Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China

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Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China is a historically significant sacred mountain renowned as the cradle of the Tiantai school of Buddhism and an important center of Chinese Buddhist thought and practice.

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Tiantai 1
Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist sacred site
mountain
sacred mountain
associatedWith Chinese Buddhism
Tendai Buddhism
surface form: Japanese Tendai Buddhism

Lotus Sūtra
surface form: Lotus Sutra

Tiantai school
surface form: Tiantai school of Buddhism

Zhiyi
ChineseName 天台山
contains Buddhist caves and grottoes
Guoqing Temple
Huading Peak
Shiliang Waterfall
historic Buddhist monasteries
country China
culturalSignificance birthplace of systematic Tiantai Buddhist philosophy
major pilgrimage site for Tiantai Buddhists
developedBy Zhiyi
elevation approximately 1138 meters
hasFeature deep valleys
dense forests
steep cliffs
waterfalls
hasHeritageStatus National 5A tourist attraction of China
National key scenic area of China
hasRole cradle of the Tiantai school of Buddhism
important center of Chinese Buddhist practice
important center of Chinese Buddhist thought
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
influenced East Asian Buddhist philosophy
development of Japanese Tendai school
JapaneseName Tendai-san
landscapeType mountainous scenic area
locatedIn eastern China
surface form: East China

Taizhou
surface form: Taizhou City

Tiantai County
Zhejiang Province
namedAfter Tiantai school
surface form: Tiantai school of Buddhism
notableTemple Guoqing Temple
partOf Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China
surface form: Four Famous Buddhist Mountains of eastern China
pilgrimageType Buddhist pilgrimage
religion Buddhism
tourismType cultural tourism
ecotourism
religious tourism

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Tendai Buddhism namedAfter Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China
Great Vehicle includesSchool Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China
this entity surface form: Tiantai