Mount Xianglu

Mount Xianglu
Mount Xianglu
	Mount Xianglu Location in eastern China
Highest point
Elevation	354 m (1,161 ft)
Listing	List of mountains in China
Coordinates	29°56′50″N 120°36′30″E / 29.94722°N 120.60833°E
Geography
Location	Zhejiang, China

Mount Xianglu (simplified Chinese: 香炉峰; traditional Chinese: 香爐峰; pinyin: Xiānglú Fēng; lit. 'Censer Peak"/"Incense Burner Peak') is a mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. Its summit has an elevation of 354 metres (1,161 ft).

History

Its historic name was Mount Kuaiji (

Yue civilization and was legendarily connected with the Xia dynasty's Yu the Great, who was said to have convened a gathering of his nobles there and to have died at the spot during a hunting trip. The mountain continued to preserve the Old Yue language even after its conquest by Qin in 222 BC. It gave its name to the Kuaiji Mountains to its south, as well as China's former Kuaiji Commandery and (by extension) historical names for Suzhou and Shaoxing. It was also the site of the AD 353 Orchid Pavilion Gathering which produced the Lantingji Xu

.

The present site of

Records of the Grand Historian

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Notes

^ Other variant romanizations include Kuaijishan, Kuaiji Shan, Kuai Ji Shan, K'uai-chi-shan, Kuai-chi-shan, K'uai-chi Shan, Kuai-chi Shan, K'uai Chi Shan, Kuai Chi Shan, Mt. Kuai Ji, Mt. Kuai-chi, Mt. K'uai Chi, Mt. Kuai Chi, Kuaiji Mountain, K'uai-chi Mtn., Kuai-chi Mtn., K'uai Chi Mtn., and Kuai Chi Mtn.
^ It is also encountered as Mount Guiji, Mount Gui Ji, and Mount Kuei-chi, among others, owing to mistaken transcriptions of the initial characters' usual pronunciation.

External links

James M. Hargett's "會稽: Guaiji? Guiji? Huiji? Kuaiji? Some Remarks on an Ancient Chinese Place-Name" (Sino-Platonic Papers No. 234)

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[1] Other variant romanizations include Kuaijishan, Kuaiji Shan, Kuai Ji Shan, K'uai-chi-shan, Kuai-chi-shan, K'uai-chi Shan, Kuai-chi Shan, K'uai Chi Shan, Kuai Chi Shan, Mt. Kuai Ji, Mt. Kuai-chi, Mt. K'uai Chi, Mt. Kuai Chi, Kuaiji Mountain, K'uai-chi Mtn., Kuai-chi Mtn., K'uai Chi Mtn., and Kuai Chi Mtn.

[2] It is also encountered as Mount Guiji, Mount Gui Ji, and Mount Kuei-chi, among others, owing to mistaken transcriptions of the initial characters' usual pronunciation.

v t e Sacred Mountains of China
Five Great Mountains	Tai Hua Heng (Hunan) Heng (Shanxi) Song
Four Sacred Chinese Buddhist Mountains	Emei Jiuhua Putuo Wutai
Four Sacred Tibetan Buddhist Mountains	Kawagarbo Amne Machin Rinpoche (Kailash) Ghado Jobo
Four Sacred Taoist Mountains	Wudang Longhu Qiyun Qingcheng
Three Sacred Mountains	Tian Shan Changbai Kunlun
Three Famous Mountains	Huang Lushan Yandang
Five Garrison Mountains	Yi Wu Kuaiji Yiwulü Huo
Other Sacred Mountains	Lao Zhongnan Gongga Qomolangma (Everest) Three Holy Peaks of Nyidên, Dabba (Yading)

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