Sea exploration stone

Sea exploration stone

Tanhai stone is a strange stone protruding from the top of Daiding, on which you can see the wonder of Yunhai jade plate.

brief introduction

In summer, when it is sunny after rain, a lot of water vapor evaporates and rises. In addition, the warm air from the sea in summer is controlled by high-pressure air flow at an altitude of about 1500 meters. If there is no wind, white clouds will be seen in Daiding, which is like a huge jade plate suspended between heaven and earth. In the distance, all the mountains are engulfed by clouds and fog, only a few of them are exposed; in the near, visitors walk on the clouds and drive on the fog, as if they are out of the sky. The breeze blows, the sea of clouds floats, the peaks appear and disappear, like an unpredictable Fairy Island. When the wind is strong, the jade plate turns into a giant dragon, flying up and down, overturning the sea and the river.

legend

When you reach the top of Mount Tai, the most famous of the five mountains, you will definitely go to the sun watching peak on the east side of Yuhuangding, because it is the best place to watch the sunrise in the morning, the sunset in the evening, the magnificent mountains and rivers in the clear, and the colorful clouds in the shade. On riguan peak, there is a huge stone, named gongbeishi, which slants up to the North (about 8 ° to the West). It looks like a rooster at dawn. It looks like a rooster standing up to explore the sea, so it is also called tanhaishi. Gongbei stone flat forward two Zhang far, like a sword with sheath inclined to stab the sky. It is about 10 meters long, 3.2 meters wide and about 1.5 meters thick. The angle between the stone and the ground is 30 degrees, which is higher than the surrounding ground. The north and east sides of the stone are cliffs, which are magical and precipitous. Scholar Wang Keyu said that tanhaishi is one of the famous scenic spots in Daiding, and also a symbol and important symbol of Mount Tai. It is like a rooster at dawn, standing majestically on the top of Mount Tai, waiting for the world to usher in a brilliant dawn. Li xingzu, a famous honest and upright official in Qing Dynasty, once left a legacy of "just listening to the crowing of the heavenly rooster, the rising sun of Fusang has already begun to shine.". The vast sea atmosphere is moving with clouds, and there are people on the stone who have different feelings.

About sea exploration stone

There is also a beautiful legend about the origin of tanhaishi!

It turns out that there is an erhu temple in Zhongtianmen, which worships the Black Tiger God. Tiger is the king of all kinds of animals. Under the command of Bixia Yuanjun, tiger patrols up and down the mountain all day. Where there are fierce animals making waves and evil spirits, it goes to punish them and protect the peace of Mount Tai.

One spring, when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, the visitors were like weaving. A sea demon, who was guarding the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, saw that it was cold and quiet in front of his home, and the door could be filled with birds. However, the top of Mount Tai was very busy, so he became jealous and secretly went to the top of Mount Tai to cast evil spirits. In a flash, the picturesque sea of clouds on the top of the mountain and the fairy fog that came around immediately became miasmatic, and the mountain was in chaos. When the sea demon saw it, he laughed happily.

The Black Tiger God was touring at the foot of the mountain. When he saw that the black cloud was covering the top of the mountain, he knew that there must be evil spirits. He took the Qingtian staff, the treasure of the mountain that the emperor yuan had given him, and went straight to the top of the mountain. The sea demon only heard a cold wind coming behind him. Knowing that the event was not good, he quickly turned into a wisp of smoke and ran away. On the top of the mountain, there was a beautiful scenery of xianshanqiongge again. However, due to the excessive force of the Black Tiger God, the sky stick hit the stone. After a piece of fire dispersed, the stick broke into two pieces, and the broken piece turned into a huge stone, pointing straight at the East China Sea and glaring.

From then on, the East China Sea demon saw the sky stick standing on the top of the mountain from a distance, so he did not dare to do evil on Mount Tai any more.

Address: Taishan Scenic Area, Taishan District, Taian City

Longitude: 117.10804748535

Latitude: 36.257564544678

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Mount Tai scenic spot.