Mt. Qiyun, known as the White Mountain in ancient times, is located near the Yanqian Town, 15 kilometers away from the west of Xiuning County, Anhui Province.
Mt. Qiyun was once one of the four famous Daoist mountains in China. As early as the Qianyuan era of the Tang Dynasty (A. D. 758-760), the Daoist priest Gong Qiyun roamed to Mt. Qiyun and lived in seclusion at the Tianmen Cliff. During the Baoqing years of the Southern Song Dynasty (A. D. 1225-1227), the Magician Yu Daoyuan built at the Qiyun Cliff the Shrine of Perfect Warrior Who Protects Sages. In the Ming dynasty, Daoist activities on Mt. Qiyun daily became more and more flourishing. The Daoists of the mountain used to go to Mt. Wudang to visit masters and seek knowledge, so much so that Daoist temples and regulations of Mt. Qiyun mostly imitated those of Mt. Wudang. In the 15th Zhengde year (A. D. 1515), Wang Taiyuan, a Daoist living on Mt. Qiyun, built the Jade Emptiness Temple on the Purple Clouds Cliff and the Peaceful Joy Temple at the Peach Blossoms Valley, in imitation of Mt. Wudang. His disciple, carrying forward his master's will, built the Plums Temple and picked plums on Mt. Wudang to plant there. Since Mt. Wudang has the literary title "Taihe" while Mt. Qiyun has the literary title "Zhonghe", ancient people called the latter a "Small Mt. Wudang in the South of the River".
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