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Mount Wutai
Thirteen Chinese dynasties established their capitals in today’s Xi’an, Shaanxi province, Mount Wutai sits in northeastern Shanxi province between Wutai and Fanshi counties, Xinzhou city. A scenic area combining natural scenery, ancient architecture, historical relics, Buddhist culture, folk customs, and a summer resort into a single tourist attraction, Mount Wutai was inscribed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2009 as a Cultural Landscape Heritage. It is the third World Heritage site in Shanxi province, the thirty-eighth World Heritage site and the second Cultural Landscape in China.
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五台山與佛教的淵源
五台山是馳名中外的佛教勝地,是大智文殊師利菩薩的道場,也是中國興建佛教寺廟建築最早的地方之一。自東漢永平年間(公元58—75年)起,歷代修造的寺廟鱗次櫛比,佛塔摩天,殿宇巍峨,金碧輝煌,是中國歷代建築薈萃之地。
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五台山為何被譽為「中國地質博物館」?
五台山地質古老,地貌奇特,是著名的國家地質公園。這山地處華北大陸的腹地,與恒山及太行山連續,相對高差超過2,400米,大面積露出了地殼不同層次的岩層和地質構造,完美展示出中國大陸基底的地質構造和地質組成。