Wutai Mountain, located in Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, is located between 38°55'-39°66'N latitude and 113°29'-113°39'E longitude, with a planned scenic area of 607 square kilometers and an administrative jurisdiction area of 436 square kilometers.
The "Chronicle of Famous Mountains" says: "The five peaks of Mount Wutai are towering, high above the clouds, and there is no forest at the top of the mountain, which is like a platform of earth, so it is called five platforms." "Mount Wutai is a Buddhist dojo where the Yellow Temple of The Qingmiao Temple in China coexists, and there are 86 places of religious activities, among which many monasteries were built and many emperors came to worship. Famous ones are: Xiantong Temple, Tayuan Temple, Bodhisattva Peak, Nanshan Temple, Dai Luo Ding, Golden Pavilion Temple, Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion, Bishan Temple, etc
Wutai Mountain belongs to the northern end of the Taihang Mountain System, spanning Wutai County, Fanzhi County, Dai County, Yuanping City, Dingxiang County, and more than 100 miles in Xinzhou City. It is between 38°55'-39°66'N and 113°29'-113°39'E, and consists of a series of large mountains and peaks. Five of the peaks are as flat as a platform, hence the name Five. Because of the cold climate on the mountain, there is still no hot summer in the middle of summer, so it is also called QingliangShan.
Wutai Mountain is composed of ancient crystalline rocks, the northern part is deeply cut, the five peaks are towering, and the peaks are flat as The Platform: East Terrace Wanghai Peak, West Terrace Hanging Moon Peak, South Terrace Jinxiu Peak, North Terrace Yedou Peak, And middle Platform Cuiyan Peak. Outside the five peaks is called Taiwai, inside the five peaks is called Tainai, and Taihuai Town is the center. The lowest point of Wutai Mountain is only 624 meters above sea level, and the highest point of The North Terrace Peak is 3061.1 meters above sea level, which is known as the "roof ridge of North China". The climate in the mountains is cold, there is ice on the top of the platform all year round, and the summer is cool, so it is also called Qingliang Mountain, which is a summer resort. The natural vegetation of Wutai Mountain is mainly grassland, composed of meadows, grasslands and shrublands, which is an excellent summer pasture.
Wutai Mountain is geologically ancient, with peculiar landforms, located in the hinterland of north China, continuous with Hengshan-Taihang Mountain, with a relative height difference of more than 2400 meters, a large area exposes different levels of rock formations and geological structures of the earth's crust, showing the geological structure and geological composition of the Chinese mainland base, and is the highest mountain range composed of ancient strata known to the world for more than 2.5 billion years. In the long evolution of the earth, Wutai Mountain has gone through the "Iron Fort Movement", "Taihuai Movement", "Wutai Movement" and "Yanshan Movement", forming a "Wutai Uplift" composed of "Wutai Group" green schist and "Doucun Slate", with a high-pitched level of ancient Yi plane, a very developed glacial landform, a unique alpine meadow landscape, and a spectacle of ice edge landforms such as "Dragon Rock" and "Frost Heave Hill" caused by Quaternary glaciers and huge erosion forces.