No. 66: Guoqing Temple, Tiantai Shan, Zhejiang

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on July 29, 2013.)

Statue of Master Zhiyi (智顗大师), founder of the Tiantai Sect (天台宗), at
Guoqing Temple (国清寺) at the base of Tiantai Shan (天台山), Zhejiang (浙江).

September 13, 2011 - When my Indian friend Mr. Deep and I booked our hotel on Mt. Tiantai, we hadn't realized that we would be just across the road from one of the most important Buddhist temples in Chinese history.