One of the Four Sacred Buddhist Moutains

Mount Wutai,also known as Wutai Mountain or Qingliang Shan,located in Shanxi,China,is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains.Mount Wutai is home to many of China’s most important Monasteries and temples.It hosts over 53 sacred monasteries, and they were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.

The Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains are Mount Wutai Mount Emei,Mount Jiuhua and Mount Putuo.Each of the four mountains is viewed as the abode or place of practice of the four great bodhisattvas.

Wutai takes its name from its unusual topography,consisting of five rounded peaks(North,South,East,West,Central),of which the North peak,called Beitai Ding or Yedou Feng,is the highest,and indeed the highest point in northern China.

Mount Wutai is home to some of the oldest existent wooden buildings in China that have survived since the era of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).This includes the main hall of Nanchan Temple and the east hall of Foguang Temple,built in 782 and 857, respectively.      

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