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Mount Putuo has been a pilgrimage site for over a thousand years. [2] [3] After the Tang dynasty, Mount Putuo became a center of Guanyin worship. [4]Traditionally there were three main temples: the Puji Temple (普濟寺, founded in 10th century), the Fayu Temple (法雨寺, founded 1580 CE), and the Huiji Temple (慧濟寺, founded 1793 CE).
Puji Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in Mount Putuo, the temple is also the main temple enshrining Guanyin. It is known as "Front Temple" since it located in the southern foot of Lingjiu Peak. Along the central axis are Shanmen, Four Heavenly Kings Hall, Mahavira Hall, Yuantong Hall, Buddhist Texts Library, etc.
The Hanging Temple, a temple built into a cliff 75 meters (246 ft) above the ground near Mount Heng in Shanxi in 491 AD A hall and courtyard at Huayan Temple in Shanxi Chongshan Temple (Shanxi) Huayan Temple (Datong)
Putuo is the Chinese rendering of Sanskrit Potalaka. It may refer to the following places in China: Mount Putuo, one of the four Buddhist holy mountains of China; Putuo District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province: location of Mount Putuo; Putuo District, Shanghai; Putuo Zongcheng Temple, in Chengde, Hebei Province; South Putuo Temple, in Xiamen ...
Fayu Temple is the second largest temple in Mount Putuo, and a national key Buddhist temple designated by the State Council. In 1580 during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), a monk of Macheng, named Dazhi Zhenrong (大智真融), came from western Sichuan to Mount Putuo for training. He was attracted by the local scenery and built a small ...
Mount Putuo features three grand temples (Puji Temple, Fayu Temple, and Huiji Temple), three treasures (Tahoto Pagoda, Yangzhi Guanyin Stele, and Nine-Dragon Caisson), three rocks (Rock Pantuo, Heart Rock, and Rock Ergui Tingfa), three caves (Cave Chaoyang, Cave Chaoyin and Cave Fanyin), 88 nunneries and 128 huts, and twelve scenes.
South Putuo or Nanputuo (Chinese: 南普陀寺; pinyin: Nán Pǔtuó Sì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm Phó͘-tô Sī) is a famous Buddhist temple founded in the Tang dynasty in the Chinese city of Xiamen. [1] It is so named because it is south of the Buddhist holy site Mount Putuo in Zhejiang Province.
Zhenru Temple (Chinese: 真如寺; pinyin: Zhēnrú Sì) is a Buddhist temple located in Putuo District of Shanghai, China. [1] It is a Major National Historical and Cultural Site in Shanghai . Name