Jiuhua Mountain's original name is Jiuzishan. The great poet Li Bai praised its lotus blooms-like peaks of Mt. Jiuhua Mountain scenery the verse of "the intelligential pea open Jiuhua Mountain ", hence the name. Mt. Jiuhua, Mt. Emeishan, Mt. Wutaishan and Mt. Putuoshan became four great Buddhist Mountains in China. It has "lotus flower Buddhist country" reputation. It has already opened five big scenic areas such as Shanqian, Jiuhua Street, MinYuan Garden, Tantaii and the flower platform. The circle path is 30 kilometers and the scenic spot total area is about 120 square kilometers. There are 94 extant temples, with almost 700 Buddhist monks and nuns.
The Jiuhua Buddhism history is glorious. It spreads into china in Jin Dynasty and was popular for a period in Tang Dynasty. Famous monk Jin Qiaojue practiced Buddhism here during the Tang rein Kaiyuan and the Xinluo Country (now known as North Korea). Jin Qiaojue was respected as the Earth Buddha by the locals; hence Mt. Jiuhua became the place where religious rituals were held to worship the God of Earth.
Jiuhua Mountain is famous with the reputation of "incense and candle is the best in the world" and "First mountain of Southeast”. The Buddhism believers worship the Holy Land.
Jiuhua Mountain's scenery is very famous; the old record says "Jiuhua ten sceneries": Tiantai dawn , Huacheng night clock, sitting on the east cliff, high pole with immortal trace, peach crag waterfall, lotus peak cloud sea, flat hillock with snow, Shutan against moon, Jiusishan springs sound and five brooks mountain color. In addition, there is the Longchi Waterfall, MinYuan garden and bamboos, the manna is attractive, skyscraper palace, the gathering of beautiful flowers, the lion peak forest, the clear ditch, fish and dragon cave, phoenix ancient pine and so on.



Name:Huangshan Jiuhua Mountain (Jiuhua Shan)
City:Huangshan
Address:Chizhou,240km from Huangshan
Admission:CNY140
Hours: 24hours
Tel: 0086-0566-5011237

This article was posted on 2007-09-25
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