Atlas of China
Mount Jizu 鸡足山Jīzú Shān
4A scenic area · Dali, Yunnan
About Mount Jizu
A Buddhist holy mountain north-east of Erhai Lake, venerated as the place where the Buddha's disciple Mahakashyapa waits for the coming of the future Buddha, and a meeting point of Chinese, Tibetan and Theravada Buddhist traditions. Under the Ming dynasty it held hundreds of temples; many were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and only some have been rebuilt, chief among them Zhusheng Temple in the heart of the mountain and Jinding Temple on the 3,248 m Tianzhu Peak, topped by the 42 m Lengyan Pagoda completed in 1934. The Ming traveller Xu Xiake climbed it twice and compiled the mountain's gazetteer.
How to get to Mount Jizu
Roughly 2 hours by road north-east of Dali's Xiaguan, via Binchuan.
Nearby
- Dali Old Town & Erhai Lake 大理古城与洱海 40 km
Bai courtyards, old stone gates and lakeside bike rides beneath the Cangshan peaks
On the map
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