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  2. Mount Jiuhua - Wikipedia

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    (妙有分二气,灵山开九华), giving rise to its name Mount Jiuhua. Mount Jiuhua is located in the southeastern part of Chizhou City, in Quingyang County of Anhui Province. The gross area reaches 120 square kilometers, while the protection area reaches 114 square kilometers. Shiwang Peak is the highest one with an elevation of 1342 ...

  3. Midwest-China Hub Commission - Wikipedia

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    In December 2009, the Midwest-China Hub Commission and RCGA convened eight industry-specific China Business Councils [6] to gain feedback from local businesses and leaders, help broaden the base of regional knowledge, and catalogue the breadth of business already occurring between the Saint Louis region and China.

  4. Chinese St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community is a 2004 non-fiction book by Huping Ling, published by Temple University Press.. Ling argued that the Chinese of St. Louis focused on, in Ling's words, "maintaining and preserving its cultural heritage" as it no longer has a particular place in the metropolitan area where it is concentrated; Haiming Liu of California State Polytechnic ...

  5. Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community

  6. List of Buddhist temples in the People's Republic of China

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    A hall in the Shrine of Living Buddha on Mount Jiuhua in Anhui. This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the People's Republic of China. In this list are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location.

  7. Huacheng Temple - Wikipedia

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    The government of Qinyang County renovated the temple in 1955. But in 1968, all the Buddhist images were destroyed. In 1981, the temple was rebuilt, and Mount Jiuhua Historical and Cultural Museum was opened. The preserved collection of more than 1,800 pieces was on exhibition. The temple has a land area of 3,500 square meters.

  8. Hall of Kshitigarbha - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese Buddhism, Kṣitigarbha's image is usually in the form of a Buddhist monk; complete with a robe, shaved head or in a vishnu lou cap. [1] He sits in the lotus posture and wields a khakkhara in his left hand, symbolizing the unification of compassion for all living creations whilst holding strictly to the moral precepts. [1]

  9. Sacred mountains - Wikipedia

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    They consist of Mount Putuo, Mount Wutai, Mount Jiuhua and Mount Emei. Mount Putuo is associated with the bodhisattva Guanyin and is identified by Chinese Buddhists as the Mount Potalaka mentioned in Buddhist scriptures as being the bodhisattva's bodhimaṇḍa (with the word "Putuo" being a contraction of "Pǔtuóluòjiā", the Mandarin ...