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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 ...
The mountain is not only famous for its Buddhist culture but also noted for its natural landscapes featuring old pines, green bamboo forests, strange rocks, waterfalls, streams and caves. Mount Jiuhua was originally known as Jiuzi (Nine-Peak) Mountain. But ever since Li Bai, the Tang dynasty poet, wrote of the mountain,
Mount Wutai, also known by its Chinese name Wutaishan and as Mount Qingliang, is a sacred Buddhist site at the headwaters of the Qingshui in Shanxi Province, China.Its central area is surrounded by a cluster of flat-topped peaks or mesas roughly corresponding to the cardinal directions.
Mount Xuedou has been recently promoted as a fifth sacred mountain of Chinese Buddhism. This was first advocated by Changxing (1896-1939), an associate of the famous reformer Taixu. [15] [14] Xuedou mountain is seen as the sacred place of bodhisattva Maitreya. [8] It is located 8 kilometers north-west of Xikou Town, Fenghua City, Zhejiang.
Bhutanese thangka of Mt. Meru and the Buddhist universe (19th cent., Trongsa Dzong, Trongsa, Bhutan).. Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु)—also known as Sumeru, Sineru or Mahāmeru—is a sacred, five-peaked mountain present within Hindu, Jain and Buddhist cosmologies, revered as the centre of all physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes. [1]
Sacred mountains are central to certain religions, and are usually the subjects of many legends. For many, the most symbolic aspect of a mountain is the peak because it is believed that it is closest to heaven or other religious realms. [1]
The peak of Mount Kailash is located at an elevation of 6,638 m (21,778 ft), ... Mount Kailash is sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon religion.
Fanjingshan is located in Tongren, Guizhou Province in southeastern China.It is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains.The elevation of its terrain ranges from 480 to 2,570 meters (1,570–8,430 ft) above sea level.