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Which city is Wutai Mountain located in?

Wutai Mountain is located in Wutai County, Xinzhou City, northeastern Shanxi Province.

Ranked first among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China, it is known as the "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 a total area of 2,837 square kilometers and the highest elevation of 3,058 meters.

Five peaks surround the whole territory, and the top is flat and wide without trees, just like a platform for building soil, hence the name. Mount Wutai, Mount Putuo in Zhejiang, Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, Mount Emei in Sichuan and * * * are also called "Four Famous Buddhist Mountains in China".

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. Wutai Mountain has a cold climate and is also called "Liang Qing".

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Red scenic spots and revolutionary relics in Wutai County are all over the county. There are cultural relics protection units 103 in the county, including 7 national-level (nanzenji, Beige Temple, Guangji Temple, Yanqing Temple, Bethune Model Hospital, Former Residence of Marshal Xu, Eighth Route Army Headquarters in Nanru Village) and 2 provincial-level (Songzheng Temple and Huaiyin Primary School).

Xilongchi Pumped Storage Power Station has an installed capacity of 6.5438+0.2 million kilowatts, an annual power generation of 65.438+0.805 billion kWh, and a rated head of 640 meters, which is the highest in China and the second in the world (the first is the Japanese Geyechuan Power Station with a head of 700 meters). Born in the north, marshal Xu of the Republic of China.

Xu Jishe, the "first man in the modern world", wrote a brief introduction about Ying Huan in the late Qing Dynasty. With a total area of 2865 square kilometers, it governs 5 towns, 1 1 township.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Xinzhou

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Shanxi province