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Located in the northwestern Shanxi Province, Mount Wutai, as its name indicates, consists of five platform-shaped peaks.
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The tallest of the five is 3,058 meters above sea level. As early as the Han Dynasty, temples and monasteries began to be
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constructed on the slopes and valleys of Wutai, and gradually it became a Buddhist center. Today Mount Wutai is held as one
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of the Four Famous Buddhist Mounts in China, the other three being Mt. Emei in Sichuan Province, Mt. Jiuhua in Anhui
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Province, and Mt. Putuo in Zhejiang Province.