九华山

九華山

Jiǔhuáshān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains, seat of the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha

Characters

flower; splendor

Examples

HSK 7-9

九华山是安徽有名的佛教圣地。

Jiǔhuáshān shì Ānhuī yǒumíng de Fójiào shèngdì.

Mount Jiuhua is a famous Buddhist holy site in Anhui.

HSK 7-9

每年农历七月三十，很多香客会上九华山拜地藏菩萨。

Měi nián nónglì qīyuè sānshí, hěnduō xiāngkè huì shàng Jiǔhuáshān bài Dìzàng Púsà.

Every year on the 30th day of the seventh lunar month, many pilgrims climb Mount Jiuhua to worship the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha.

Tips

culture

Each of the four Buddhist mountains belongs to a bodhisattva: 五台山 to Manjushri, 峨眉山 to Samantabhadra, 普陀山 to Guanyin and 九华山 to Ksitigarbha (地藏). The Silla monk Kim Gyo-gak, who meditated here in the Tang dynasty, is revered on the mountain as Ksitigarbha himself.

history

It was once called 九子山 'Nine Sons Mountain'. Tradition credits 李白 with the new name: he compared its nine peaks to lotus flowers, and 华 here means 'flower'.

Stroke Order

九 jiǔ

华 huá

山 shān