A Holy land of Buddhists——Mt.Jiuhua        Mt. Jiuhua, one of the four famous sacred mountains for Buddhist in China, is only 220 kilometers south of Hefei, the capital of Anhui province. Formerly named Jiuzi, Mt. Jiuhua is known as a Land of Buddhism and lotus flowers in history. As a national key scenic spot, it covers an area of 174 square kilometers, with 99 mountain peaks, and the main peak being 1,342 meters above sea level. At present, there are 90 Buddhist temples and over 600 monks and nuns in the mountain. The Buddhas worshipped here actually existed in history and the mummies of the dead monks come from those who used to live in the mountain. Mt. Jiuhua is also a mountain of cultural and historical significance. Celebrities and persons of refined tastes of the past ages have left behind them more than 500 pieces of poetic and prose works and over 20 ruined sites of studies and academies of classical learning. More than 2,000 cultural relics have been preserved to this day in Mt. Jiuhua. It is an ideal place for sightseeing and cultivation.