Mount Wudang, foremost of Daoist mountains — the Yongle Emperor dispatched hundreds of thousands to carve this proclamation of imperial legitimacy into heaven-defying cliffs, a royal faith spectacle.

Mount Wudang, foremost of Daoist mountains — the Yongle Emperor dispatched hundreds of thousands to carve this proclamation of imperial legitimacy into heaven-defying cliffs, a royal faith spectacle.