Against the southeast of the Laoshan Mountain, Taiqing scenic spot has got its name from the Taiqing Palace. This area is famous for “Taoism fairy land”, planting area of “Little Jiangnan” (ever-spring landscape in northern part of China) and fairy landscape of both sea and natural stone. With 2100-year history, Taiqing Palace built in the year 140BC is the biggest Taoist palace and has got the longest history among all the temples and palaces in the Laoshan Mountain.
Three sides of Taiqing Palace are surrounded by mountains and only one side linked with sea. Because the palace is surrounded by the Jufeng peak (The great Peak) in far distance and 7 peaks which is near around the palace, the cold air current from the north is blocked in winter, therefore creating a unique subtropical zone climate and environment here. So it is neither too cold here in winter nor too hot in summer. The warm and humid climate brings about various species of plants and makes the plants here luxuriant. The beautiful name of this landscape “Little Jiangnan” is just from it.
