page_title: Tiantai Temple (Mount Jiuhua)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tiantai Temple (Mount Jiuhua) / History
context_page_description: Tiantai Temple, also known as the Temple of Ksitigarbha, is the highest Buddhist temple located on Mount Jiuhua, in Qingyang County, Anhui, China. It was first built in the Tang dynasty, and went through many changes and repairs through the following dynasties. Most of the present structures in the temple were repaired or built in the late Qing dynasty.
caption: A frontal view of Tiantai Temple.
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