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Mount Tai
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How it came to be
Mount Tai, in central Shandong, has been a place of worship for at least 3,000 years. From the Han dynasty it was counted among China's Five Sacred Mountains, and it became the stage for the Feng and Shan rites in which emperors honoured Heaven and Earth. In 219 BC Qin Shi Huang held a ceremony on the summit and left an inscription proclaiming the unity of his empire.
When Emperor Gaozong of Tang performed the rites in 666, envoys from Japan, India, the Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, the Turks and others attended. The Dai Temple at the foot of the mountain keeps a mural, The God of Mount Tai Making a Journey, dated 1009. UNESCO counts 22 temples and about 1,800 stone tablets and inscriptions, and the route to the top passes 11 gates and 14 archways on 6,660 steps.
Mount Tai was inscribed in 1987 under both cultural and natural criteria. A cable car was built before the listing, but most visitors still climb the steps.
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