五臺(tái)山英語(yǔ)導(dǎo)游詞

1、五臺(tái)山英語(yǔ)導(dǎo)游詞WadeGiles romanization Wu-tai Shan , Pinyin Wutai Shan mountain and mountain chain in northeast Shansi Province, China. The mountain chain is a massif with a southwestnortheast axis, separated from the Heng Shan to the northwest by the valley of the Hu-to Ho , which curves around its souther

2、n flank to flow into the North China Plain in Hopeh Province. Mt. Wu-tai is actually a cluster of flat-topped peaks from which the mountain takes its name . The highest peak is 10,033 ft above sea level.Mt. Wu-tai is particularly famous as one of the great holy places of Chinese Buddhism. Great numb

3、ers of temples, including some of the oldest wooden buildings surviving in China, are scattered over the mountain; the largest templessuch as the Hsien-tung, the Ta-ta-yan, and the Pu-sa-ting-shen-jung-yanare grouped around the town of Tai-huai-chen.Mt. Wu-tai appears first to have become a holy mou

4、ntain to the Taoist adepts of the later Han dynasty but came into prominence in the 5th century under the Northern Wei dynasty when, as Ching-liang Shan, it became identified as the dwelling place of Mnjur bodhisattva . The cult of Mnjur was intensified under the Tang dynasty . In early Tang times M

5、ount Wu-tai was closely associated with the patriarchs of the Hua-yen Buddhist school, becoming the principal centre of their teaching. During this period it attracted scholars and pilgrims not only from all parts of China but also from Japan, who continued to visit and study there until the 12th ce

6、ntury.Many of the other monasteries in the region were attached to Chan Buddhism, which in the 9th century found patronage in the region from the provincial governors of the neighbouring areas of Hopeh, who were able to protect Mount Wu-tai from the worst ravages of the great religious persecution t

7、hat occurred from 843 to 845. Under Mongol rule in the late 13th century, Tibetan Buddhism was first introduced to Mount Wu-tai. During the Ching dynasty , when the Tibetan Buddhist religion was an important element in relations between the Chinese court and their Mongol and Tibetan vassals and when the state gave lavish support to monasteries inhabited by lamas , Mount Wu-tai was one of the principal monastic centres.Few of the present buildings are