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wade–giles romanization wu-t'ai shan , pinyin wutai shan mountain and mountain chain in northeast shansi province, china. the mountain chain is a massif with a southwest–northeast axis, separated from the heng shan (mountains) to the northwest by the valley of the hu-t'o ho (river), which curves around its southern flank to flow into the north china plain in hopeh province. mt. wu-t'ai is actually a cluster of flat-topped peaks from which the mountain takes its name (five terraces). the highest peak is 10,033 ft (3,058 m) above sea level.
mt. wu-t'ai is particularly famous as one of the great holy places of chinese buddhism. great numbers of temples, including some of the oldest wooden buildings surviving in china, are scattered over the mountain; the largest temples—such as the hsien-t'ung, the ta-ta-yüan, and the pu-sa-ting-shen-jung-yüan—are grouped around the town of t'ai-huai-chen.
mt. wu-t'ai appears first to have become a holy mountain to the taoist adepts of the later han dynasty (ad 25–220) but came into prominence in the 5th century under the northern wei dynasty (386–534/35) when, as ch'ing-liang shan, it became identified as the dwelling place of mãnjuśrī bodhisattva (a heavenly being who voluntarily postpones his buddhahood in order to work for worldly welfare and understanding). the cult of mãnjuśrī was intensified under the t'ang dyna