Mount Tai is the foremost of China's Five Sacred Mountains.
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culture
泰山 is deeply embedded in Chinese culture. The idiom 有眼不识泰山 (yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān) means 'to fail to recognize a great person.' Emperors performed the 封禅 (fēngshàn) ceremony on Mount Tai to legitimize their rule.
usage
泰山 also means 'father-in-law' (wife's father) in colloquial Chinese, from a Tang dynasty anecdote. 岳父 (yuèfù) is the standard term.
