我國四大佛教名山之首——五臺山
五臺山是我國四大佛教名山之首，位於山西省五臺縣，南距山西省太原市230公裏，北距五臺山火車站48公裏。
五臺山由東西南北中五峰組成，環基250公裏。寺院分為青廟和黃廟兩種，青廟住和尚，黃廟（藏傳佛教寺院）住喇嘛。五臺山過去有360座寺廟，到 1956年時還有124處，其中青廟99處，黃廟有25處，菩薩頂寺是傳中的文殊菩薩居住處，為五臺山黃廟之首。現存寺廟四十餘處。
五臺山是文殊菩薩的道場，臺懷鎮是寺廟最集中的地方，寺院一個挨着一個，顯通寺、塔院寺、菩薩頂、殊像寺和羅侯寺並稱為五臺山五大禪林。
我國四大佛教名山之一——普陀山
普陀山是我國四大佛教名山之一，同時也是著名的海島風景旅遊勝地。如此美麗，又有如此衆多文物古跡的小島，在我國可以是絶無僅有。普陀山位於浙江省杭州灣以東約100海裏，是舟山群島中的一個小島。全島面積12.5平方公裏，呈狹長形，南北最長處為8.6裏，東西最寬外3.5公裏。最高處佛頂山，海拔約300米。
普陀山的海天景色，不論在哪一個景區、景點，都使人感到海闊天空。雖有海風怒號，濁浪排空，卻並不使人有驚濤駭浪之感，衹覺得這些異景廳觀使人振奮。
普陀山作為佛教勝地，最盛時有82座寺庵，128處茅篷，僧尼達4000餘人。來此旅遊的人，在島上的小徑間漫步，經常可以遇到身穿袈裟的僧人。美麗的自然風景和濃郁的佛都氣氛，使它蒙上一層神秘的色彩，而這種色彩，也正是它遊人有較強吸引力的所在。
普陀山既以海天壯闊取勝，又以山林深邃見長。登山攬勝，眺望碧海，一座座海島浮在海面上，點點白帆行駛其間，景色極為動人。前人普陀山作了這樣高的評價“以山而兼湖之勝，則推西湖；以山而兼海之勝，當推普陀。”把普陀與人間天堂西湖相比，應該，這個評語是客觀的。
普陀山的風景名勝、遊覽點很多，主要有普濟、法雨、慧濟三大寺，這是現今保存的二十多所寺庵中最大的。普濟禪寺始建於宋，為山中供奉觀音的主剎，建築總面積約11000多平方米。法雨禪寺始建於明，依山憑險，層層疊建，周圍古木參天，極為幽靜。慧濟禪寺建於佛頂山上，又名佛頂山寺。
奇岩怪石。著名的有磐陀石、二龜聽法石、海天佛國石等二十餘處。在山海相接之處有許多石洞勝景，最著名的是潮音洞和梵音洞。
沙灘。島的四周有許多沙灘，但主要的是百步沙和千步沙。千步沙是一個弧形沙灘，長約3裏，沙細坡緩，沙面寬坦柔軟，是一個優良的海水浴場。夏天去遊覽，可帶上遊泳衣在這裏暢遊。樹木島上樹木蔥鬱，林幽壑美，有樟樹、羅漢鬆、銀杏、合歡等樹。大樟樹沿有1000餘株。其中有一千年古樟，樹圍達6米，蔭數畝。還有一株“鵝耳櫪”，是我國少見的珍貴樹種，列為國傢二等保護植物。
普陀山流傳着許多有關佛教的民間故事。
我國四大佛教名山之一——峨眉山
峨眉山是我國的四大佛教名山之一，位於四川中南部，四川盆地西南邊緣的峨眉境內，距成都約一百六十公裏，在峨眉山市西南七公裏處。高出五嶽，秀甲天下。在我國的遊覽名山中，峨眉山可以是最高的一個，最高峰萬佛頂海拔3099米。山體南北方向延伸，綿延23公裏，面積115平方公裏。長久以來，峨眉山以其秀麗的自然風光和神話般的佛教勝跡而聞名於世。她古雅神奇，巍峨媚麗。其山脈綿亙麯折、千岩萬壑、瀑布溪流、奇秀清雅，故有“峨眉天下秀”之美稱。 1996年12月6日列入《世界自然與文化遺産名錄》。
