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Chinese Religions: Places

Sacred Places

Five Sacred Mountains
(Taoism)

  • Taishan
    (Mount Tai)
  • Bei Hengshan
  • Nan Hengshan
  • Huashan
    (Mount Hua)
  • Songshan

Four Famous Mountains
(Buddhism)

  • Putuo Shan
  • Omei Shan
    (Mount Omei/Emei)
  • Wutai Shan
    (Mount Wutai)
  • Jiuhua Shan

Mount Tientai

Silk Road

  • Dunhuang

Qufan

Leshan

Chang'an

Hangzhou

Wudang Mountains
(Wu Tang Shan)

Temple of Heaven

Dengfeng

  • Shaolin Temple

Dazu Rock Carvings

White Cloud Temple

Jade Spring Temple

Temple of Confucius

Variant Place Names

Here are some common Chinese place names under three different romanization systems.

Pinyin Wade-Giles Chinese Post Office
Beijing Pei-Ching Peking
Guangzhou Kuang-chou Canton
Nanjing Nan-ching Nanking
Shanghai Shang-hai Shanghai
Sichuan Szechuan Szechwan
Suzhou Su-chou Soochow
Tianjin T'ien-chin Tientsin
Xi'an Hsi-an Sian
Xinjiang Hsin-chiang Sinkiang

     

Find more information on the romanization of Place Names here.

Chinese Sacred Places

   Map Sacred Mountains

   Songshan   Mount Hua

Putuo Shan   Mount Tai

Omei Shan   Jihhua Shan

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