"With its five flat peaks, Mount Wutai is a sacred Buddhist mountain. The
cultural landscape is home to forty-one monasteries and includes the
East Main Hall of Foguang Temple, the highest surviving timber building
of the Tang dynasty, with life-size clay sculptures. It also features
the Ming dynasty Shuxiang Temple with a huge complex of 500 statues
representing Buddhist stories woven into three-dimensional pictures of
mountains and water. Overall, the buildings on the site catalogue the
way in which Buddhist architecture developed and influenced palace
building in China for over a millennium. Mount Wutai, literally, 'the
five terrace mountain', is the highest in Northern China and is
remarkable for its morphology of precipitous slopes with five open
treeless peaks. Temples have been built on this site from the 1st
century AD to the early 20th century." -http://whc.unesco.org
"UNESCO Mount Wutai is a Buddhist Sacred Site.
As host to over 53 sacred monasteries, it's home to many of China's
most important monasteries and temples...", shared Danise.
Great great panoramic postcard!
Thank you so much Danise for sending this over and be part of my collection!
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