Zhongnan Mountains

Other notable peaks and places in the Zhongnan mountains include Lou Guan Tai, (where Taoist sage Laozi is said to have dwelt and conveyed the Dao De Jing).

The Zhongnan mountains have been a popular dwelling-place for Daoist hermits since at least the Qin dynasty.

Buddhist monks began living in the mountains after Buddhism's introduction into China from India in the early first millennium AD.

The Complete Perfection Sect, one of the largest branches of modern Taoism, was founded in the Zhongnan mountains by Song dynasty Taoist Wang Chongyang.

Other than the name, the context of Zhong Kui being a protection deity related to Taoist belief can be connected with the creation of the complete perfection sect.