Jiuhuashan Mountain Picture

Jiuhuashan is located in Anhui province, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism. It is famous for its rich landscape and ancient temples. The Jiuhuashan range actually covers about 100 square km and 99 peaks, the tallest of which is 1341m. Originally revered by Taoists who first built temples in the third century, Jiuhuashan became a site for Buddhist devotees of the Bodhisatva Kshitigarbha, guardian of the earth. Pious Buddhists often come to this popular attraction in Anhui to climb to Greater Tiantai peak, which is regarded as Jiuhuashan's most important peak, although it is not the tallest.