峨眉山像一道巨大的翠屏，聳立在成都平原西南，遙望彎麯柔美的山體輪廓，猶如少女的面容和修眉，於是人們很早便稱它為“峨眉”。縱橫200余公裏的峨眉山，與“亞洲脊梁”昆侖山的支脈邛峽山相連。峨眉全山由大峨、二峨、三峨、四峨四座山組成，一般遊人所到，主要是奇峰攢聚、名勝薈萃的大峨山，這就是今日人們通常所的“峨眉山”。
峨眉山平疇突起，巍峨、秀麗、古老、神奇。它以優美的自然風光、悠久的佛教文化、豐富的動植物資源、獨特的地質地貌而著稱於世。被人們稱之為“仙山佛國”、“植物王國”、“動物樂園”、“地質博物館”等，素有“峨眉天下秀”之美譽。唐代詩人李白詩曰“蜀國多仙山，峨眉邈難匹”；明代詩人周洪謨贊道 “三峨之秀甲天下，何須涉海尋蓬萊”；當代文豪郭沫若題書峨眉山為“天下名山”。古往今來，峨眉山就是人們禮佛朝拜、遊覽觀光、科學考察和休閑療養的勝地。峨眉山千百年來香火旺盛、遊人不絶，永葆魅力。
峨眉山也是一座佛教名山，相傳是釋迦牟尼身旁的普賢大菩薩顯靈法的道場。它與山西五臺山、浙江普陀山、安徽九華山並稱為中國佛教的“四大菩薩”道場。峨眉山原為佛道兩教並存的宗教重地，東漢之初，山間便有了第一座以藥農捨宅為寺廟的“初殿”。後來歷經晉、唐、宋續建和明、清兩代發展，連綿百裏的山巒，先後興建佛寺200多處，僧衆達數千人。隨着佛教興盛和道教的衰微與絶跡，峨眉山遂成為以“菩薩信仰”為中心的佛教聖地。由於歷史變遷，現在峨眉山景區內尚存十餘處古寺，如報國寺、萬年寺、仙峰寺、洗象池、金頂等，寺院內的佛教徒依然保持着正常的宗教生活。
峨眉山動植物資源豐富，由於山上山下氣溫懸殊較大，從山下到山頂氣溫相差約15°C。這種自然環境為各種植物的生長提供了良好的條件，景區內生長着5000多種植物，數目遠遠超過了歐洲大陸的所有植物種屬。其中被譽為“花中西施”的杜鵑花就有29個品種。還有古老的觀賞樹種“中國鴿子樹”--珙桐；景區內野生動物達2300餘種，象枯葉蝶、小熊貓、蜂鷹、牛羚、白嫻鳥等，尤其山林中頑皮的猴群，常常嚮遊人乞食或嬉戲，惹人註目。1981年，當英、美、法、德、日等十個國傢的學者組成的英國國際樹木學會專傢團，在峨眉山考察後，以植物學家湯姆．塞蒂為團長的專傢們異口同聲地贊美峨眉山是世界上最美的國傢公園，是難得的植物寶庫和世界植物愛好者的樂園。隨着季節的變化和山勢的不同，加上古木參天，流泉飛瀑，以及陰、晴、風、雨、雲、霧、霜、雪的喧染，使峨眉山的景色更加清幽，風景獨秀。
我國四大佛教名山之一——九華山
九華山寺宇林立，香煙繚繞，是善男信女朝拜的聖地；九華山風光旖旎， 氣候宜人，是旅遊避暑的勝境。在中國佛教四大名山中，九華山獨領風騷，以“香火甲天下”、“東南第一山”的雙重桂冠而聞名於海內外。
九華山位於安徽西部青陽縣城西南，方圓約百公裏，號稱九十九峰、十八景，鼎盛時期，寺庵一百五、僧尼三四千。九華山群峰爭峙，卻玲瓏秀麗。佛教興起遲於洛陽白馬寺六百多年，之所以成名，除了它得天獨厚的優美環境外，應歸功於詩仙李白和高僧金喬覺。李白應邀遊山，遠眺九峰如天賜九蓮，觸景生情，詩贊 “妙有分二氣，靈山開九華”，引來了歷代文人雅士，於是“九華名遂聞於天下”。稍後，朝鮮半島新羅國高僧金喬覺，渡海來九華修行，傳他是地藏菩薩的化身，普度衆生量，“遠近焚香者，“日以千計”。俗話“山不在高，有仙則名。”這是有一定道理的。
九華歷史
