太姥山位于福建省东北部，在福鼎市正南距市区四十五公里，约在东经120度与北纬27度的附近。挺立于东海之滨，三面临海，一面背山，巍峨秀拔，气势雄伟，奇岩怪石，千姿百态，景色独特，蔚为奇观。主峰海拔917.3米。登临绝顶，极目东海，水在天际流，峰从海中出，不愧以“山海大观”著称于世。它北望雁荡山，西眺武夷山，三者成鼎足之势，雁荡、武夷地处通衢，声名远著，而太姥僻居海隅，知之者鲜。闽人称太姥、武夷为双绝，浙人视太姥、雁荡为昆仲，实在颇有见地。整个风景区面积为92平方公里，分为太姥山岳、九鲤溪瀑、晴川海滨、桑园翠湖、福瑶列岛五大景区；还有冷城古堡、瑞云寺两处独立景点。拥有山峻。石奇、洞异、溪秀、瀑急等众多自然景观，以及古刹、碑刻等丰富人文景观。
根据地质部门考察，太姥岩石为粗粒花岗岩，属燕山晚期，地质史中生代白垩纪的产物，距今约九千万年至一亿年。由于地壳的变动，海洋上升，东西南北与近水平三组互相垂直的向节理发育，形成一条条纵横交错的峭壁、山峰、山洞。又经千百万年的风雨剥蚀，流水冲刷，就慢慢地形成今天的突兀的奇峰和怪石。
太姥山在唐宋时已十分兴盛，山南山北有三十六寺院，其中以国兴、瑞云、灵峰、芭蕉、天王等寺规模最大。今国兴寺的遗址上尚存石柱三百六十根，寺前有楞枷宝塔和石池，可见当时之规模。玉湖庵为宋理学家朱熹草堂，璇玑洞为朱熹隐居之所，山中还有历代名人摩崖石刻“天下第一山”、“山海大观”、“道仙佛地”等几十处。太姥山下的秦屿镇，是福建明代沿海抗寇的英雄阵地之一。有“万古雄镇”之称。
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Scenic Spots of Taimu Mountain
Taimu Mountain is situated within Fuding City, northeast of Fujian Province and near east LONG. 120 and north LAT. 27.It stands firm on the bank of East Sea, three sides facing sea and one side close to mountain. Taimu Mountain is famous for its precipitous mountains, odd rocks, bizarre caves, beautiful mist and rapid waterfalls. The height of its highest peak is 917.30m.Climbing tiptop, looking East Sea as far as you can, you will find water flowing to horizon, apices extruding from sea and Tianmu Mountain deserved the famous title of "Grand Sight of Mountain and Sea". Taimu Mountain forms three rival tops together with Yandang Mountain near its north, Wuyi Mountain close to its west. Taimu Mountain as a sea coign is less famous than the other two mountains with many and broad roads. Fujianese name Taimu and Wuyi Mountains "Two Superexcellences" and Zhejiangnese take Taimu and Yandang Mountains as "Two Brothers" with extreme insight. The total area is about 300 square kilometers, 92 of which are for tourism. It has five big scenery areas, including Taimu Kop, Nine-carp Brooks & Waterfalls, Fine Plain at Sea Shore, Mulberry Garden & Jade Green Lake and Blessing & Fairy Islands as well as other two single sites, Chilly Town & Ancient Castle and Lucky Cloud Temple. It has abundant natural and man-made sights.
According to survey by geologic sector, Taimu rocks are coarse grained granite in the late Yanshan period, or Mesozoic-the Cretaceous Period of geologic history, early beyond present about 90 to 100 million years. Because crustal alteration resulted in ocean ascending and three sets of vertical joints growth each other in east, west, south, north and nearly horizontal directions, Taimu Mountain was sculpted vertically and horizontally interlaced barrancas, peaks and caves. After denudation by winds and rains and scour by flowing water over extra thousands and millions years, Taimu Mountain formed present abrupt rare peaks and odd rocks.
Taimu Mountain was being dramatic prosperity in Tang and Song Dynasties. There were thirty six temples in its south and north, among which the Temples of Country Prosperity, Lucky Cloud, Efficacious Peak, Musa Basjoo and Heavenly Kings were with greatest scales. Nowadays, there are 360 stone poles on the site of Country Prosperity Temple, Unlivable Tower and Stone Pool ahead of the temple. You could image how grand it was. Jade Lake Nunnery was ever Zhu Xi’s grass house, a philosopher and educator in Song Dynasty, and Xuanji Cave ever his retirement site. There are several decades giant stone inscriptions left by famous men in past dynasties, like “the 1st Mountain”, “Grand Sight of Mountain and Sea”, “Tao’s Wonderland & Buddha’s Holy Land” and so on. Qing Island Town on the foot of Taimu Mountain was one of heroic positions to resist coastal enemies in Ming Dynasty in Fujian Province and named “Immortal & Heroic Town”.