嵩山

Sōngshān

proper noun #63,549

Meanings

1 Mount Song in Henan, the central peak of the Five Sacred Mountains

Characters

lofty (of a mountain)

Examples

HSK 3

嵩山在河南，是五岳中的中岳。

Sōngshān zài Hénán, shì Wǔyuè zhōng de Zhōngyuè.

Mount Song, in Henan, is the Central Peak of the Five Sacred Mountains.

HSK 7-9

少林寺就在嵩山脚下，很多人专程来这里学功夫。

Shàolín Sì jiù zài Sōngshān jiǎoxià, hěnduō rén zhuānchéng lái zhèlǐ xué gōngfu.

The Shaolin Temple lies at the foot of Mount Song, and many people come here specially to learn kung fu.

Tips

culture

The 少林寺 at the foot of its Shaoshi peak is the legendary cradle of Chan Buddhism and of Shaolin kung fu: the Indian monk 达摩 (Bodhidharma) is said to have sat facing a cave wall there for nine years. Mount Song also holds the 嵩阳书院, one of the four great academies of the Song dynasty.

Stroke Order

嵩 sōng

山 shān