Wu Tai Shan is the belief center of the region in Northern Dynasty. After middle age in Tang Dynasty, it gradually developed from “scenic spot” to “Holy place”. Hence, pilgrimage became a way of practicing this holy place belief. This article investigates the path to Wu Tai Shan by people in Tang Dynasty. The main roads can be divided into East, West and North ways. The East way is going from the area in Zhen Ding of Hebei, passing through Longquang Guan and finally towards Wu Tan Shan along with Hutuo River, or going from Ding County to Quyang and Longquang Guan, then entering into Wu Tai Shan. The path of West way is gathering to Tai Yuan, and there are many routes before going to Tai Yuan. One of North way is entering Lai Yuan of Hebei, Yi Ma Ling and then passing through Pingxing Guan of Shanxi and Fan Zhi County to Wu Tai Shan along with Ju Ma River. Another way of North Way is from Yanbei area down the south to Yannan and Dai County to Wu Tai Shan. After entering inside Wu Tai Shan, pilgrims usually travelled around the middle, north and west parts of Wu Tai Shan because these paths are shorter in distances and they were developed first during early Tang Dynasty, while south part and east part of Wu Tai Shan were rarely called upon. With the popularity of pilgrimage, some people also called upon south and east parts of Wu Tai Shan due to completes of capital construction and transportation in the Mountain. Until the middle of Tang Dynasty, the transportation was much improved between each part of Wu Tai Shan and Normal Temples were established to offer accommodation. All these phenomenon reflects the popularity of pilgrimage.
