Mount Jiu Hua
Mount Jiu Hua
Mt. Jiu Hua, meaning "the Mountain of the Nine Lotuses," is a sacred place for Buddhist pilgrims was established as one of the four principal Buddhist Mountains and is renowned as "the most picturesque mountain in the southeast China." The area is full of "ridges and peaks, exotic-shaped stones, gushing fountains, roaring waterfalls, and clear streams." Of the temples housed on Mt. Jiuhua "Huacheng Temple" is the oldest but the Wannian Temple contains the "Corporeal Body Hall" where the mummified remains of Monk Wu Xia, wearing a "lotus-flower-shaped crown and a vermilion kasaya," is still well preserved after more than 350 years.
