Wutai County, Shanxi Province, is the monastery of Manjushri , so it ranks first among the four famous Buddhist mountains. The peak season for going to Mount Wutai to burn incense and worship Buddha is from May to September, and it enters the off-season after November.
Wutai Mountain Manjushri Bodhisattva is in the "Shuxiang Temple". Shuxiang Temple is located in the central temple complex of Taihuai Town and is a national key Chinese Buddhist temple. The Great Manjusri Hall of the temple houses the largest Manjusri Bodhisattva statue in Mount Wutai, so it is called the "Ancestral Hall of Manjusri". When entering the temple, you should circle from left to right, not from right to left. This is called right-circling the pagoda and temple.
Other core scenic spots, Bodhisattva Peak, Xiantong Temple, Tayuan Temple, Wanfo Pavilion (also called Wuye Temple, the most spiritual place for burning incense and worshiping Buddha), it takes about 1 minute to walk around Half an hour to 2 hours is enough. Because Manjushri Bodhisattva is in charge of wisdom among the four major Bodhisattvas . Every year, believers who go to Mount Wutai pray to Manjushri Bodhisattva to bless themselves and gain wisdom.
Zhejiang Putuo Mountain is one of the Zhoushan Islands . Putuo Mountain has a Xianghui Festival, which originates from the birthday of Guanyin. It is held on February 19th, June 19th and September 19th of the lunar calendar every year. The number of tourists in Tianputuo Mountain is generally 40,000 to 50,000, and there will be more than 30,000 in the morning of the birthday.
Usually, the three months of July, August and September are the most suitable to go to Mount Putuo. Mount Putuo has a subtropical oceanic monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, warm in spring, cool in autumn, hot in summer and cold in winter.
Puji Zen Temple in Putuo Mountain is the most popular. Guanyin Bodhisattva is here. There are also eight halls where you can pray for different wishes: "Yantong Hall", where the Bodhisattva is in the body and making great wishes, and "Samantabhadra Hall", where you can pray for work and career. , "Ksitigarbha Hall", fulfill filial piety, "Pumen Hall", seek marriage and heirs, "Manjusri Hall", seek academic studies, " Jialan Hall ", seek good wealth, "Three Continents Induction Hall", get rid of inner demons keep us safe. In addition to praying for Buddha, you can also eat vegetarian food at Puji Temple.
Mount Emei is one of the famous scenic spots in Sichuan, and the sunrise, sea of clouds, Buddha's light, and holy lantern are known as the "four wonders". It is recommended to go to Mount Emei in spring and autumn. This time period has a comfortable climate and beautiful scenery.
Throughout the ages, Mount Emei has been a popular place for people to worship Buddha and tourists for sightseeing. It is also the Yinghua dojo of Puxian Bodhisattva. Every year on February 21st of the lunar calendar, Mount Emei Wannian Temple is where Buddhist believers from all over the world gather. We worship Samantabhadra devoutly and pray for peace and prosperity in the world, as a kind of spiritual sustenance. Wannian Temple has a mountain gate, Maitreya Hall , Main Hall, Pilu Hall, Prajna Hall, Weiwei Hall, Xingyuan Tower, Netherworld Bell Tower, Drum Tower , becoming the largest temple in Mount Emei.
Emeishan Golden Summit is also called Huazang Temple , with an altitude of 3077 meters. In front of Huazang Temple, a 48-meter-tall, 42-meter-tall, gold-plated bronze statue of Samantabhadra , weighing 660 tons, towers into the sky. As the dojo of Samantabhadra, Mount Emei is the tallest golden statue of Samantabhadra in the world and the largest Buddhist golden temple of worship in the world.
Jiuhua Mountain, Qingyang County, Chizhou City, Anhui Province, is suitable for visiting all year round, but the period from March to October is more suitable. It has always been a famous Buddhist mountain with the most incense, with a quiet environment and many temples, " Huacheng Temple" The Kaishanzu Temple built by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva himself is the "general jungle" of the Jiuhua Mountain temple. Every year around the 30th day of the seventh lunar month ( Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva 's auspicious birthday), pilgrims and tourists come to Huashan one after another. Come visit the temple.
Jiuhua Mountain Flesh Body Treasure Hall, also known as Moon Body Treasure Hall, is the seat of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s flesh body.
Flesh Body Treasure Hall has a history of more than 1,300 years and is also known as Ksitigarbha Tomb. Because "round light" once appeared in the land of Jita, later generations named the place Shenguang Ridge. From then on, Jiuhua Mountain became famous far and wide, and was called Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s monastery. During the birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, monks and pilgrims chanted sutras and worshiped the Bodhisattva in the body tower. It was common for monks, nuns and believers to walk around the tower and kneel down step by step.
At the foot of Jiuhua Mountain, there is a free-to-visit Great Wish Cultural Park. There is a 99-meter open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the park. It is magnificent and is the tallest open-air bronze statue of the Buddha in the world.
