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Jizu Mountain
Province:

Yunnan

City:

Dali

Jizu mountain locates in the territory of Binchuan County,Dali prefeture, Northwest of Yunan an Cuizhou plateau. It is 376 kilometers east from Kunming. 56 kilometers north from Xiaguan. It is 3249 kilometers abovesea level. Jizu Moutain(Chicken Foot Mountain) got its name after its shape.

Renowned as a Buddhist pilgrimage in the sounth Asia and the Southeast Asia, Jizu Mountain is one of the most famous Buddhist Mountains in china. As early as in the mid of the Ming Dynasty, it enjoyed the same fame as Ermei Mountain, Wutai Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, and Putuo Mountain, with old trees touching the sky, smoke raising swingingly upwards, lots of old temples around the mountain, masters of monk coming out generations after generations, and visitors and scholars coming and going frequently, this mountain has been prosperous over thousand years, known as "A Mountain with Spirit, Capital of Buddhism". "Buddhism Country set up bu the Heaven". "Jizu Mountain is the most beautiful in the world".

Jizu Mountain has a long history and a bright culture. Since Carye, disciple of Sakyamuni, settled down here, this mountain has been known for over 2,500 years. Buddhism in Jizu Mountain could be traced back over a long time. This religion was the most popular in the ming Dynast. At that time, it had eight big temples.34small temples.65 nun's temple, and over 1000 studies. Thousands of monks lived in the Mountain then. Several emperors of the Ming Dynasty sent Buddhist scriptures to Jizu Mountain. In the 31st year of Guangxu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Master Xu Yun came to the mountain, and he spent a huge sum of money raised home and abroad to rebuild Boyu Temple into a huge temple. So Carye temple was once again popular after its regression. In the 32st year of Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty(1906).Emperor Guangxu renamed Boyu Temple as State-Guardian Zhusheng Temple. He also gave a lot of gifts such as Dragon Scripture. Golden Horse Riders, stick of Emperor, purple Monk Coat, Tolls, Seals. Aluminium Stick, and Self Massager to the Temple and honored Master Xuyun as "Master of Buddhist Scripture".