Which bodhisattva's Dojo is Wutai Mountain?
Wutai Mountain is located in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, 230 kilometers away from Taiyuan, the provincial capital. Together with Mount Emei in Sichuan, Mount Jiuhua in Anhui and Mount Putuo in Zhejiang, it is called the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. Wutai Mountain is a Buddhist and tourist attraction 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.
Wutai Mountain is the key area of geological research in China, with complete and rich strata, especially the typical and peculiar Precambrian strata. Most of the strata in Wutai Mountain are named after the mountains, waters and villages in this area, which occupies an important position in the field of geology.
Recommended tourist attractions in Wutai Mountain:
Tayuansi 1
Located in the center of Taihuai Town, Tayuan Temple is named after the Great White Pagoda, the symbol of Wutai Mountain. The Great White Pagoda is 54.56 meters high and its circumference is 125.6 meters. It was built in the fifth year of Dade in Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in Ming Dynasty.
2. Fairy Boy Temple
Located behind the Tayuan Temple, the existing buildings were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, covering an area of more than 80,000 square meters and with more than 400 buildings. There are seven halls on the central axis, namely Guanyin Hall, Manjusri Hall, Ursa Major Hall, Infinite Hall, Manjusri Hall, Bronze Hall and Tibetan Scripture Hall from front to back.
3. Zhenhai Temple
Zhenhai Temple is located on the west side of South Qingshui River in Taihuai Town, 5 kilometers away from Taihuai Town. Located in the treasure house of "Two Dragons Playing with Beads". The peaks on the left and right sides are like two dragons falling into the valley, hunched around and teetering around. The temple is built on a rocky mountain pass where two mountains are embracing each other, just like the orb of two dragons playing.