Mt. Qingcheng is one of the birthplaces of Taoism. In the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD), the founder of Taoism, Tianshi (Celestial Master last minute China travel deals) Zhang Daoling once set up his pulpit here to give lectures. During the Tang Dynasty, advocates of the newly introduced Buddhism vied with the Taoists for this base, until Emperor Xuanzong allocated the mountain to the latter.

As an indigenous religion of China, the Taoist religion was initiated in the Eastern Han Dynasty by Zhang Daoling and developed ever since. It is part of Taoism in the larger sense, which is deeply inspired by the theory of Laotsu in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) and features the harmony of human and nature, the virtue of leisure and tranquility, and a positive attitude toward the occult and the metaphysical. The Taoist religion, which is concerned with the ritual worship of the Tao Student tours to China, has a profound influence upon Chinese life.

Mt. Qingcheng is a representative site of Taoist culture. Major religious sites here include the Natural Picture (a building complex immersed in Nature), the Celestial Master's Cave (Tianshidong), the Hall of the Ancestral Masters (Zushidian), Cave Facing the Sun (Chaoyangdong) and the Palace of Celestial Freshness (Shangqinggong).

All structures are shaded by dense woods and embraced by nature. The Celestial Master's Cave Shopping in China, perched on a cliff with only a small path leading to its entrance, houses statues of Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan (three legendary primeval kings of the Han people) on its main altar.

The Natural Picture is a building complex made of wood. Lying in the arms of high mountains and steep cliffs, it presents a lush and primitive view of forests and pure sky. The neighboring Crane-dwelling Village adds even more colors to the picture when the white cranes cruise gracefully among the mountain peaks.

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She Huo

"She Huo" is a kind of traditional folk collective recreation activity last minute China travel deals, as it originated in the Tang period, previously known as “She Hu” that adopted the meaning to overcome evil, pray for the best, and harvest bountiful, safe for people and livestock. As well it was once the ancient ritual performance. Opera facial expression has preserved several ancient fable images, and the the composition of “She Huo” facial expression was exaggeratedly portrayed the five sense organs aimed to express a lot the person’s inner heart world prominently. Such kind of art emphasizes on the color-comparison, open-minded. The art can be traced back to ancient Nuo dance, and the Tang Dynasty in lieu of face, but retain many ancient myths images. Sketches, coloring, pay attention brow, eyes, mouth decoration, as it is based on the character and appearance features, exaggeration to describe the way the site facial features and skin color, then highlight the performance figures of various inner essence, emphasizing color contrast feelings and uninhibited, with a strong symbolic nature. Shaanxi community “She Huo” mask, a monkey with its lustrous color, feel Honesty style, Briefly peculiar art form has demonstrated the profound traditional Chinese opera.

Bellyband

Bellyband is a traditional body costume shaped like the front of the vest with a cloth belt best tours of China above the neck and the two sides are in a belt around waist. It is of practical value to avoid stomach caught cold. Adults wear inside clothes while children in hot days wear outside. Different patterns that broidered on are of various symbolic meanings. Most of which related good meanings as couple conjugal love, harvest and prosperous offsprings etc. They are really attached a lot on Chinese traditional culture.

Qinqiang

As famous as Beijing Opera, Qinqiang is the most typical local opera in Shaanxi province. Not as a kind of traditional opera as what we thought to be, but more like a sort of larruping opera of local yodeling. Such type of singing was derived from the fields and countryside surrounding Xian that could be traced back to the time when locals used to shout to each other across the fields developed a song system bit by bit aimed to convey messages.

Among locals it is a kind of entertainment especially for elderly residents in Xian Xian tour packages where parks and riverbanks are their wonderful choices to practice; while for professionals, the performances are put on at the Chang’an Grand Theatre usually.

Qinqiang mask is based on the drama figures, now it has formed into a set of standardized art performance techniques which indicate a lot the figure’s characteristics through colors, such as red stands for loyalty, pink for wicked etc. It is not only a delicate artwork but also important data on researching Qinqiang and local features China guide.