Editing Mount Lu (section)

==History==
Mount Lu contains important sites and temples for [[Daoism]], ([[Mahayana]]) [[Buddhism]], [[Confucianism]], and even [[Christianity]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=崔 |first=晓义 |title=庐山—雄奇山水与人文历史的完美融合 |url=http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/chinese/mlzg/mlsh/201703/t20170330_800092429.html |access-date=23 February 2023 |website=www.chinatoday.com.cn |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820045347/http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/chinese/mlzg/mlsh/201703/t20170330_800092429.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Between AD 386 and 402 during the [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin dynasty]], [[Huiyuan (Buddhist)|Huiyuan]] founded [[Pure Land Buddhism]] and [[Donglin Temple (Jiujiang)|Donglin Temple]] on the slopes of Mount Lu.<ref name="unesco" /> During the [[Tang dynasty]] (618–907), Daoist temples were constructed nearby to house sacred scriptures.<ref name="unesco" /> The [[White Deer Grotto Academy]], founded in AD 940, was developed into a renowned center of academic research during the [[Song dynasty]] under the direction of Confucian scholar [[Zhu Xi]].<ref name="unesco" /> The academy was continually open until at least the 19th century. Other important medieval structures on the mountain include the grave of the famous Tang dynasty poet [[Tao Yuanming]] and imperial pavilions during the [[Ming dynasty]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

The Song dynasty poet [[Su Shi]] famously described the difficulty of conveying the mountain's beauty in his expression, "Why can't I tell the true shape of Lushan? Because I myself am in the mountain."<ref name=":0242">{{Cite book |last=Jin |first=Keyu |title=The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism |date=2023 |publisher=Viking |isbn=978-1-9848-7828-1 |location=New York |pages=303 |author-link=Keyu Jin}}</ref>

In later years, [[Kuling, Jiujiang|Kuling]] in Mount Lu became a summer resort for Western missionaries in China. [[Absalom Sydenstricker]], the father of [[Pearl Buck]], was one of the first five missionaries to acquire a property in the Kuling Estate on the mountain. The development of Kuling was instigated by the Reverend Edward Little and Dr. Edgerton H. Hart.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Crawford |first=Stanley |title=The History of Lushan & Kuling |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-9916082-7-0 |edition=2nd revised |location=Phoenix, Arizona |oclc=892572743}}</ref>{{page needed|date=March 2023}} The four principal founders of  China's Nurses Association and its first president, Caroline Maddock Hart, met in Kuling to form this association.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Green |first1=Cathleen |title=Wuhu Missionaries: Dr. Edgerton Haskell Hart & Caroline Maddock Hart |last2=Crawford |first2=Stanley |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-9916082-3-2 |edition=2nd |location=Phoenix, Arizona |oclc=897465858}}</ref>{{page needed|date=March 2023}}

During the [[Long March]], in early 1935, a battle took place in the area between the [[Chinese Red Army]] and [[Kuomintang|nationalist]] [[National Revolutionary Army|forces]], in which [[Hu Yaobang]], later [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]], was seriously injured.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Khoon Choy |title=Pioneers of Modern China: Understanding the Inscrutable Chinese |publisher=World Scientific |year=2005 |isbn=9789812566188 |edition=Illustrated |pages=310 |language=en}}</ref>

Mount Lu was once dubbed the {{Transliteration|zh|hsiatu}} ({{Transliteration|zh|xiadu}}, "summer capital") of the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]. [[Chiang Kai-shek]], China's leader at the time, would frequently spend his summers in the area. In June 1937, [[Zhou Enlai]], then a major leader in the [[Chinese Communist Party]], met with Chiang on the mountain to discuss a [[Second United Front|united front]] against the Japanese invasion. In July 1937, Chiang Kai-shek announced his intention for a full mobilization for [[Second Sino-Japanese war|war against Japan]] from Mount Lu. In 1946, following the war, the U.S. special diplomatic mission led by General [[George C. Marshall]] met with Chiang Kai-Shek to discuss the role of post-World War II China.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

[[Mao Zedong]] convened three large conferences of senior party officials at Mount Lu, in 1959, 1961, and 1970. The 1959 conference became known as the [[Lushan Conference]]. The meeting saw the purge of decorated [[Chinese Civil War]] and [[Korean War]] general [[Peng Dehuai]], who was critical of Mao's [[Great Leap Forward]] policies. The 1970 Lushan Conference took place during the [[Cultural Revolution]], and marked the increasing antagonism between those loyal to Mao and those loyal to his chosen successor [[Lin Biao]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

In 1980 the famous movie ''[[Romance on Lushan Mountain]]'', which was entirely shot on Mount Lu, was released to the public and won considerable positive reception. It was considered as the most progressive film since the founding of [[China|communist China]], because there was a kissing scene in the movie, which was seen as public taboo in the pre-[[Chinese economic reform|reform-and-opening-up]] China. It still holds the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for "the longest first run of a film in one cinema" for having been shown continuously since 1980 until today.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Sangkyun |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-85DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54 |title=Film Tourism in Asia: Evolution, Transformation, and Trajectory |last2=Reijnders |first2=Stijn |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9789811059094 |page=54 |access-date=2023-02-23 |archive-date=2023-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223003507/https://books.google.com/books?id=F-85DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54 |url-status=dead }}</ref>