Buddhism spread to China over 2,000 years ago, and down the centuries countless holy places have come into being. Foremost among these are the four famous monasteries associated with the principal bodhisattvas: that on Mt. P'u-t'o dedicated to Avalokitesvara (better known in Chinese as Kuan-yin), that on Mt. Wu-t'ai dedicated to Manjusri, that on Mt.
佛教傳入中國二千多年來，名山寶剎數不勝數，其中最享盛名的，首推四大菩薩駐錫的「四大道場」﹘﹘觀音大士的普陀山道場、文殊菩薩的五台山道場、普賢菩薩的峨嵋山道場，以及地藏菩薩的九華山道場。