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岱宗

Mandarin · pinyin Dài zōng

another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽 Wǔ yuè
Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls

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岱: dài · Daishan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains in China
宗: zōng · lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan

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(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 泰山 (Tàishān, “Mount Tai, one of the Five Sacred Mountains in China”).

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