Mount Putuo

View of Mount Putuo
Mount Putuo
"Mount Putuo" in Chinese characters
Chinese普陀山
Literal meaning(from Sanskrit) "Mount Potalaka"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPǔtuó shān
Wade–GilesP'u3-t'o2 shan1
IPA[pʰùtʰwǒ ʂán]
Wu
RomanizationPhù-dou sẽ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationPóu-tòh sāan
JyutpingPou2-to4 saan1
Southern Min
Tâi-lôPhóo-tôo san
Photograph by Scottish photographer John Thomson, 1867.
Building on Mount Putuo, 1899
Plan of the Mount Putuo
Mount Putuo Guanyin
Putuo Shan lake and pavilions

Mount Putuo (Chinese: 普陀山; pinyin: Pǔtuó Shān, from Sanskrit: "Mount Potalaka") is an island in Putuo District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China. It is a renowned site in Chinese Buddhism and is the bodhimaṇḍa of the bodhisattva Guanyin.

Mount Putuo is one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism, the others being Mount Wutai, Mount Jiuhua, and Mount Emei (bodhimaṇḍas for Manjushri, Kṣitigarbha, and Samantabhadra, respectively).[further explanation needed]

Mount Putuo lies in the East China Sea and incorporates the beauty of both mountain and sea. Mountain Putuo is at 29°58′3~30°02′3 north latitude, 122°21′6~122°24′9 east longitude.[1] Its area is approximately 12.5 square kilometres (4.8 sq mi) and there are numerous famous temples. Every year on the 19th day of the 2nd lunar month, 19th day of the 6th lunar month, and 19th day of the 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar, it welcomes millions of people for the celebration of the birth of Guanyin.

  1. ^ Mountain Putuo Tour Guide. Zhonghua Book Company. 2000. ISBN 9787101026894.