The Three Mao Lords.
A mountain of devotion.
Explore the Three Mao Lords through devotion, sacred texts, temples and music—an inheritance closely tied to Maoshan.
Mao Ying
The eldest of the three brothers. Daoist sacred biography honours his cultivation, benevolence and protection.
Read the profileMao Gu
One of the three brothers venerated at Maoshan. Their shared story links family memory, mountain and sacred geography.
Read the profileMao Zhong
One of the Three Mao Lords, whose names continue through the mountain’s sacred texts, temples and ritual life.
Read the profileTheir stories are transmitted as sacred biographies. The profiles provide further historical and textual context.
Reverence carries
a teaching.
Texts associated with the Three Mao Lords connect reverence, repentance and cultivation. The temple’s account of their Admonitions emphasizes good deeds as part of the religious life.
The Bao’gao
Read the honorific names and devotional language of a sacred proclamation.
Open the guideAdmonitions
Explore the connection between cultivation, good deeds and human conduct.
Open the guideThe Precious Repentance
Meet the language of praise, devotion and repentance in its temple setting.
Open the guideVoices carry
the tradition.
Maoshan Daoist music entered China’s national intangible cultural heritage list in 2014, with Jurong Maoshan Daoyuan as its safeguarding organization. Repertoires including Sanmao biao and Sanmao chan connect devotion to the Three Mao Lords with temple liturgy.
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