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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]
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Fanjing shan is also often claimed to be the fifth sacred mountain of Chinese Buddhism. [17] Mount Lu is also an important sacred mountain in Chinese Buddhism, especially for Pure Land Buddhism. It is the site Donglin Temple, founded by the Pure Land patriarch Huiyuan. [18]
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A 423.12 km 2 [59] area surrounding the five peaks of Mount Wutai (3,061 m), considered holy since at least the Han (1st century AD), the site of imperial pilgrimage since the Northern Wei (5th century), [59] and the seat of the Buddhist bodhisattva Manjushri (Wenshu) since the 7th century, [60] and now hosting 53 monasteries in architecture ...
The kaihōgyō (回峰行, circling the mountain) is an ascetic practice performed by Tendai Buddhist monks. [1] [2] [3] The practice involves repeatedly walking a route on Mount Hiei, the location of the Tendai school headquarters, all the while offering prayers at halls, shrines and other sacred places. The longest observance of this practise ...
A minimum of 7 full days of reciting the Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra and reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha; In addition, during the duration of the liberation rite, one ritual session is held in the early morning for offering to the twenty-four guardian deities, and five tantric ritual sessions are held at night for hungry ghosts. Some ...
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 ...