Famous MountainsFamous Mountains

名山

Famous Famous Moun-Moun-tainstains

Ximalaya ( 喜马拉雅 ), Himalayas

Wuyue ( 五岳 ), “Five Big Mountains”;

Huangshan ( 黄山 ) ， “ Yellow Mountain”

Fojiaomingshan ( 佛教名山 ), “The Famous Buddhist Moutains”

HimalaHimala-yas-yas

The Himalayas are a mountain chain located at the border of China, India and Nepal.

They are 2,400 KM long, with an average altitude of over 6,000 M.

Amongst the chain is Mount Everest - the highest place on the earth.

Wuyue Wuyue (( 五五岳岳 ), ), “Five “Five Big Big

Moun-Moun-tains”tains”

The Wuyue mountains consist of Taishan ( 泰山 ), Hengshan ( 恒山 ), Huashan ( 华山 ), Hengshan ( 衡山 ) and Songshan ( 嵩山 ).

Wuyue, especially Taishan, are famous for having been used as a special location for emperors to pray to the sky.

Taishan ( 泰山 )

                                                         

                                                                                                       

Huashan (Huashan ( 华山华山 ))

Huashan (Huashan ( 华山华山 ))-- Famous for Being -- Famous for Being

Particularly Particularly Dangerous…Dangerous…

… … while Huangshan (while Huangshan ( 黄山黄山 ) is known to be particularly beautiful.) is known to be particularly beautiful.

                              

Huangshan (Huangshan ( 黄山黄山 ))

Huangshan (Huangshan ( 黄山黄山 ))

BuddBudd-hism -hism MounMoun-tains-tains

Some mountains are famous for Buddhist traditions, such as temples. Many famous Buddhists have been to these mountains.

The four most famous Buddhist mountains are: Wutaishan ( 五台山 ), Emeishan ( 峨眉山 ), Putuoshan ( 普陀山 ) and Jiuhuashan ( 九华山 )

Wutaishan Wutaishan 五台山五台山

Putuoshan 普陀山

Pretty Pretty HuangHuangshan shan

MountMountainain

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/S2nnYQtm67M/