PutuoMountain,oneoftheFourHolyBuddhistMountains,coversanareaof12.5squarekilometers.Thehighestpeak,theFudingshanMountainis300metershighabovethesealevel.Temples,monasteries,nunneriesarespreadalloverthemountain.AccordingtotheannalsofPutuoMountain,aftertheconstructionof"Unwilling-to-go"GuanyinTemple,peoplebegantobuilduptemplesinlargescales.TheremainedtenancientarchitecturecomplexandhistoricalsightswerebuiltinSong,Yuan,Ming,Qing.PutuoMountainoncehad82temples,128huts,accommodating4,000monkandnunsatitsheyday.Whenyouwalkonthepaths,youprobablycancomeacrossmonksinkasaya.TheglorioussceneriesaswellastheglamourconcernedwithBuddhismmakeitasacredmountain.
PujiTemple,FayuTemple,andHuijiTemplearethethreelargestinthetwentytemplesinPutuo.PujiTemple,covering11,000squaremeters,wasfirstbuiltinSongDynasty,andisthemaintempledevotedtotheGoddessofGuanxin.FayuTemplewasfirstbuiltinMing.Itsitsalongthemountainwithdifferentlayersonit.Numerouslargetreesstandinthemountain,qualifythetempleforaquietanddeepplace.HuijiTempleisontheFodingPeak,sogetsanameafterthat,FodingPeakTemple.
Bizarrerocksandqueercliffscanbeseeneverywhere.ThemostfamoustwentyareQingtuoRock,RockofTwoTortoisesListeningtoPreaching,RockofBuddhistHeavenonSea,etc.Alongthelinewherethemountainconnectswiththesea,manyspectacularcavesareveryattractive.ChaoyinCaveandFanyinCavearethetwotopones.