With 99 peaks, 16 ridges, 14 overhanging cliffs, 18 gurgling spring, many caves, deep pools rare stones, and waterfalls, the mountain has attracted since ancient times numerous men of letters, who have written poems and articles praising its Southeast China, only the Jiuhua Mountain incorporates both grandeur and wonder. "on poem reads. The mountain is thus famed as the "No.1 Mountain in Southeast China".

The construction of the temples on the mountain started in the Tang Dynasty and their expansion continued in the following dynasties. By the middle of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), more than 300 temples had been built on the thousands of pilgrims flocked to the mountain, which takes the shape of a lotus flower and its thus called "lotus flower kingdom of Buddhists." Today, a total of 78 temples and 1500 statues off Buddhas are well preserved.

Huacheng Temple, looking simple and solemn, is the oldest among all temples on the mountain. Its lintels, brackets and roofs all have artistic engravings on them. The picture "nine dragons playing with pearls" on a panel in the temple's Main Shrine Hall is a consummate piece of ancient Chinese artists. Precious sutras and other cultural relics in Huacheng and other temples include Palmleaf Manuscripts of Buddhist Sutras in Sanskrit, 6777 volumes of Buddha's Nirvana Sutras presented by Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The Huayan Blood Sutras written by Monk Wu Xia of the Ming Dynasty with a mixture of gold powder and his own blood. All these precious sutras and cultural relics are on display in the Historical Relics Museum of the Jiuhua Mountain.

Precious sutras and other cultural relics in the temples are displayed in the Historical Relics Museum of the Jiuhua Mountain. The most valuable are the Buddhist canonical literature left from the Tang Dynasty, the Tripitaka left from the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Kang Xi and Emperor Qian Long's handwritings left from the Qing Dynasty.

It is also worth mentioning the Corporeal Body Hall houses the skeleton of Monk Wu Xia that has been well preserved for more than 350 years. Wu Xia once wrote sutras with a mixture of gold powder and his own blood in a cave of Mt. Jiuhua during Ming Dynasty. After hard practice of sutras for a hundred year in Mt. Jiuhua, Wu Xia passed away at the age of 126-- his body found in the cave three years after his death. Monks on the mountain believed Wu Xia was the reincarnation of Rinpoche. From then on, Buddhist believers have been keen to visit the mountain to pay homage to the monk.