The Sacred Mountains of China are divided into several groups. the Five Great Mountains traditional Chinese: ; supreme God of Heaven as alive as a five leading cosmic deities of Chinese traditional religion. The multiple associated with Buddhism is spoke to as a Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism 四大佛教名山; Sì dà fójiào míngshān, as well as the multinational associated with Taoism is subjected to as the Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism 四大道教名山; Sì dà dàojiào míngshān.
The sacred mountains gain all been important destinations for pilgrimage, the Chinese expression for pilgrimage ; ; being a shortened report of an expression which means "paying respect to a holy mountain" ; ; .
The Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism
In Buddhism the Four "Sacred Mountains of China" are:
Many of the mountain's shrines and temples are committed to Jizō, who is a bodhisattva and protector of beings in hell realms
"Mount Potalaka Sanskrit" 普陀山, Zhèjiāng Province, 284 m 932 ft
30°00′35″N 122°23′06″E / 30.00972°N 122.38500°E30.00972; 122.38500
This mountain is considered the bodhimanda of AvalokitesvaraGuan Yin, bodhisattva of compassion. It became a popular pilgrimage site and received imperial support in the Song Dynasty.