茅山

Máoshān

popculture

Meanings

1 Mount Mao, a Daoist sacred mountain southeast of Jurong in Jiangsu Province, cradle of the Shangqing school of Daoism

Characters

thatch grass; (surname Mao)

Examples

茅山是道教上清派的发祥地。

Máoshān shì Dàojiào Shàngqīngpài de fāxiángdì.

Mount Mao is the birthplace of the Shangqing school of Daoism.

茅山道士在民间传说里十分有名。

Máoshān dàoshi zài mínjiān chuánshuō lǐ shífēn yǒumíng.

Maoshan Daoist priests are very famous in folk legends.

Tips

culture

茅山道士 (Máoshān dàoshi, Maoshan Daoists) are pop-culture icons in Hong Kong horror films of the 1980s, where they specialize in jiangshi-fighting (僵尸, hopping vampires) using talismans, peach-wood swords, and chicken blood.

Stroke Order

茅 máo

山 shān