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Peak Huading above Clouds 華頂凌雲

Higher than anywhere else in Tiantai, Peak the Han recluse Gao Cha used to live in seclusion. 華頂峯高萬八千丈，上出雲表，雖晦雨可見日出
Huading rises above the clouds and presents Towards the very top are Wang Xizhi’s Inkwell, Li 入，天台最高處也。其徑自銀地嶺北上十餘里，為
itself as a vantage point for admiring sunrises Bai’s Study and the Longzhao Pool. The spring 寒風闕。天風蓬蓬，有挾人凌虛之勢。又北過察
and sunsets even on gloomy days. Extending here spurts out so powerfully that it is quite a 嶺，漢隱士高察舊居也。頂上有右軍墨池、太白書
more than ten li-miles, a trail leads uphill from sight. Further up is the Wanghai Point with the 堂，又有龍爪潭。泉源沛發，覽者異之。再上為望
Peak Yindi to the tower Hanfeng, where the wind Fumo Stupa and the Lijing Terrace which are said 海尖、有伏魔塔、禮經臺，傳並智顗故蹟。
is so strong that passers-by can easily be lifted to be associated with Monk Zhizhe.
up to the sky. To the north is Peak Cha, where