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Top 4 Buddhist Mountains in China

China is also a Buddhist country since Buddhism entered China in Han Dynasty. Unlike local religions like Taoism, Buddhism is an exotic religion, but over the past thousands of years, Buddhism in China has been gradually localized and strongly featured by Chinese culture and history, especially in Tang Dynasty, such a trend was more obvious. Surely it is an important part of Chinese religious culture and Chinese cultural and historic heritage. Thanks to the extensive influence of Buddhism, Chinese culture is so sophisticated and Chinese people are so kind-hearted and versatile. Many Chinese people believe in Buddhism, so many Chinese people support the development of Buddhism. In particular, in today’s society, the mentality and soul are both isolated and wasted when human being is busy with making money and going into business. The desertification of heart actually becomes the hidden danger of modern times. Buddhism appealing for soul cultivation and meditation should be the backbone of human’s mind. It is significant and meaningful for people’s health both in mental and physical growth. China traditionally is Kingdom of Buddhism, and Buddhism is also one of the most influential religions. A lot of outstanding experts and monks specialized in Buddhism and sutras were born in China, like Xuan Zhuang who succeeded in visiting India and translating the Indian sutras into Chinese and largely promoted the spread of Buddhism in China, Jian Zhen who experienced seven-time tries to visit Japan crossing the sea and succeeded at the last time and then spread Buddhism in Japan. China also preserves a great number of treasures concerned with Buddhism, such as Chinese Dunhuang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, Shaolin Temple, Shaolin Kungfu, Lingyin Temple, Zen, Baima Temple, and Big Wild Goose Pagoda as well as Small Wild Goose Pagoda and so on. Besides, Chinese people are also talented in creating our own humanized Immortal God-Kwan-yin, the most welcome and respectable Chinese Buddhistic God. What’s more, Four Great Buddhist Mountains are also available in China: Emei Mountain, Wutai Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain and Putuo Mountain.

Emei Mountain

Emei Mountain, a World Natural and Cultural Heritage in China, is located in Emeishan City of Sichuan Province. It is in the southwest of Sichuan Basin. It is in the upstream-section of Yangtze River. Emei Mountain is the famous tourism destination and famous Buddhist Mountain, which is one of four famous Buddhist Mountains…

Wutai Mountain is a world-famous Buddhist holy-land. It is the home of Wenxu Bodhisattva. Famous as its time-honored history in temple establishment and the large scale, it is crowned as the first place of the four greatest Buddhist Mountains. It is also famous in Burma, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal…

Jiuhua Mountain

Jiuhua Mountain scenic area is situated in Chizhou of Anhui Province. Jiuhua Mountain is the top-class attraction all around the world and an important international Buddhist holy-land. Since Han Dynasty, this famous mountain has accumulated so many splendid cultural and religious legacies that it became the famous mountain of landscape, history, culture and Buddhism. In the process of its development, Jiuhua Mountain won a lot of honors. Since Ming Dynasty, it has been one of four famous Buddhist Mountains all around China. It is considered as the Land of Buddha and Lotus…

Putuo Mountain

Putuo Mountain,is one of islands of Zhoushan Archipelago in Ningbo of East China, which is comprised of 1390 islands. The total area of Putuo Mountian is 12.93 square kilometers. It is one of China’s four great Buddhist Mountains. Putuo Mountain is the first group of national key places of interests, generally called Buddhism Heaven on the sea and the Holy-land on South Sea. It is a Five-A tourism destination in China. The immortal mountains in clouds and waters offer travelers the feeling of mystery, strangeness, and sanctity. Putuo Mountain is a famous Kwan-yin Ceremony center in China…

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