Laoshan Mountain, located in the east of Qingdao, Shandong Province, is a famous seamount. Laoshan is located in Laoshan District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, more than 40 kilometers away from the center of Qingdao. In ancient times, it was known as Prison Mountain, Laoshan Mountain and Aoshan Mountain. It is the main mountain range of Shandong Peninsula. The highest peak of Laoshan Mountain is called Jufeng, also known as Laoding, with a peak area of about 1.5 square kilometers, which is the main peak of Laoshan Mountain.

The elevation of Laoding is 1 133 meters, which is the highest peak of China's coastline and is known as the "first famous mountain" on the sea. Standing on the shore of the Yellow Sea, it is tall and majestic. There is an old saying in the local area: "Although Mount Tai is high in the clouds, it is not as old as the East China Sea."

Laoshan Scenic Area is one of the first batch of national key scenic spots approved by the State Council, an important coastal mountain scenic spot in China and a national AAAAA tourist scenic spot. Laoshan Scenic Area consists of nine scenic spots, including Jufeng, Liu Qing, Taiqing, Qipanshi, Yangkou, Beijiushui and Hualou, five scenic spots restoration areas, including Shazikou, Wanggezhuang, Beizhai, xia zhuang and Xifu Town, and three peripheral land and sea attractions.

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Laoshan Mountain is one of the cradles of Taoism. Laoshan has gathered a group of alchemists who have been engaged in health preservation and self-cultivation for a long time since the Spring and Autumn Period. By the end of the Warring States Period, Laoshan Mountain had become a famous "Fairy Mountain in the East China Sea" in China. Taoism flourished in Laoshan Mountain in Tang and Song Dynasties, reached its peak in Yuan and Ming Dynasties and remained in Qing Dynasty.

Laoshan Taoism has created a brand-new situation by merging Quanzhen School founded by Wang Zhongyang. During the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Liu Chuxuan and Qiu Chuji, as Quanzhen religions, successively came to Laoshan to preach, making the Laoshan Temple officially belong to Quanzhen religion. Liu Chuxuan lived in Taiqing Palace for two years and preached metaphysics, making Taiqing Palace the ancestral home of the Hidden Mountain School founded by Liu Zu.

Since then, Qiu Chuji has visited Laoshan twice, on 1205 and 1209 respectively, which promoted the development of Quanzhen Taoism in Laoshan. Since Genghis Khan summoned Qiu Chuji, Quanzhen Taoism has flourished in the world, and seven disciples of Quanzhen have come to Laoshan to build palaces, which has brought Quanzhen Taoism into an all-round development period.

In the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, there was a prosperous scene of "Nine Palaces, Eight Views and Seventy-two Temples", making Laoshan the second jungle in Taoism.

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