Mount Putuo

Mount Putuo
"Mount Putuo" in Chinese characters
Chinese	普陀山
Literal meaning	(from Sanskrit) "Mount Potalaka"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pǔtuó shān Wade–Giles P'u3-t'o2 shan1 IPA [pʰùtʰwǒ ʂán] Wu Romanization Phù-dou sẽ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Póu-tòh sāan Jyutping Pou2-to4 saan1 Southern Min Tâi-lô Phóo-tôo san

Mount Putuo (Chinese: 普陀山; pinyin: Pǔtuó Shān, from Sanskrit: "Mount Potalaka") is an island in Putuo District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China. It is a renowned site in Chinese Buddhism and is the bodhimaṇḍa of the bodhisattva Guanyin.

Mount Putuo is one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism, the others being Mount Wutai, Mount Jiuhua, and Mount Emei (bodhimaṇḍas for Manjushri, Kṣitigarbha, and Samantabhadra, respectively).^{[further explanation needed]}

Mount Putuo lies in the East China Sea and incorporates the beauty of both mountain and sea. Mountain Putuo is at 29°58′3～30°02′3 north latitude, 122°21′6～122°24′9 east longitude.^[1] Its area is approximately 12.5 square kilometres (4.8 sq mi) and there are numerous famous temples. Every year on the 19th day of the 2nd lunar month, 19th day of the 6th lunar month, and 19th day of the 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar, it welcomes millions of people for the celebration of the birth of Guanyin.