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Mountain Putuo
Must Sees West Lake The Grand Canal Lingyin Temple Tomb of General Yuefei Thousand Islets Lake Mountain Putuo Optional Attractions Peak Flying from Afar Six Harmonies Pagoda Song Dynasty Town Xihu Tiandi Wuzhen Water Town Hangzhou Qiantang River Bridge Xiling Seal Engravers' Society Dreaming of Tiger Spring at Hupao Valley Precious Stone Hill Sweet Osmanthus Rain at Manjuelong Village Chian Tea Museum Located in the Zhoushan Islands, Mountain Putuoshan is one of China's four sacred Buddhist mountains, worshipping Guanyin, the Goddess of mercy and compassion. Legend has it that Guanyin once showed her bodily presence here and left a number of historical sites. The temples and shrines on the island are full of colorful sculptures depicting the deity in her various forms, from the common-seen South Sea Guanyin at her welcoming perch overlooking the sea, to various depictions of the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, whose tangle of limbs represents her ability to offer a helping hand to anyone in need. The Mountain Putuo was originally called Mountain Meicun for a man named Meifu in the Han Dynasty who once lived here. It got the sacred spirit after a Japanese monk who came to China to seek for help. The monk planned to carry a Guanyin sculpture obtained from Mountain Wutai back to Japan. But unfortunately he was stopped by a storm at this area. He believed that the Guanyin was reluctant to live, so he landed and built the "Unwilling to Leave Nunnery" to host the sculpture. Since ever, the mountain has been heavily visited by pilgrims. Saturated with the fragrance of incense and strains of Buddhist chants, Mountain Putuo now offers a spiritual sanctuary contrast to the wafting, exhaust fumes and the din of auto horns that haunt many cities we live.

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