九華一千寺，撒在雲霧中。有佛國仙城之美譽的九華山，以衆多的佛教寺廟和優美的自然風光，成為國民族文化遺産中一顆璀燦的明珠。九華山形成於新生代晚期，九華山佛教始自南北朝時期。據史料記載，南朝梁武帝天監二年（公元503 年），即有僧名伏虎，九華山拾寶岩建伏虎庵；唐朝開元年間，有僧人檀號來此修行。開元、天寶年間（公元 713—755 年），新羅國王室貴族金喬覺出傢為僧，渡海來華，到九華山苦修，居住東崖峰的岩洞中，感動善男信女，當地鄉紳諸葛節等損資，為金喬覺建寺。建中二年（公元781 年）池州太守張岩奏請朝廷賜“化城”額於該寺。金喬覺圓寂時，相傳山嗚𠔌隕，群鳥哀啼，地出火光，其屍身越三年而栩栩如生，僧衆尊為地藏菩薩，建肉身塔供奉。九山遂成為地菩薩道場。千餘年來，九華山佛教歷經興衰，大體有五個時期唐中期初創；唐後期至五代衰微；宋元有所發展；明清達到鼎盛。明朝洪武、宣德、萬歷年間屢次賜金修建化城寺，萬歷年間還兩次給九華山化城寺頒賜《藏經》。自明代起九華山日益興旺，寺庵總數超過一百，僧尼衆多，與五臺山、峨嵋山、普陀山共稱為中國佛教四大名山。清朝康熙、乾隆皇帝數次巡遊江南，分別欽賜“九華聖境”、“芬陀普教”御筆匾額，屢賜重金修繕化城寺。九華山佛教又有了進一步發展，除化城寺十方叢林外，又形成了百歲宮、甘露寺、東崖寺、祗園寺四大叢林。到清朝未年，九華山寺廟一度增至一百五十餘座，僧衆多達三、四千人，香火之盛，甲於天下。
九華文化
天下名山僧衆多。歷代文人雅士、高官顯宦遊歷九華山，交接高僧，談禪賦詩，留下不少千古佳話。九華山古稱九子山，詩仙李白於唐天寶年間（約公改九子山為九華山聯句並序754年）來遊，與友人作《改九子山為九華山聯句並序》，稱“青陽縣南有九子山，山高數千丈，上有九峰如蓮花。......予乃削其舊號 ，加以九華之目”。詩曰“妙有分二氣，靈山開九華”、“青瑩玉樹色，縹緲羽人傢”。此後劉禹錫、杜牧、薩都刺、梅堯臣、王安石、周必大、文天祥、王陽明、湯顯祖、董其昌、袁枚、魏源、康有為、張大千等歷代大詩人、文學家、畫傢相繼來遊，留有不少佳作真足跡，有些至今還保存在九華山佛教文物館。
九華山歷史悠久，遺存的文物衆多。除歷代名人書畫外，還有不少摩崖石刻，大多散布在閔園到天台途中，石刻內容多與佛教有關。又有許多修建寺廟的記事碑，為考證九華山佛教歷史提供了確鑿史料。為廣度衆生，九華山佛教“地藏利生寶印”為一大特色，現存有“九竜金印”、“九竜銅印”、“獅鈕銅印”、“竜鈕銅印”、“九獅玉印”等。佛教經籍是九華山文物的重要組成部分，現存梵文貝葉經二札，明版《藏經兩部》，明代血字《大方廣佛華嚴經》，清版《藏經》三部，彌足珍貴。還有不少佛教塑像、法器、寺廟，被定為文物保護單位。
The first of the four Buddhist mountains in China - Wutai
Mount Wutai is the head of China's four major Buddhist mountains, is located in Wutai County, Shanxi Province, 230 kilometers north of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, the railway station 48 km south of Mount Wutai.
