Posts Tagged ‘Putuo Mountain’

Temples of Putuo Mountain and Ningbo

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Putuo Mountain is an island in Zhoushan prefecture of Zhejiang Province, and is one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. It can be reached by boat from the major cities of Ningbo, also located in Zhejiang Province, and Shanghai. James Baquet continues his excellent series of Shenzhen Daily articles on Chinese temples with stories of his visits to temples and other sites on Putuo Mountain and temples in and around Ningbo:

For previous articles in James Baquet’s series of articles on Chinese temples see Hangzhou’s Jingci Temple and Exploring Shenzhen’s Temples.

China’s health retreats

Friday, November 11th, 2011

The purposes of traditional Chinese medicine are fitness enhancement, disease prevention, postponement of aging and prolonging of life. But medicine is not the only way. Resting your body and soul in a quiet valley or a peaceful temple also helps. To find out about places where you can preserve your health see these Shenzhen Daily articles: