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 Another name of Jizu Mountain is Nine Strata
Cliffs. It is situated in Liandong District of Binchuan County,
20km. west of the county seat and 90km. from Dali. With three
mountain ranges in front and one branch at the back, it looks like
a cock's foot, hence its name.
The mountain ranges stretch to several hundred li
and Tianzhu Peak is the highest, measuring 3,240 metres in
elevation. Ascending the top of the mountain, you can enjoy the
splendid view of sunrise and have a glance at the plain of the
county, Cangshan Mountain, Erhai Lake and the Jade Dragon Snow
Mountain in the east, south, west and north respectively. The
mountain is covered with dense forests and bamboo groves. During
the period of Shu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms, small nunneries
were first constructed and later expanded in the Tang Dynasty, and
the most flourishing period followed in the Ming and Q ing
Dynasties. There were more than one hundred monasteries of
different sizes and the noted ones were Xitang Temple, Shizhong
Temple and Huayan Temple constructed in the Ming Dynasty and
Jinding Temple (Golden Top) which had been moved from Kunming to
the mountain. Later, many temples fell into ruins, and now, only
Zhushengsi Temple, the gate tower of Jinding Temple and Lengyan
Pagoda are kept in the original shape. Jizushan Mountain is one of
the most famous Buddhist mountains in China.
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