The Thousand Buddha Mountain (Chinese: 千佛山; pinyin: Qiān Fó Shān) is a hill located southeast of the city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, China. It is renowned for its numerous Buddha images which have been carved out of the hill's rock faces or free-standing structures erect since the times of the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and its Xingguochan Temple.
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“To die, to sleep—
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