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南山中英文介绍 南山，面朝南海，坐落在中国唯一的热带滨海城市——三亚市的西南20公里处，是中国最南端的山。 　　南山历来被称为吉祥福泽之地。据佛教经典记载，救苦救难的观音菩萨为了救度芸芸众生，发了十二大愿，其中第二愿即是“常居南海愿”。唐代著名大和尚鉴真法师为弘扬佛法五次东渡日本未果，第五次漂流到南山，在此居住一年半之久并建造佛寺，传法布道，随后第六次东渡日本终获成功。日本第一位遣唐僧空海和尚也在此登陆中国，驻足传法。中国传扬千古的名句“福如东海，寿比南山”则更道出了南山与福寿文化的悠久渊源。 　　南山文化旅游区是依托南山独特的山海天然形胜和丰富的历史文化渊源开发建设的全国罕见的超大型生态和文化景区，是建国以来中央政府批准兴建的最大的佛教文化主题旅游区，是国家首批AAAAA景区。南山文化旅游区生态恢复与保护规划面积50平方公里，其中海域面积10平方公里，组织实施佛教文化苑、天竺圣迹、福寿天地、神话雕塑、大门景观区以及酒店、度假村等项目。其中南山佛教文化苑于一九九五年动工兴建、一九九八年建成开放，目前已形成一寺（南山寺）、一苑（南山海上观音苑）、两园（慈航普渡园、吉祥如意园）、一谷（长寿谷）、一湾（小月湾）的旅游景观群。还有辑入世界吉尼斯大全的国宝 “金玉观世音”和民族工艺史上的惊世之作“天下第一砚”——日月同辉凤砚；体现中华古钟文化的梵钟苑；更有举世瞩目的伫立在南海之滨的108米高“南山海上观音”，“一体化三尊”，造型挺拔，气势恢宏，高越天下。这项被誉为“世界级、世纪级”的佛教造像工程历时六年，已于2005年4月24日（佛历三月十六）举行了举世瞩目、千载一时的盛大开光大典。 　　南山之美，南山之奇，已被越来越多的人们关注。在这里，人们既能领略热带滨海阳光、碧海、沙滩、鲜花、绿树的美景，更能获得佛教文化带来的心灵慰籍，体味回归自然、天人合一的乐趣。 Nanshan(South Mountain),facing Chinese South Sea, situated 40 miles west of Sanya, the only tropical seaside city in China, is the southernmost moutain in China. Nanshan has been deemed an auspicious and blessing land in Brahma. According to the record from Buddhism scriptures, the Guanyin Buddha vowed twelve oaths to save all living beings. To dwell at South Sea permanently is the second oath of the twelve, Master Jianzhen, the ronowned monk in Tang Dynasty, tried in vain five times to sail eastward to Japan for prench of Buddha’s steaching. On his fifth sail to Japan, he was drifted to Nanshan.While staying in Nanshan forone year and a half, he set up a temple and did missionary work, and then, finally succeeded in his sixth voyage to Japan. The Japanese travel monk named Konghai also landed Nanshan on his way to learn Buddhism in Tang Dynasty. The well know saying “Good fortune as vast as East Sea, Long Life as great as Nanshan Moutain” shows further the Nanshan’s origin of relations between Chinese traditional culture of auspicious and longivity. Nanshan Cutural Tourism Zone is a rare extra large-scale eco-cultural tourism zone with an area of 50 square km including sea area of mo