Yiwulü Mountain

Yiwulü Mountain in Beizhen City of Jinzhou City, Liaoning, China

Yiwulü Mountain (Chinese: 医巫闾山) or simply Lü Mountain (Chinese: 闾山) is located in the western part of Beizhen City, in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. It is one of the Three Greatest Mountains of Northeast China, together with Qianshan and Mount Changbai.

Its highest peak is 867 meters above sea level. It is located about 5 kilometers west of the center of Beizhen City, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province.

During the Song dynasty, it was one of the "chief mountains" (distinct from the Five Sacred Mountains) associated with sacrifices.[1] It was considered sacred by the Liao and Jin.[2]

References

  1. ^ Zhu, Ruixi; Zhang, Bangwei; Liu, Fusheng; Cai, Chongbang; Wang, Zengyu (22 December 2016). A Social History of Medieval China. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-16786-5.
  2. ^ Rogaski, Ruth (September 2022). Knowing Manchuria: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-80965-6.

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