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World Cultural Landscape Heritage: Mount Wutai (16)

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10:46, July 11, 2013

Mount Wutai (CNTV)

The biggest cupreous caldron of Mount Wutai: The 2-meter-wide and nearly 1.1-meter-high big cupreous caldron is in the Bodhisattva Temple.

The highest peak of Mount Wutai: The Beitai Peak stands at 3,058 meters above sea-level.

The oldest tower of Mount Wutai: The Zushi Tower in the Foguang Temple was established during the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The oldest stone lion of Mount Wutai: The stone lion of the Luohou Temple was established during Tang Dynasty.

The person who wrote the most inscriptions for Mount Wutai: Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty wrote 20 inscriptions out of the total of more than 150 inscriptions that exist in Mount Wutai.

The person who wrote the most poems when visiting Mount Wutai: Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty wrote 39 poems at Mount Wutai in the existing collection of poems.

The tallest palace of Mount Wutai is the 18-meter-high Kwan-yin Hall in the Jinge Temple.

The oldest temple of Mount Wutai: The Nanchan Temple was established in 782, the third year of Jianzhong during the Tang Dynasty.

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