynasties of the Southern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing and his disciples worked hard in Maoshan for decades, and finally made Maoshan the center of the Shangqing sect of Taoism. Therefore, later generations also called the Shangqing School "Maoshan Sect".