2008-10-11

4 Great Holy Buddhist Mountains

No1: Mt. Wutai
Synopsis:
Mt. Wutai in situated in the northeast part of xinzhou city,shanxi province ,70km from wutai county town ,140km from xinzhou city town and 240km from taiyuan city in the southwest and 210km from datong in the north ,with a total area of about 2837sq.km.Mt. Wutai scenic spot area is situated in the region with taihuai town as center in the north part of wutai county ,with an area of 376sq.km.
Mt. Wutai is the highest mountainous land in north china region ,with the north platform top being at an altitude of 3058m above sea level and called “roof ridge of north china ”,Mt. Wutai had its name because it has five main peaks with flat and broad platforms .it has five called cool mountain by the buddhists believers and is one of the five main buddhist holy lands in the world and also a famous activity place of buddhism in china ,ranking first among the “four main buddhist famous mountains in china ,where often reside 1200 monks and nuns now ,from north wei to qing dynasty ,the emperors of the past dynasties all have arrived Mt. Wutai and the eminent monks and great teachers of Mt. Wutai came forth in large numbers ,these great teachers and grand masters in the history of chinese buddhism have made outstanding contributions for the buddhist culture of Mt. Wutai so that Mt. Wutai has become an institution for the overseas believers to study abroad and listen to scriptures and written down a brilliant historic volume of sino-foreign cultural exchange. Mt. Wutai is a treasure –house of ancient architecture of china ,where the cultural relics gather together and treasures come together in crowds .now , Mt. Wutai has 47 temples ,and among them are 4 national-level key cultural relic preservation units and nearly 20 are provincial –level key cultural relic preservation units .of the four wood –structure buildings of tang dynasty kept in shanxi ,two are in Mt. Wutai ,tang song ,liao ,jin ,yuan ,ming and qing dynasties ,and minguo all left behind large buildings of typical wood structure and this itself is a volume of vast and numerious ancient architectural history of china.
Mt. Wutai has long cultural history and magnificent natural sight .in the temples of the whole mountain ate kept 17445 buddha statues ,224pieces of stone tablets, 58 pieces of horizontal boards, 7297 volumes of scriptures books in 928 cases,frescoes of 911sq.km and 1355 pieces of valuable cultural relics such as musical instruments used in buddhist mass and offering wares .all these are the valuable materials for studying the ancient history .science and culture and arts of china.

No2: Mt. Putuo
Location: Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China
Synopsis:
Mt. Putuo, one of the Four Holy Buddhist Mountains, covers an area of 12.5 square kilometers. The highest peak, the Foding peak is 300 meters high above the sea level.
Temples, monasteries, nunneries are spread all over the mountain. According to the annals of Mt. Putuo, after the construction of "Unwilling-to-go" Guanyin Temple, people began to build up temples in large scales. The remained ten ancient architecture complex and historical sights were built in Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasty.
Mt. Putuo once had 82 temples, 128 huts, accommodating 4,000 monk and nuns at its heyday. When you walk on the paths, you probably can come across monks in kasaya. The glorious scenery as well as the glamour concerned with Buddhism make it a sacred mountain.
Puji Temple, Fayu Temple, and Huiji Temple are the three largest in the twenty temples in Mt. Putuo. Puji Temple, covering 11,000 square meters, was first built in Song Dynasty, and is the main temple devoted to the Bodhisattva Guanyin.
Fayu Temple was first built in Ming. It sits along the mountain with different layers on it. Numerous large trees stand in the mountain, qualify the temple for a quiet and deep place.
Huiji Temple is on the Foding Peak, so gets a name after that, Foding Peak Temple.
Bizarre rocks and queer cliffs can be seen everywhere. The most famous twenty are Qingtuo Rock, Rock of Two Tortoises Listening to Preaching, Rock of Buddhist Heaven on Sea, etc. Along the line where the mountain connects with the sea, many spectacular caves are very attractive. Chaoyin Cave and Fanyin Cave are the two top ones.
