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The Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism

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ID: 1628 Upper Intermediate
China is a bit list-crazy, and among its myriad lists is the "Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism" list. Listen to this Chinese lesson, learn some more about Buddhism, and for you mountain-lovers out there, maybe even gain a new item or two for your China travel itinerary.
Tue Mar 15 2011 | Dilu, John
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普陀山 Pǔtuóshān Putuo Mountain
不愧 bùkuì to deserve to be called
四大佛山 sì dà fóshān 4 sacred Buddhist Mountains
首 shǒu chief, main
呀，你旅游回来啦，玩得怎么样？
ya ，nǐ lǚyóu huílai la ，wán de zěnmeyàng ？
Hey, you're back from you travels. How was it?
不错不错，普陀山不愧为四大佛山之首，香火超旺。
bùcuò bùcuò ，Pǔtuóshān bùkuì wéi sì dà fóshān zhī shǒu ，xiānghuǒ chāo wàng 。
Not bad, not bad. Putuo Mountain really deserves to be the most important of the four Buddhist mountains. There were tons of people there lighting incense.
前两天天气也很好，很适合旅游。
qián liǎng tiān tiānqì yě hěn hǎo ，hěn shìhé lǚyóu 。
The weather has been really nice lately too - really good for traveling.
嗯，说不定是观音娘娘保佑啊，呵呵。
ng4 ，shuōbudìng shì Guānyīn niángniang bǎoyòu a ，hēhē 。
Yeah. Maybe we were blessed by Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy. Heh-heh.
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