DaYu(夏禹)’s visit in Penglai(蓬萊)

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In ancient times, after Yu the Great(DaYu) had controlled the floods, he rode in a carriage across the Weak Water and arrived at Mount Penglai.

He offered sacrifices to God at Bei’ao and attributed his great achievements in flood control to the Nine Heavens. Da Yu toured the Five Mountains and ordered craftsmen to carve stone tablets to record the distance, height, and other information of each mountain.

The characters on the tablets were written in the ancient Kochou script, which was not intelligible to the Han people. The Chinese mile system that we use today also originated from Da Yu’s creation. from 《三才圖會蓬萊山圖考》


🎨 趙伯駒《仙山樓閣圖》 , 宋

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