Tiantai County ( Tai-chow dialect : T'in-t'e yön; simplified Chinese : 天台县 ; traditional Chinese : 天台縣 ; pinyin : PRC Standard Mandarin: Tiāntāi Xiàn, ROC Standard Mandarin: Tiāntái Xiàn ) is located in Taizhou , Zhejiang, People's Republic of China. Residents mainly speak the Tiantai dialect .
7-471: The county is noted for its scenic Mount Tiantai , which is also an important Tiantai Buddhism site. With a total area of 1,432.09 km (552.93 sq mi) and a population of 560,000, Tiantai is a medium-sized city that administers twelve towns, three districts and 641 villages. Tiantai County's history dates back to the Qin dynasty (221–208 BCE) when it was called Dongyue, later changed to Huipu during
14-556: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tiantai Mountain Tiantai Mountain (also Tí Taî in the local language) is a mountain in Tiantai County , Taizhou , Zhejiang Province , China . Its highest peak, Huading, reaches a height of 1,138 meters (3,734 ft). The mountain was made a national park on 1 August 1988. One of nine remaining wild populations of Seven-Son Flower ( Heptacodium miconioides )
21-492: Is estimated at up to 4.2 billion RMB. Tiantai's metal resources include silver, lead, zinc, tungsten and aluminum. The private sector constitutes the largest part of the local economy. There are six mainstay industries including rubber & plastics, industrial fabrics, art works, pharmaceuticals, machinery and brewing. In 2003, Tiantai's GDP was 4.7 billion RMB with tax revenues of 560 million RMB. Subdistricts: Towns: Townships: This Zhejiang province location article
28-444: Is located on mount Tiantai. In the mythology of Traditional Chinese religion , the creator goddess Nüwa cut the legs off a giant sea turtle ( Chinese : 鳌 ; pinyin : áo ) and used them to prop up the sky after Gong Gong damaged Mount Buzhou , which had previously supported the heavens. A local myth holds that Tiantai was on the turtle's back before and Nüwa relocated it to its current position when she had to remove
35-461: The Han dynasty (208 BCE–220 CE). Tiantai has extensive natural resources including water power, wind power, mines and biological resources. It tops other cities within the province with a total 51,600 kW water power output and is listed in the first batch of model cities of electrification nationwide. A milestone project, Tongbai Pumped Storage Power Station was completed in 2008. The investment
42-537: The turtle's legs. Guoqing Temple on the mountain is the headquarters of Tiantai Buddhism , and also a tourist destination . Tiantai, named for the mountain, is an East Asian Buddhist school of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed in 6th-century China and focuses on the Lotus Sutra . The most prominent teacher of that school, Zhiyi , was based at Guoqing Temple. Over many years it has been an important destination for pilgrims, especially from Japan . The mountain
49-572: Was visited by Saichō in 805 CE, who went on to found the related Japanese Buddhist school, Tendai . A Korean offshoot , the Cheontae school , was also established during the 12th century. The mountain has a famous temple to the Song-era Chinese Buddhist monk Ji Gong at the Cave of Auspicious Mists that was associated with early modern fuji or "spirit writing" movements. Tiantai Mountain
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