Asia, China & India Bangladesh • Bagerhat • Mainimati Ruins
Cambodia • • • • •
Angkor Phnom Chisor Wat Phnom Ta Prom Temple Wat Preah Keo
China • Chogori Peak Xinjiang Uygur Aut • Confucius Temple, Tianjin • Dinghu Mountain • Dragon & Tiger MountainLonghu Jiangxi • Dragons in the Cloud Hill, Jiangsu • Emei Mountain Sichuan Province • • • • • • • • • • • •
Emeishan, Sichuan Fangyan Danxia Four Girls Mountain Gao Temple, Ningxia Hallelejuh Mtns Hengshan, Hunan Higher Daxiong Baodian Temple, Jiuhua Shan Hongping Gallery in Shennongjia Huang Shan Mtns and Thermal Springs Huánglóng - Songpan Huanglonggou -Yel Dragon Gorge Huangshan Mountains Anhui
• Jade Dragon Snow Mountain • Jinci Temple, Shanxi
• Jinggang Sacred Mountains • Jiuzhaigou Valley and Falls • Kangrinboqe Peak Tibet Autonomous Region • Konqi Stone Circle, Sinkiang • Landmark of "Shangri-la" • Liming Karst Landforms • Longmen Grottos and Sacred Buddhist Carvings • Luohen Temple, Sichuan • Luomen, Gansu • Lushan Quaternary Glaciation • Meili Snow Mountains Yunnan • Minshan Mtn Range • Monastery of Divine Light, Sichuan • Mount Cangyan • Mount Emei • Mount Gasherbrum • Mount Godwin Austen: K2 • Mount Gongga/Minya Konka, Sichuan • Mount Heng Shan • Mount Hua • Mount Jiuhua: Nine Sacred Peaks • Mount Jizu Sacred Mountain, Yunnan • Mount Kailas - Kahlesh Tibet side • Mount Lao, Shandong • Mount Lu • Mount Luofu • Mount Putuo, Shanghai • Mount Qingcheng • Mount Qiyun • Mount Song: Shaolin Temple • Mount Tai -Shandong Province • Mountain Gongga Sichuan • Mystery Valley: Tianzhu Mountain
• Namjagbarwa Peak Tibet • • • • •
Putoshan Temple, Zhejiang Qian Shan Qinghai Lake Qinghengschan, Sichuan Qomolangma Peak -Tibet
• San Qing Mountain Holy Mount • Shaolin Monastery, Henan • Taishan • Temple of Heaven, Beijing • Temple of Six Banyon, Guangzhou • The Grand Buddha, Sichuan • Tortoises Mountain in Lijiang • Tri- Sacred Mountains Sichuan • White Horse Temple, Henan • Wudang Mountains • Xi'an • Yuantong Temple, Kunming • Yunju Mountain
The Sacred Chinese Mountains of Buddha The Buddhist Four Sacred Mountains are: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Wǔtái Shân: Five Dimension Mountain, Shânxî Éméi Shân: Gentle Brow Mountain, Sìchuân Jiǔhuá Shân: NineGlories Mountain, Ânhuî Pǔtuó Shân: Potalaka Mountain, Zhèjiâng
The Cardinal Holy Mountains of Tao - China
The Taoist Five Great Mountains are arranged according to the five cardinal directionsof Chinese geomancy which includes the center as a direction: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Tài Shân: East – Leading Peaceful Mountain, Shândông Huà Shân: West – Splendid Mountain, Shǎnxî (Nán) Héng Shân: South – Balancing Mountain,Húnán (Běi) Héng Shân: North – Eternal Mountain, Shânxî Sông Shân: Center – Heavenly Spiral Mountain, Hénán
Indonesia • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dieng Plateau Double Temples: Lombok Java: Bourobudar Java: Gedung Songo Hindu Temples Karang Tretes Cave Lemo Mendut Buddhist Temple Mount Bromo Volcano Mount Merapi Mt Rinjani Krakatoa Volcano, Rakata Island Semeru Volcano Surunadi
Indonesia: Bali • • • • • • • •
Besakah Hindu Temple Lake Bratan Mount Agung Volcano Mount Batur Volcano Puru Luhur Ulu Watu Puru Sada Puru Taman Ayun Tanahlot Sea Temple
India
• Alampur • Allahabad • Ashtavinayaka Holy Shrine of the 8 Ganeshas , Maharashtra • Ayodhya • Barren Island Volcano, Andaman Islands • Bhubansewar • Ganges River • Elephanta Island: Shiva Shrines • Golden Temple, Punjab • Haridwar-Ganges River • Kasmir Sacred Mountain Krishna • Mount Abu • Mount Kanchenjunga (28,000 feet) • Ratnagiri • Sun Temple ,Orissa • Taj Mahal • Tirumala India: Sacred Chakric Cities There are seven sacred cities in Hindu India, which are the principal pilgrimage centers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7.
