Five Mountain System
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The Five Mountains and Ten Monasteries System system, more commonly called simply Five Mountain System, was a network of state-sponsored Chan Buddhist temples created in China during the Southern Song
Kyoto's Nanzen-ji was the supervisor of the whole Five Mountain System in Japan.
The shanmen of Jingshan Temple in Hangzhou, which was the highest ranking temple out of the Five Mountain temples in China.
The Tianwang Hall at Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, which is the second temple on the Five Mountains system ranking for Chan Buddhist temples.
Statue of the eminent monk Budai, who is traditionally regarded as an emanation of Mi Le Fo, at the shanmen of Faxi Temple in Hangzhou, which is the first temple in the Five Mountains system ranking for Jiao temples.
Tenryū-ji
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Tenryū-ji, formally known as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji, is the head temple of the Tenryū-ji branch of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism, located in Susukinobaba-chō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple was fo
Five Mountain System
…Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji and Jōmyō-ji. Kyoto's Five Mountains, created later by the Ashikaga shogunate after the collapse of the Kamakura regime, were Tenryū-ji, Shōkoku-ji, Kennin-ji, Tōfuku-ji and Manju-ji. Above them all was the huge Nanzen-ji temple. Below the top tier there was a nationwide capillary network…
Sōgenchi Garden, a Special Place of Scenic Beauty
Sōgenchi Garden in snow
Autumn foliage on the grounds of Tenryū-ji
Chokushi gate