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Introduction to Wutai Mountain

Wutai Mountain is located in Wutai County, northeast of Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, with an average elevation of 1000 meters. Yemen Peak in Beitai, the highest point, is 3058 meters above sea level and is called the "Roof of North China". Wutai Mountain is about 300 kilometers away from Fiona Fang. Because the five peaks are like five pillars, they rise from the ground and stand tall, and the summit is as flat as a platform, hence the name Wutai.

Because of the cold climate on the mountain, it is still unknown in midsummer, so it is also called Liang Qingshan. It is a tourist area integrating natural scenery, historical relics, ancient architecture art, Buddhist culture, folk customs and summer vacation.

Wutai Mountain, together with Lumbini Garden in Nepal, Rokuyan, Bodhgaya and Naga in India, is also known as the five Buddhist holy places in the world. It is a Buddhist and tourist resort in China, ranking first among the top ten famous summer resorts in China. In 2009, it was listed on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape by UNESCO.

Shanxi, where Wutai Mountain is located, is located in the Loess Plateau, with dry land and sparse trees. The whole world in the field of vision is khaki, which is called the golden world.

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Wutai Mountain ranks first among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. It is called "Golden Wutai" and is the Dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva. Wutai Mountain is not a mountain, but a series of peaks located on the roof of North China, with the highest elevation of 306 1 m. Five peaks (Wanghaishan in Dongtai, Jinxiu Peak in Nantai, Cuiyan Peak in Zhongtai, Guayuefeng in Xitai and Yedou Peak in Beitai) surround the whole territory, and the top is flat and wide without trees, just like a platform for building earth, hence the name.

Wutai Mountain is the only Buddhist Dojo in China where Qingshan Temple (Han Buddhism) and Huangshan Temple (Tibetan Buddhism) complement each other. There are 86 places for religious activities, among which many temples have been built, and emperors of all dynasties have come to worship. The famous ones are: Xiantong Temple, Tayuan Temple, Bodhisattva Top, Nanshan Temple, Dailuoding Temple, Guangji Temple, Wanfo Pavilion and so on.

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