Changes in the historical position of Wudang Mountain: The name "Wudang" first appeared in Hanshu. From the end of Han Dynasty to Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was a secluded place for those who sought immortality and learned Taoism. By the Song Dynasty, Taoist scriptures had linked the legendary Zhenwu God with Wudang Mountain, and turned the subsidiary company of Wudang Mountain into the birthplace and take-off place of Zhenwu, laying the foundation for its future glory and dignity. After entering the Ming Dynasty, due to the rulers' respect for Zhenwu,
Wudang myth
According to legend, there was a Taoist named Zhang Sanfeng in Liaodong in Ming Dynasty who went to Fangcheng, Henan Province to become a monk. Zhang Sanfeng is poor and dirty. He doesn't wash his face in the morning and his feet at night. He doesn't change clothes all the year round, and he doesn't stay in bask in the quilt for two years. People say he is sloppy. Although he is sloppy, he is good at martial arts, and he knows both big tricks (acrobatics) and small tricks (magic). Everything you say and do is crazy, so it's hard to understand. Therefore, some people call Zhang Sanfeng, while others say that sloppy Zhang is a demigod.
That winter, the owner of Lian Zhen Palace fell ill. Taoist priests, big and small, all went to Master's bed to offer their condolences, and sloppy Zhang also came. The master looked down at him, turned over and twisted his face to the bed. He asked slowly, "Master, Master, are you better?"
Master just pretended to be asleep, and Zhang shouted loudly, "Master, master, are you better?" He shouted again and again, making the master impatient, and snorted, meaning: Go away quickly!
"Well, the host wants to eat' Hum (Apricot)' (in Zhou Jun dialect,' Hum' and' Apricot' are homophonic). I'll pick it for you up the hill. " Sloppy Zhang said as he walked out of the temple gate. At this time, the snow is pouring down, the north wind is whistling, and everything can't be seen clearly all over the mountains. He played in the snow for a while and really picked up two apricots with two green leaves on the fruit handle. Husband sees apricots half good, but eats apricots all good. From then on, everyone admired Zhang Sanfeng's method.
A few days later, Sloppy Zhang said to the master, "Emperor Yongle is practicing martial arts and becoming a mountain. I'm going to help Zhenwu."
The master said, "You cured my illness, and I can't bear to let you go."
"I'll take off a pair of sandals for you. When you miss me, you come to me in sandals. " Sloppy Zhang said, and put the straw sandals in the incense burner on God's desk.
The next day, the Taoist baby came to burn incense and saw a pair of dirty and smelly straw sandals in the incense burner, so he told the master. When my husband came to see it, it smelled bad. He reached out and pulled it out and threw it into the yard. The rotten straw sandals turned into a pair of white doves, which flew into the sky and landed in the clouds.
The master was remorseful and shouted, "Sloppy Zhang is playing tricks again. It turned out to be a pair of' walking boots'! " [7]