Wutai formed by the East and West in Wufeng, ring base 250 km. Temple temple is divided into two kinds of green and yellow temple, the temple stay young monk, Wong Temple (Buddhist temple) to live Lama. Mount Wutai has 360 temples in the past, to have 124 in 1956, of which Green Temple 99, Temple Wong has 25, Pusa Ding Temple is a live transmission of the Manjushri office for the first Wutai Temple Yellow. Four dozen existing temple office.
Mount Wutai is the Manjusri temple, Taiwan Wye town is where the largest concentration of temples, a monastery next to one, was through Temple, Tayuan Temple, Pusa Ding, special like Temple and Lo Hau Temple and five major Buddhist temple known as the Mount Wutai.
One of the four Buddhist mountains in China - Putuo Mountain
Putuo Mountain is one of China's four major Buddhist mountains, but also the famous scenic resort island. So beautiful, there are so many cultural relics of the island, may be unique in our country. Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang Province, about 100 nautical miles east of Hangzhou Bay, is a small island in the Zhoushan Islands. Island area of 12.5 square kilometers, was long and narrow shape, the most north-south strengths of 8.6 years, most things outside the 3.5 km wide. Foding Shan highest point, about 300 meters above sea level.
Mount the Haitian landscape, regardless of which area, attractions, all people feel brighter. Although the wind howling, turbid waves emptying, but does not give people a stormy sea of feeling, only that these different King Office Outlook exciting.
Putuo Mountain resort as a Buddhist, when 82 Dasi'an height, 128 Mao Peng, Monk Nida 4,000. To the tourist who stroll among the island's trails can often encounter a monk wearing a robe. Beautiful natural scenery and rich atmosphere of Buddha Capital, it cast a layer of mystery, and this color, it is also, where visitors have a strong attraction.
Mount both with magnificent sea and sky to win on, he known for deep forest. Mountain scenery, overlooking the sea, an island floating in the sea, Block, white sails moving the meantime, the scene is extremely moving. Putuoshan predecessors made such a high rating "to the mountains and lakes of victory, then push the West Lake; to the mountains and the sea wins, when push Putuo." To the West Lake, Putuo, compared with the earthly paradise, it should be, the reviews are objective.
Putuo Mountain's scenic spots and attractions are many, mainly Lifeline, Dharma Rain, Hui economy the three major monasteries, which is now preserved more than 20 by Dasi'an largest. Puji Temple was built in the Song, dedicated to Kuanyin Mountain in the main brake, total construction area of more than 11,000 square meters. France temple was built during the rain, the mountain with insurance, stacked layers built around the magnificent old trees, very quiet. Hui, on economic Temple was built in Foding Shan, also known as Foding Shan Temple.
Rock formation. Pan Tuo have known stone, two stone turtle listen Act, Haitian Buddhist stone are more than 20. Phase between the tribes there are many cave scenes, the most famous Chao Yindong and Pure Sound hole.
Beach. There are many beaches around the island, but the main steps of courage sand sand and 1000. Step 1000 is an arc of sand beach, about 3 years, sand and Pohuan, voluminous Tanzania soft sand is a good beach. Summer to visit, may bring bathing suit swim here. Lush trees on the island of trees, forest Youhe the United States, there are camphor trees, Podocarpus, Ginkgo biloba, acacia and other trees. Large camphor tree along the more than 1,000 strains. Among them, a thousand years Guzhang, girth 6 m, the number of acres of shade. There is a "Carpinus" is China's rare precious species, as the national second-class protected plants.
Mount it many folk stories about Buddhism.
One of the four Buddhist mountains in China - Mount Emei
Emei as a huge Ping, stands in the southwest of the Chengdu Plain, the mountain overlooking soft curved profile, like a girl's face and eyebrow shaping, so that people will call it early, "Emei." Review 200 km Mountain, and "Asian backbone" of the spur of the Kunlun Mountains Qiong Xiashan connected. Emei Shan Tai Mindanao-wide, two Bauer, three lofty, four hills in four-Bauer, the general visitors to the mainly Qifeng save together, meets the big attractions Asan, which is usually the people today, "Mount Emei."
