On to Wutai

Wu TaiShan (Five Mountains) is an important Buddhist religious site west of Beijing.  It is in the mountainous northern part of the Shanxi province, about 200 miles from Beijing.  Buddhist make pilgrimages to Wu Tai in which Manjusri, the bodhisattva, think saint, of Wisdom resides.   Wu Tai Shan encompasses the Chinese appreciation of nature, the mysticism of mountains and the addition of a Buddhist realm.  About 200 miles from Beijing, a city of over 20 million, Disney couldn’t have done better to create this site.