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Wutai Shan, a group of mountains in Shanxi province, is one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in China. An active site of Buddhist practice since at least the fourth century, Wutai Shan is revered as the home of Mañjuśrī, the bodhisattva of wisdom, who is believed to manifest along the pilgrimage route in different forms. There are several Tibetan Buddhist monasteries at the site and the mountain has historically been a popular pilgrimage site for Tibetans. Many official meetings and imperially sponsored rituals among Tibetan and Manchu dignitaries have been held at Wutai Shan.

Sources

Charleux, Isabelle. “Mongol Pilgrimages to Wutai Shan in the Late Qing Dynasty.” Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 6 (December 2011). http://www.thlib.org?tid=T5712 (accessed July 22, 2016).

Chou, Wen-shing. 2018. Mount Wutai: visions of a sacred Buddhist mountain. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Tuttle, Gray. “Tibetan Buddhism at Wutai Shan in the Qing: The Chinese-language Register.” Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 6 (October 2011): 163-214. http://www.thlib.org/collections/texts/jiats/#!jiats=/06/tuttle (accessed July 22, 2016).

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