"Dongyue Taishan Shou Yuanke" is a Taoist ritual manuscript that circulated in the Ming and Qing dynasties, with a total of 158 pages. It records people's admiration and devotion to Mount Tai of Dongyue, as well as their desire to protect the safety of Mount Tai.
As the first of the five mountains in China, Mount Tai has been regarded as a symbol of Chinese culture since ancient times and is highly admired by people.
The expanded content of Dongyue Taishan Shou Ke will focus on the important position of Taishan in Chinese culture and people's vow-keeping behavior.
Let's take the example of a devout pilgrim who came from a distant place and traveled to Mount Tai to pray for blessings. The moment he stopped to climb the mountain, he felt the endless majesty and sacred aura of Mount Tai. He witnessed the splendid scenery of Mount Tai at sunrise and the temple on top of Mount Tai, where people prayed to the gods.
Pilgrims deeply realize that Mount Tai carries not only scenery and history, but also a kind of faith and spiritual pursuit. He pondered his wishes and prayed to Tarzan with a pious heart, wishing that he and his family would be healthy and safe, and that their careers would be successful. He wrote down his wishes on paper, burned them in the incense fire, and watched his wishes melt into the air with hope and faith.
In addition to the stories of the pilgrims, there are many people who write their wishes on paper and hang them on the prayer tree of Mount Tai. This is a kind of protection of Mount Tai by people, and it is also their expression of hope and yearning for the future.
Standing on the peak of Mount Tai, people can overlook the many wishing cards under the mountain, forming a beautiful landscape.
Through the manuscript of "Dongyue Taishan Guardian Branch", we can understand that people not only come here to worship for the magnificent scenery of Mount Tai, but also hope to obtain their inner satisfaction and peace blessings through vows. This kind of pious vow-keeping behavior not only reflects people's pursuit of nature worship, but also reflects the pursuit of harmonious coexistence in Chinese culture.
With its precious historical value and unique cultural connotation, this manuscript has become one of the important documents for the study of Taoist rituals in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
It is a record of people's devotion and reverence for Mount Tai, and also demonstrates the importance of nature and belief in traditional Chinese culture. No matter how time passes, people's vow-keeping behavior for Mount Tai will be passed down forever and become an important part of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation.