569, Putuo Mountain

Putuo Mountain, known as the silver Putuo, is the dojo of Guanyin Bodhisattva to educate sentient beings, and the gathering place of the Putuo Mountain School of Buddhism. At the Huashan Martial Arts Conference, the Putuo Mountain faction also received martial arts stickers.

In Putuo County, northeast of Zhejiang, it is a small island in the Zhoushan archipelago. The island is long and narrow, with a length of 8.6 kilometers from north to south and a width of 3.5 kilometers from east to west, with an area of 12.5 square kilometers. Why is this so small? At least 3×8=24 square kilometers! That's half less, so what's the size of the island? The highest peak, Foding Mountain, is 291.3 meters above sea level.

According to the record of "Putuo Mountain Chronicles", five generations after Liang Zhenming two years (916 AD), the Japanese monk Hui Ye from Wutai Mountain to invite Guanyin statue to return to the country, passing through Putuo Mountain for the wind obstruction, residents Zhang's house for the courtyard at the foot of Shuangfeng Mountain, the number "refuse to go to Guanyin Temple". In the first year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1131), all sects of Buddhism in Putuo Mountain were unified into Zen Buddhism. In the seventh year of Jiading (1214), it was stipulated that the mountain was mainly dedicated to Guanyin. Successive dynasties built monasteries one after another, and before liberation, there were 228 monasteries, nunnery halls and thatched tents, and there were more than 4,100 monks and nuns. Among them, the three major temples of Puji, Fayu and Huiji, the scale is large, the architecture is exquisite, and it is a typical building complex of the Qing Dynasty in China. There are more than 20 scenic spots on the island, such as Qianbu Sand, Chaoyin Cave, Fanyin Cave, Nantianmen, Xitianmen, etc., the cave is strange and rocky, the seascape changes, it has always been a summer resort for sightseeing, it is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China.

Zhoushan, known as "Haizhongzhou" in ancient times, is the largest archipelago in China and is located in the shipping hub of the Yangtze River. The city is very rich in marine resources and is one of the world's four famous fishing grounds. The unique scenery of the island city makes Zhoushan uniquely charming, and the main scenic spots include Putuo Mountain, which is famous for its Buddhist landscape. The municipal government is located in Dinghai District, Zhoushan Island, the largest fishing port in Shenjiamen. One of the special items of Zhoushan tourism when tasting seafood in Shenjiamen.

Zhoushan has a long history. In 1979, archaeologists found an area of 140,000 square meters of ancient cultural sites in Ma'ao Township, Dinghai, after preliminary excavation, there are 12 Neolithic sites, 8 cultural sites of the last week, and unearthed a number of stone tools, pottery and a large number of printed hard pottery. Nowadays, these treasures are preserved in the Ma'ao History Museum, and Ma'ao also has the reputation of "the first village on the island", and there are many ancient wharves, ancient inns, ancient post roads, and ancient dwellings in Ma'ao, where tourists can enjoy the prosperous scene of Ma'ao in ancient times.

Historically, many literati, politicians, monks, and businessmen have crossed over to Zhoushan and wandered the world. From Xu Fu Fangshi, who sought immortals for the first emperor in the Qin Dynasty, to the Jianzhen monk who was invited to Japan in the Tang Dynasty; From the Tang and Song dynasties to the west of the Han and Japanese tribute envoys to the east of the late Qing Dynasty, all of these have left a historical imprint in Zhoushan.

Zhoushan people are outstanding, celebrities are numerous, Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, and the sea and mountains are bright. Zhoushan is not only a coastal defense fortress, a famous historical and cultural city, but also the hometown of celebrities. Commissioner.. ancestral home; There is a deputy of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Ding Guangxun's ancestral residence; the ancestral residence of Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and the ancestral residence of famous Taiwanese writer Sanmao; There are the former residence of the business tycoon Zhu Baosan and the former residence of Liu Hongsheng; There is also the late deputy of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. , the tomb of the parents of An Zijie, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee, and so on.

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