Wutai Mountain

Overview

Wutai Mountain is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains, dedicated to Manjushri (Wenshu), the Bodhisattva of Wisdom. Its five flat-topped peaks have been a center of Buddhist learning for nearly two millennia.

Mountain of Wisdom

Wutai Mountain is the earthly abode of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom. Its five flat-topped peaks — hence the name 'Five Terrace Mountain' — are each associated with a different aspect of enlightened wisdom.

The mountain is unique in China for preserving both Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist traditions side by side, with monasteries of both schools dotting its slopes.