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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:

• Huiji Temple, Putuo Mountain
• Puji Temple, Putuo Mountain
• Fayu Temple, Putuo Mountain
• Nantianmen, Putuo Mountain
• Tiantong Temple, Ningbo
• Ayuwang Temple, Ningbo
• Qita Temple, Ningbo

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

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