Beiwudang Mountain Scenic Area

The Beiwudang Mountain Scenic Area is located in Fangshan County, Lüliang City, Province. It is the birthplace of Taoism in China and a sacred place of Taoism in the north.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,612 metres
  • Description: mountain range in Hubei Province of People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains”, “Mount Wudang”, “Vo Dang”, “Võ Đang”, “Wangdangshan”, “Wu-tang Shan”, “Wudan”, “Wudang Mountain”, “Wudang Mountains”, “Wudang Shan”, and “Wudangshan

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nanyan Temple.

Place of worship
The is a temple in Wudang Mountains, , , . It is known as the place where Emperor Zhen Wu found Taoism and flew to heaven.

Beiwudang Mountain Scenic Area

Latitude
32.40076° or 32° 24′ 3″ north
Longitude
111.00445° or 111° 0′ 16″ east
Elevation
1,612 metres (5,289 feet)
Open location code
8P4HC223+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 747005144
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1791322
Wiki­data ID
Q4034
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Beiwudang Mountain Scenic Area” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Montes Wudang
  • Asturian: Wu Tang Shan
  • Asturian: Wudang Shan
  • Asturian: Wudang
  • Asturian: Wudangshan
  • Basque: Wudang mendiak
  • Belarusian: Уданшань
  • Bulgarian: Комплекс от древни сгради в планините Удан
  • Catalan: muntanyes de Wudang
  • Catalan: Muntanyes de Wudang
  • Catalan: Wudang
  • Cebuano: Wudang Shan (bukid)
  • Cebuano: Wudang Shan
  • Chechen: Удан
  • Chinese: 仙室山
  • Chinese: 太和山
  • Chinese: 太岳山
  • Chinese: 武当
  • Chinese: 武当山
  • Chinese: 武当山风景名胜区
  • Chinese: 武當山
  • Chinese: 武當山宮觀群
  • Chinese: 谢罗山
  • Croatian: Wudang
  • Czech: Wu-tang-šan
  • Czech: Wu-tang
  • Danish: Wu Tang Shan
  • Danish: Wudang
  • Danish: Wudangbjergene
  • Danish: Wudangshan
  • Dutch: Wudang Shan
  • Dutch: Wudangbergen
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبال ودانج
  • Esperanto: Monto Vudang
  • Finnish: Wudang
  • French: Ensemble de bâtiments anciens des montagnes de Wudang
  • French: Montagnes du Wudang
  • French: Montagnes Wudang
  • French: Monts Wudang
  • French: Parc national de Wudangshan
  • French: Wudangshan
  • Georgian: უდანშანი
  • German: Wu-Dang
  • German: Wudan
  • German: Wudang Shan
  • German: Wudang-Berge
  • German: Wudang-Gebirge
  • German: Wudang
  • German: Wudangshan
  • Hebrew: הרי וודאנג
  • Indonesian: Pegunungan Wudang
  • Italian: Montagne Wudang
  • Italian: Monte Wudang
  • Italian: Monti Wudang
  • Italian: Wudang
  • Italian: Wudangshan
  • Japanese: 武当山
  • Japanese: 武当山古建築
  • Korean: 무당산
  • Korean: 우당산
  • Ladin: Wudang Shan
  • Literary Chinese: 武當山
  • Lithuanian: Vudangas
  • Macedonian: Планини Вуданг
  • Malayalam: വൂഡാങ് പർവ്വതനിര
  • Maltese: Kumpless ta‘ Bini tal-Qedem fil-Muntanji Wudang
  • Maltese: Muntanji Wudang
  • Maltese: Wudangshan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Wudangfjellene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Wudangshan
  • Norwegian: Wudangfjellene
  • Persian: كوهستان وودانگ
  • Persian: کوهستان وودانگ
  • Polish: Wudang Shan
  • Polish: Wudang
  • Portuguese: Conjunto das Edificações Antigas nas Montanhas de Wudang
  • Portuguese: Montanhas de Wudang
  • Portuguese: Montanhas Wudang
  • Romanian: Munții Wudang
  • Russian: Удан
  • Russian: Уданшань
  • Sakizaya: U-tang-san
  • Serbo-Croatian: Wudang
  • Slovak: Wu-tang
  • Slovenian: Gorovje Vudang
  • Spanish: Montes Wudang
  • Spanish: Wudang
  • Swedish: Wudangshan
  • Thai: กลุ่มอาคารโบราณบนทิวเขาอู่ตัง
  • Thai: เขาบู้ตึ๊ง
  • Thai: เขาบู๊ตึ๊ง
  • Thai: ทิวเขาอู่ตัง
  • Turkish: Wudang Dağları
  • Ukrainian: Уданшань
  • Venetian: Monti Wudang
  • Vietnamese: Cổ núi Võ Đang
  • Vietnamese: Núi Võ Đang
  • Vietnamese: Núi Vũ Đang
  • Vietnamese: Võ Đang
  • Vietnamese: Vũ Đang sơn
  • Vietnamese: Vũ Đang
  • Wu Chinese: 武当山
  • Yue Chinese: 武當山

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jinlongguan and 白果树.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Golden Hall and Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains.

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