Weiyuan Taibai Mountain

　　Located in Yangzhuang Township, 25 kilometers southwest of Weiyuan County, it is named after the legend that the heavenly deity Tai Bai Jin Xing practiced Taoism here. The mountain features perilous cliffs, strikingly resembling Mount Hua, and is commonly known as the “Little Mount Hua.” Taibai Mountain stands alone, its summit touching the clouds, surrounded by other peaks and echoing the distant Lugu Mountain. Its terrain is described as: “At an altitude of three thousand three, just three feet three from the sky; no one knows how far the road is—eighty-one turns along the way.” Visitors arriving at the foot of the mountain often first visit the Jieyin Hall to ask the Bodhisattva Jieyin to “announce” their arrival to the Jade Emperor and various deities before ascending the mountain via the right-hand Dagangou or the left-hand Xiaogangou stairways. The gullies aren’t dry—streams trickle everywhere along them. Viewed from below, the shrines look auspicious, lush woods and bamboo thrive, and waterfalls cascade down steep cliffs.