Shanxi promotes tourism in Northeast China

Updated: 2015-06-25
( chinadaily.com.cn)

Mount Wutai

 

Mount Wutai, located in the northeastern part of Shanxi province, is one of the Chinese four sacred Buddhist mountains. It is a national 5-A tourist attraction approved by the National Tourism Administration and was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Wutai is also one of China's oldest sites for Buddhist temples, with work on temples and monasteries beginning during the Yongping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty (58-75AD). There are still plenty of temples and monasteries, with pagodas towering over them, Wutai's architecture comes from different dynasties and there are sculptures, stone inscriptions, frescoes, and calligraphy in all of them.