No3: Mt. Emei
Location:
Situated in Sichuan province in southwestern China, 156 kilometers from Chengdu, spending 1.5 hours through thruway.
Synopsis:
Since Jin dynasty, Mt. Emei is Puxian Bodhisattva’s place where Buddhism rites are performed, and it's one of four most famous Buddhism mountains, with more than one thousand years of culture. With many mountains in rapid sequence, age-old trees, natural falls and springs, Mt. Emei have wonderful and amusing scenery. Mt. Emei is famous tour key point of interest, and has been embodied as World Heritage of nature and culture by UNESCO in 1996.
峨眉山は有名な観光地で、神秘だと称されている北緯30度の近くにあり、四川省の西南部に聳え立っていて、「雄大、秀麗、神奇、独特」な景色と深い仏教文化によって、国連教育科学文化組織により『世界遺産目録』に入れられる。
峨眉山は、自然の生まれ子であり、人類文化の宝庫でもある。何千万年に経って形成され、盆地に昇るこの山は、山のリーダーという称号に恥じない。『雑花経·仏授記録』の中に、「震旦国中,峨眉者,山之领袖」(中国では、峨眉が、山のリーダーである)という句がある。また、
「蜀国多仙山,峨眉邈难匹」(蜀の国<四川省の古称>には、多くの山があるが、峨眉と匹敵するのがない)という唐の時代の詩人李白が作られた詩もある。さらに、「一山独秀众山羞」(ほかの山を恥じさせるほど美しい)、 「高凌五岳」(五岳<中国の中部にある有名な五つの山>を超える)などの美称が持っている。
峨眉山は、自然遺産が豊かで、自然な「植物の王国」、「動物の楽園」、「地質博物館」、「仏国の天国」と称されている。特に植物の品種が世界でも独特で、国連に植生科学と地質科学を研究する典型的な地域と指定されている。세계에서 가장 높은 금불상 : 아미산 금정 의 4 면 10 방위 보현금불 상 은 해발고가 3077m 인 금정 에 위치하고 있으며 전체 높이가 48m 로 아미타불의 48 개 염원을 대표한다 . “10 방 ” 은 보현스님의 10 개 염원을 의미하는 외에 불교 중의 동 , 남 , 서 , 북 , 동남 , 서남 서북 , 상 , 하 10 개 방위를 상징함으로써 보현보살의 행원이 10 방 의 3 세 제불들과 운운중생 의 위
해 이익을 도모할 수 있음을 비유한다 . 보현보살의 10 개 두부상 은 각기 3 층으로 되어있는데 이는 세상사람들의 10 가지 심리상태를 대표한다 . 전반 금불상 은 설계가 완벽하고 공예의 흐름이 유창하며 동제조 불상의 천재적인 작품이라 할 수 있다 . 문화가치와 감상심미가치도 아주 높다 . 세계에서 가장 장관인 관경대 : 아미산 금정 관경대는 길이가 약 2km, 총면적이 16,505 평방미터이다 . 이 관경대는 금정 , 금강취 , 섭신암 , 천불정 경관대로 구성되어 있으며 해발이 3077m, 세계에서 가장 장관인 경관대로서 수 천 명이 함께 관광할 수 있다 . 동쪽은 하늘을 마주하고 우뚝 솟아있으며 서쪽으로는 뭇산들이 이어져 있다 . 여기에는 아미산 의 “ 일출. 구름바다 , 불광 , 신등 ” 등 4 대 성관이 집중되어 있다 . 뭇 산봉우리에 둘러싸인 높은 봉우리에 서서 주위의 산들과 절벽 , 서쪽하늘을 가로 막은 공알설산 을 굽어보느라면 아미산 의 웅건한 기개와 정신을..... + 더 많은 것
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No4: Mt. Jiuhua
Location:
located in the southeastern part of Chizhou City,Anhui Province.
