佛教始创于公元前565年，为古印度王子乔达摩·悉达多所创，世界三大宗教之一。佛意为“觉者”。佛教重视人类心灵和道德的进步和觉悟。

Buddhism was created by the prince of the ancient India Siddhartha Gautama in 565 B.C. and is one of the three great religions in the world. Buddhism means Enlightened Sage and focuses on the progress and awareness of human’s mind and morality.

公元67年佛教传入中国，经传播与发展属地化，已成具民族特色的中国佛教。在中国有三大系佛教：汉传佛教（汉语系）、藏传佛教（藏语系）和云南地区上座部佛教（巴利语系）。九华山佛教汉传佛教，始于公元401年，九华山是中国佛教四大名山之一，地藏王菩萨世界道场。

Buddhism was introduced into China in A.D. 67 and has evolved into the Chinese Buddhism of national characteristics by promotion and localized development. There are three major branches of Buddhism in China: Chinese Buddhism (Chinese Language), Tibetan Buddhism (Tibetan Language) and Theravada Buddhism in Yunnan region (Pali Language). The Jiuhuashan Buddhism is Chinese Buddhism dating from A.D. 401. Jiuhuashan is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains in China, the ashram of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

你知道么？中国佛教四大名山都是哪些？浙江普陀山（观音菩萨道场）；安徽九华山（地藏王菩萨道场）；四川峨眉山（普贤菩萨道场）；山西五台山（文殊菩萨道场）。

Do you know? What are four sacred Buddhist mountains in China? namely, Putuoshan in Zhejiang Province (the ashram of Avalokitesvara), Jiuhuashan in Anhui Province (the ashram of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva), Emeishan in Sichuan Province (the ashram of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva) and Wutaishan in Shanxi Province (the ashram of Manjusri Bodhisattva).