普陀山英文导游词介绍

普陀山英文导游词介绍
Putuo Mountain, one of the Four Holy Buddhist Mountains, covers an area of 12.5 s quare kilometers. The highest peak, the Fudingshan Mountain is 300 meters high ab ove the sea level. Temples, monasteries, nunneries are spread all over the mounta in. According to the annals of Putuo Mountain, after the construction of "Unwillin g-to-go" Guanyin Temple, people began to build up temples in large scales. The re mained ten ancient architecture complex and historical sights were built in Song, Yu an, Ming, Qing. Putuo Mountain once had 82 temples, 128 huts, accommodating 4,0 00 monk and nuns at its heyday. When you walk on the paths, you probably can c ome across monks in kasaya. The glorious sceneries as well as the glamour concern ed with Buddhism make it a sacred mountain.
Puji Temple, Fayu Temple, and Huiji Temple are the three largest in the twenty temples in Putuo. Puji Temple, covering 11,000 square meters, was first built in So ng Dynasty, and is the main temple devoted to the Goddess of Guanxin. Fayu Tem ple was first built in Ming. It sits along the mountain with different layers on it. Nu merous large trees stand in the mountain, qualify the temple for a quiet and deep place. Huiji Temple is on the Foding Peak, so gets a name after that, Foding Peak Temple.
Bizarre rocks and queer cliffs can be seen everywhere. The most famous twent y are Qingtuo Rock, Rock of Two Tortoises Listening to Preaching, Rock of Buddhist Heaven on Sea, etc. Along the line where the mountain connects with the sea, ma ny spectacular caves are very attractive. Chaoyin Cave and Fanyin Cave are the two top ones.
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1. Putuo Mountain 普陀山。