Varanasi on the River Ganges Hardwar on the River Ganges Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Rama Mathura, Lord Krishna’s Birthplace Dwarka, where Krishna ruled and where the Krishna Vasudeva was born Kanchipuram, the great Shaivite temple cityof Tamil Nadu Ujjan, site every twelve years of Kumbha Mela
The most holy pilgrimage for a Hindu to make is around the four divine direction “abodes” that stand at the cardinal compass points of the mythological map of India:
1. 2. 3. 4.
Badrinath: North – High in the Himalayas Lord Shiva Puri: East – Lord Krishna Rameshwaram Island: South – Lord Rama Dwarka: West – Lord Krishna
Sri Lanka • Anuradhapura: Temple and 2000 Year Old Tree • Aluvihara • Golden Temple of Dambulla • Mihintale Mountain • Temple of Buddha Tooth •
Japan
• Beppu Thermal Springs • Dewa Sanzan Temples • Dewa Sanzan: 3 Sacred Mountains • Eihei Ji, Fukui • Ise • Izumo Taisha • Mount Asama San • Mount Aso San • Mount Fuji • Mount Haku • Mount Kirishima • Mount Koyo • Mount Ontake Volcano • Mount Osore: Sacred Volcano • Mount Tateyama • Nachi No Taki Waterfall • Nara • Nikko • Nonakado Stone Circle • Oshoro Stone Circle • Shiroku Island • Tamagawa Hot Springs • Zenko-Ji Temple, Nagano
Korea North • Kumgangsan • Mount Paektu
Korea South • T’Aebaeksan • Hallasan • Sokkuram Grotto
Laos • • • •
Pha That Luang Pak Ou Caves Wat Phu Wat Si Munag
Malaysia • • • •
Cheng Hoon Teng Gunung Jerai Ipoh Cave Temples Niah Caves
Mongolia • Amarbayasgalant Monastery • Dariganga Volcano Ulaanbaatar • Erdenezeu Hiid Buddhist Temple: Hatroin • Gandantegchinlen Hiid Temple Complex: • Gobi Altai Mountains • Gobi Desert • Gundgavirlan Hiid Temple and Monastery • Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake National Park • Middle Gobi Volcano • Mount Khuiten • Taryatu-Chulutu Volcano • Tavan Bogd Mountains, Bayan Ulgii Aimag • The Four Holy Mountains: Ulan Bator
• Ulan Bator •
Myenmar (Burma) • • • • • • • •
Lake Inle Mount Popa Pagan Shwemawdaw Pagoda Shwedagon Sri Ksetra
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Janakpur Kathmandu Valley Kanchanjanga Mountain Krystal Mountain: Mustang Pashupatinath Lumbini Temple Swayambhu Stupa
Nepal
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Sakhalin Island • Sakhaln Volcanoes •
Taiwan • Pei-Kang •
Thailand Ayuthaya Doi Suthep Lak Muang Shrine Stone Mountain: Prasat Hin Knao Phanom • Wat Pho • Wat Tham Seua • • • •
Tibet • Mount Kailash • Lhasa Temples
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Tashilhunpo Toling Vietnam Emperor of Jade Pagoda My Son Nga Hanh Son Sam Mountain Tam Son Hoi Quan Pagoda
Vietnam • • • • •
Emperor of Jade Pagoda My Son Nga Hanh Son Sam Mountain Tam Son Hoi Quan Pagoda
