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Wutai Shan
Mount Wutai Shan (Chi.
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五台山, Pin. Wǔtái Shān) or Qingliang (Chi. 清涼山, Pin. Qīngliáng Shān) is identified as the worldly abode of the bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri, located in Shanxi Province, China. It is one of the four great sacred Buddhist mountains of China[1].
Due to its unusually cold weather, with numerous medieval reported mid-summer snow falls, the mountain became known as mount Qingliang, Clear and Cool Mountain (Wyl.ri bo dwangs bsil).[2]
Its five grass covered flat peaks are arranged in a crescent-shaped configuration and are located above the tree-line around 3,000 m.
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Accordingly, the mountain obtained its name Wutai Shan, the Five-Terrace Mountain. Tibetans and Mongols referred to it as Riwo Tse Nga (Wyl. ri bo rtse lnga), the Five-Peaked Mountain. The mountain peaks appear from the far distance like heavenly altars and are conventionally referred to by their cardinal directions.[3] Together the peaks