Three of the three mountains and five mountains, also known as Sanshen Mountain, is said to be the place where immortals live, which fascinated the ancients. According to legend, there is a panacea on the mountain, and palaces are all built of gold and silver. The description of the three mountains can be found in Historical Records of the First Qin Emperor: "Xu Shi and others of Qi wrote that there are three sacred mountains in the sea, named Penglai, abbot and Yingzhou, where immortals live, so please fast and ask children and men to do it. So I sent thousands of men and women from Xu Shi to the sea to seek immortality. " As a result, Xu did not find the Three Gods Mountain and did not get the elixir. According to Jin Wang Jia's record in Gao Xin, "Three pots refer to three mountains in the sea; one pot refers to the abbot; 2. Penghu and Penglai; Three times, the pot is squatting, and then squatting. " It can be seen that "three mountains" refer to: Fanghu (abbot), Penghu (Penglai) and Yinghu (Yingzhou), but they are just legends and may not actually exist.
Wuyue Beiyue Hengshan Mountain
Xiyue Huashan Zhongyue Songshan Dongyue Taishan
Nanyue Hengshan
Five of the three mountains and five mountains are the general names of the five famous mountains in China. Although the Five Mountains are not the highest mountains in China, they are particularly steep in the eyes of the ancients, because they are towering above the plains or basins. In addition, the sacrifices, practices and visits of many famous scholars left behind relics, which greatly increased the reputation of Wuyue. Wuyue was first seen in Zhou Li's "Guan Chun's Big Bo": "Serve the country with blood and sacrifice five mountains." Zheng Xuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty commented on this: "The five mountains are called Daizong in the east, Hengshan in the south, Huashan in the west, Hengshan in the north and Songshan in the middle." Dong Fangshuo in the Western Han Dynasty said in the article "Phoenix Mountain": "Mount Tai is the length of the five mountains, swallowing the west and crushing the south balance, driving the middle Song Dynasty and the north balance." From this perspective, Mount Tai (Dongyue), Mount Hengshan (Nanyue), Mount Huashan (Xiyue), Mount Hengshan (Beiyue) and Mount Songshan (Zhongyue) were identified as five mountains, probably as early as the Spring and Autumn Period or the Warring States Period when Zhou Li was written, and at the latest in the Western Han Dynasty in Dong Fangshuo. However, in history, Mount Hengshan in Beiyue refers to today's Damao Mountain in Hebei (called Mount Hengshan in ancient times), and it was not until the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty that Mount Hengshan in Hebei was changed to Mount Hengshan in Shanxi today. Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue, formerly known as Tianzhu Mountain in Anhui in Sui Dynasty, was changed to Hengshan Mountain in Hunan in Sui Wendi. In ancient China, some places were fenced off, and the Five Mountains were also fenced off. For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Hao of Soochow named Li County (now Yixing County, Jiangsu Province) as Zhongyue and Nanyue to the south of Jingnan Mountain. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Fujian Emperor Yan Jun named Huotongshan (now Ningde County, Fujian Province) as Dongyue, and Gaogaishan (now Yongtai County) as Xiyue. Nanzhao in the Tang Dynasty was called Cangshan (Zhongyue), Wumeng (Dongyue), Wuliang (Nanyue), Gaoligong (Xiyue) and Yulong (Beiyue) in Yunnan.