ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the formation, construction, evolution, and characteristics of Buddhist grottoes, famous mountains, ancestral temples, and lamaseries. Buddhist grotto temples make the most fascinating historical relics and tourist attractions of Chinese Buddhism. Buddhists have always had the traditions of seeking masters and Dharma. Since the Tang Dynasty, Wutai Mountain began to become a well-known Buddhist holy site, and was China’s earliest and largest international Buddhist Bodhimanda. Yungang Grottoes are located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain 16 kilometers west from Datong City, Shanxi, and were chiseled in the mountain, stretching 1 kilometer. Wutai Mountain is in the northeast corner of Wutai County, Shanxi, winding from Mount Heng, and surrounded by five peaks. Putuo Mountain is a small island in Zhoushan Islands in Putuo County, northeast of Zhejiang Province, formerly known as XiaoBaihua, and also known as Mei Cen Mountain. Xingjiao Temple was located in Chang’an County, 20 kilometers southeast of Xi’an, where the remains of Xuanzang were buried.
