九华山是中国佛教四大名山之一，首批国家重点风景名胜区。它为皖南斜列的三大山系(黄山、九华山、天目山白际山系)之一。位于安徽省池州市东南境，西北隔长江与天柱山相望，东南越太平湖与黄山同辉，是安徽两山一湖(黄山、九华山、太平湖
MountJiuhuaisoneofthefoursacredmountainsofChineseBuddhism.ItislocatedinQingyangCountyinAnhuiprovinceandisfamousforitsrichlandscapeandancienttemples.
Manyofthemountain’sshrinesandtemplesarededicatedtoKsitigarbha(knowninChineseasDìzàng,TraditionalChinese:地藏),whoisabodhisattvaandprotectorofsoulsinhellaccordingtoMahayanaBuddhisttradition.PiousBuddhistsoftencometothispopularattractioninAnhuitoclimbtoGreaterTiantaipeak,whichisregardedasJiuhuashan’smostimportantpeak,althoughitisnotthetallest.
HistoryofJiuhuaMountain
JiuhuMountain,knownasaBuddhistwonderlandandfamousforitslargenumberoftemplesandbeautifulscenery,hasbeenaresplendentpearlofChineseculturalheritage.
JiuhuaMountainwasformedinthelateCenozoicEra,andBuddhismbeganintheNorthernandSouthernDynasties(420-589)atthemountain.Accordingtohistoricalrecords,amonknamedFuhubuiltFuhuConventin503;MonkTanhaopractisedBuddhismherein713;During713-755,JinQiaojue,aKoreanaristocrat,cametoJiuhuaMountainandlivedinastonecaveatDongyaPeak.Hishardpracticemovedthelocalpeople,andtheycontributedmoneytobuildatempleforhim.In781thelocalofficialZhangYanpresentedamemorialtotheemperorforthehorizontalinscribedboard"Huacheng".UponJinQiaojue’snirvana,itwassaidthatthemountainroared,birdsandmonkeyscried,andtheearthgaveoutfireandlight.Hisbodykeptlivelythreeyearslater,sohewasrespectedastheEarthBuddha,wrappedwithearthandhasbeenpreservedtopresent.RoushenPagodawasbuilttoreverehim,andthusJiuhuaMountainhasbecometheplacewhereEarthBuddhistritesareperformed.
ThehistoryofBuddhismatJiuhuaMountaincanbedividedintofiveperiods:foundedinthemiddleofTangDynasty;decayedfromthelateTangDynastytotheFiveDynasties;slowlydevelopedintheSongandYuanDynasties;andgreatlydevelopedintheMingandQingDynasties.IntheMingDynasty,theemperorsgrantedmoneytorebuildHuachengTempleforthreetimesandtwoemperorsbestowedinscriptions.Thenumberoftemplesandnunnerieswasoverahundred,andmanymonksandnunscame.ItwaslistedasoneofthefourfamousBuddhistmountains,besidesWutaiMountain,EmeiMountain,andPutuoMountain.