Zhongnan shan 終南山

Zhōngnán shān 終南山 Other names include: * Nán shān 南山 Tàiyǐ shān 太乙山 Zhōngnán shān 中南山

Nearby Locations: Xī'ān 西安

Shǎnxī 陝西, North China Region Region

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Zhōngnán shān 終南山 is a mountain range south of Xī'ān 西安. For a millennium-and-a-half it has been a favorite retreat for all types of hermits.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Jìngyè Temple 淨業寺

Notable Residents in the Modern Period

• Xūyún 虛雲 (mid 19th century??)
• The Living Buddha of Jīnshān 金山活佛 grew up near here, and as a young man he often visited Xūyún 虛雲 at his hut
• Yuèxiá 月霞 (1882 - ~1888)
• Zhìkāi 治開 (late 19th century)
• Láiguǒ 來果 (briefly in the early 1910s)

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