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The influence of Buddhism reached Fanjingshan by the Tang dynasty at the latest, especially after Hou Hongren (侯弘仁) constructed the Zangke Road (牂牁道) in 639 AD, which facilitated transport in the mountainous region, and local gazettes record the construction of several temples in the area. [2]
English: A Buddhist temple on Red Clouds Golden Summit of Mount Fanjing, in Jiangkou County, Guizhou, China.
The five elements, cosmic deities, historical incarnations, chthonic and dragon gods, and planets, associated to the five sacred mountains. This Chinese religious cosmology shows the Yellow Emperor, god of the earth and the year, as the centre of the cosmos, and the four gods of the directions and the seasons as his emanations.
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Fotu Cheng (Sanskrit: Buddhacinga?; simplified Chinese: 佛图澄; traditional Chinese: 佛圖澄; pinyin: Fótúchéng) (ca. 232–348 CE [1]) was a Buddhist monk and missionary from Kucha. He studied in Kashmir and came to Luoyang in 310 CE, and was active in the spread of Buddhism in China. [1]
The temple traces its origins to the former Huizong Hall (会宗堂), founded by Mingguang (明光) in the Wanli period (1573–1619) of the Ming dynasty.During that time, the temple enshrines deities of the three religions with Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in the middle, Taoist deity Guangchengzi and Confucian sage Lu Tong on the left and right sides.
Mount Emei ([ɤ̌.měɪ]; Chinese: 峨眉山 [2]; pinyin: Éméi shān), alternatively Mount Omei, is a 3,099-metre-tall (10,167 ft) mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. [3] Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as ...