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Where is Wutai Mountain? Which city is Wutai Mountain? Which province and which city?

Wutai Mountain is in Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province. Shanxi, where Wutai Mountain is located, is located in the Loess Plateau, where the land is dry and the trees are sparse, and the whole world in the field of vision is khaki, which can be called the golden world. Wutai Mountain belongs to the northern end of Taihang Mountain System, which spans over five hundred miles in Xinzhou City, including Wutai County, fan shi, Daixian County, Yuanping City and Dingxiang County.

Wutai Mountain, Mount Emei in Sichuan, Mount Jiuhua in Anhui and Mount Putuo in Zhejiang are called the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. It is a Buddhist and tourist attraction in China, ranking first among the top ten summer famous mountains in China. In 29, it was listed on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape by UNESCO.

Wutai Mountain is rich in water resources, and there are many streams and springs, which are inexhaustible all year round. The famous ones are Qingliang Spring, Ganlu Spring, Zhuoxiquan, Longquan, Yuquan and Prajna Spring. What is even more peculiar is how high the mountains are and how high the water is. There are springs and waterfalls in the mountains, which converge into pools to form a mirror-like Tianchi. The larger ones are Black Dragon Pool, Jade Flower Pool, Bath Pool and Taihua Pool, which are clear and sparkling, like pearls, making people feel relaxed and happy.

There are 142 species of birds in Wutai Mountain, belonging to 16 orders, 36 families. Among them, golden eagle, stork, black stork, white-tailed sea eagle, tiger-headed sea eagle, white-headed crane, red-crowned crane and great bustard are national first-class protected animals. There are more than 2, species of mountain insects at an altitude of 1, to 3,61 meters in Wutai Mountain, and 486 species have been recorded so far, including more than 2 new insect species. Therefore, Wutai Mountain is an extremely rare green treasure house in the northern alpine region.