Located in central Shandong Province, It covers a total area of 550 sq. km. It was known as one of the birthplaces of the ancient Chinese civilization along the Yellow River and was regarded as pre-eminent among China's Five Holy Mountains. 72 Chinese emperors of various dynasties made pilgrimages to Mt. Tai for sacrificial and other ceremonial purposes. In 1987, Mt. Taishan was included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.

Poets and literary scholars through the dynasties all visited Mt. Taishan. Numerous rock inscriptions and stone tablets bear testimony to such visits．Currently on the mountain, there are 22 ancient architectural complexes, 97 ruins, 819 stone tablets and 1,800 stone inscriptions, which provide a natural museum for the study of ancient history and calligraphy.