Emei rich flora and fauna, as a larger gap between the mountain foot of air temperature, from the foot of the mountain to the peak temperature difference of about 15 ° C. This natural environment for a variety of plant growth provides a good condition, scenic spots with more than 5000 kinds of plant growth, far exceeding the number of European species of all plants. One known as the "Flower of beauty" for there are 29 varieties of azaleas. There are ancient ornamental plants, "the Chinese dove tree" - involucrata; scenic area of more than 2,300 species of wild animals, like dead leaves butterflies, red pandas, Honey Buzzard, wildebeest, white-han birds, especially the mountains in the naughty monkey group, often begging or playing to the visitors, striking. In 1981, when Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Japan and other 10 countries of the scholars of the British Institute of International Panel of trees in the Emei Mountain after inspection to botanist Tom. _Set_i experts headed by unanimous praise Emei is the world's most beautiful national parks, is a treasure trove of rare plants and the world a paradise for plant lovers. As the seasons change and the different mountain, with magnificent old trees, waterfalls genial, and overcast, sunny, wind, rain, clouds, fog, frost, snow exaggerated to make a more quiet Emei scenery, scenery alone show.
One of the four Buddhist mountains in China - Jiuhuashan
Jiuhuashan temples everywhere, incense smoke, are the believers worship of the Holy Land; Jiuhuashan beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, the tourist summer of shengjing. In the four famous mountains of Chinese Buddhism, Jiuhuashan dominate, with "incense Best", "Southeast First Mountain" is known for the double crown at home and abroad.
Jiuhua history
Jiuhua 1000 Temple, and threw in the clouds. Buddhist Sin City has the reputation of the nine Mountain, to a large number of Buddhist temples and beautiful scenery, a national cultural heritage in a bright pearl. Jiuhuashan formed in the late Cenozoic, On Buddha started Northern and Southern Dynasties. According to historical records, Emperor Wu Southern prison two days (AD 503), that is, monks were tigers, tigers Jiuhuashan pick Baoyan Temple building; Tang Kaiyuan, a monk TAN number to this practice. Kaiyuan, Tianbao period (AD 713-755), the new king room nobles Jinqiao Jue Luo became a monk, crossing China to Jiuhuashan ascetic, living in caves Dongya peak, touched the believers, the local gentry Zhuge Festival loss of capital, as Jin Qiaojue construct a temple. Jianzhong years (AD 781) Chizhou Prefecture Zhang Yan, petitioned the court give "of the city," the amount of the monastery. Jin Qiaojue passed away, the legend, Ming Gu Yun-Shan, birds of Ai Ti, to the fire, its corpse for three years and more lifelike, the monks respect to Jizo, body building tower worshiped. 9 Hill became land cultivation. Totaling some years after Mount Jiu Hua Buddhist rise and decline of roughly five start-ups during the mid-Tang; the late Tang and Five Dynasties decline; be developed in the Song and Yuan; reached the height of the Ming and Qing. Ming Dynasty Hongwu, Xuande, Wanli repeatedly give money to build Huacheng Si, Wanli also two to Jiuhuashan Huacheng Si Banci "Canon." Jiuhuashan since the Ming Dynasty thriving, Dasi'an total more than 100, many monks and nuns, and Mountain, Emei Mountain, Putuo Mountain were known as the four famous mountains of Chinese Buddhism. Qing Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong emperors parade south several times, respectively, Chin-Tzu, "Kau Sacred Site," "Fen Pu Tuo education" Yubi plaque, and fail to give heavily repair Huacheng Si. On Buddha, there has been further developed, in addition to Huacheng Si 10 square jungle, they formed a hundred years old palace, Kanroji, Dongya Temple, Gion Temple four jungle. Not years to the Qing Dynasty, the temple was once Jiuhuashan to 150 more than ten seats, the monks as much as three to four thousand people, incense of Sheng, a whole world.
Jiuhua Culture
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