Synopsis:
JiuHuashan is delicately beautiful. The gross area reaches 120 square kilometerswhile the protection area reaches 114square kilometers. Jiuhua Mountain is called one of the four great Buddhist mountains in China.
In 719 AD, Kim Qiaoque, prince of the king of XinLuo (today is Qingzhou city in SouthKorea) came to Jiuhua Mountain and cultivated himself for 5 years. He died at 99 years of age, his corporeal body stayed intact.Because he was very similar in appearance to Dizang Buddhisattva, the monks there believed Dizang Boddhisattva was reincarnated in him, as a result, Jiuhua Mountain became the place to hold rites for Dizang Boddhisatva.
During the golden periods in Ming ang Qing dynasty, there were as many as 360 temples and 4,000 to 5,000 monks and nuns. Mount Jiuhua was originally known as Jiuzi (Nine-Peak) Mountain. But ever since Li Bai, the celebrated poet in the Tang Dynasty wrote of the mountain: "Sailing down the Jiujiang River the other day, I saw the Jiuhua Peaks in the distance. Looking like a heavenly river hanging in heaven, Its green water embroidering cottonrose hibiscuses.", the mountain was renamed Jiuhua Mountain. As number 1 place fo pilgrimage,it was very famous in the southeastern part of China and became one of the great four Buddhist mountains.
Since the opening-up in 1979, JiuhuaMountain, with its abundant buddhistic culture and uniquely attractive scenery, has been enjoying a high reputation in southeast Asia, SouthKorea and Japan, which belong to Han-culture centered xountries. It is of high influence power in the area of Dizang Buddhisattva and the large numble of whole buddhistic relics.
구화산은 대단히 신기해서 수려해서, 안후이성지주 시동난부에게 위치한다.구화산와오대산, 사천음에산,푸도산은 중국의 불교의 사대명산 있다 . 계획면적120평방 킬로미터 . 보호면적174 평방 킬로미터 . 기원 719년, 기원 719년,신란국 국왕의친척(경주사람) 김교교구화산에 이른다.75년 수행해서 99세는 돌아가셨다 . 육체 썩는지 안다 . 김교교는 지장보살 닮기때문에 승려들이 김교교 지장보살이라고 생각하고 있다. 그후에 지장보살은 구화산에서 수행을 쌓는다.명 ,청 시대에 사원360개 있고. 승려 4000-5000정도 있다. 구화산 원래 구자산이라고하다.당대천보시대 ,당대유면한시인 이배 “고수천장,상요구봉여연꽃”봐고시한나 만들어서 구화산 바꾸다. “향화지성,갑우천하”명진동남,중국의천하유명한볼교 사대명산 돼다.1979년
개방이후,구화산 특별한볼교문화와대단히 수려한 풍경있기때문에 동남아,한국,일분등등국가에서 지위가 상당히 높다.지금 국회산에 99개사원있고 600승려있다. 제사 지내는 것의 땅에서 보살을 숨겨서 그 사람의 그 것, 정말인 모습의 보살에게 확실히 있어서 가장 많은등 가장 특색을 갖춘다.구화산99봉 있는데 십왕봉와연꽃봉등 구대봉 재일아름다워서”연꽃볼국”라고 부르다.구화산 도 역사명산있다.문물가 2000여개있고,명인들이 구화에서 저며한 시가 500여개보존하고,책원.책당유적20여개 있다.”구화일천사,싸재운무중” 중국의사대명산중 구화산 아름다워한경치있기 때문에특별히 훌륭한다. 도한 “향화갑천하”와”동남재일산”이중 월계관이 이루다.구화산의 산의 지세는 웅대해서, 어느쪽의 봉우리도 수려해서, 식생은 무성하고, 기후가 온화해서, 사계절은 명확해서, 자연의 풍광은 인문의 경관, 불교의 분위기와 일체가 된다.고대부터 유면한 관광지된다.
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