In terms of ancient Chinese aesthetics, Mount Taishan is “great”, “strong” and “majestic”. When ascending Mount Taishan, Emperor Wu of Han praised it by saying: “Mount Taishan is high, superb, great, special, majestic, grand and awe-inspiring”.

The Taoist Mappings of the True Forms of the Five Sacred Peaks are highly religious and symbolic sacred drawings between maps and talismans. Since ancient times, Taoists have been worshipping and living in mountains, and naturally they became geographical explorers. They not only recorded landforms but also drew maps of mountains.