http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Shanxi , Wutaishan en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:41:42 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:41:42 UTC Wutai Shan one of Chinarsquos sacred Buddhist mountain ranges. The range is dedicated to the Manjusri Buddha the Buddha of wisdom. After a fairly uneventful but beautiful journey other than the driver overtaking on blind mountain road bends at high speed we paid the steep entrance fee to the area much more expensive than our Rough Guide said it was Nevertheless the scenery was stunning http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/blog-324932.html Five platform mountain is a ring of mountains long and sloping bare that rise up over the northern Chinese lands which spread away dry and dusty as plains below and beyond. The mountains here form a kind of wide ring above the earth you can imagine with gentle ridges that connect five natural platforms the tallest looms up in the north at about 3000 m ride that ridge east and south a few http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/blog-293093.html I am walking along a tree lined lane. Temples dot my vision here and there...I am still in Wu tai shan the holy pilgrimmage place of Chinese Buddhism. Stillness underlies the environment seething through the surface where on cars pass and honk hammers bang and clang. Up ahead who is it....is it her Yes the girl who served me food yesterday. How interesting. Yuan fen. Synchronicity. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/blog-286739.html This was one of the most interesting most honest and most strange experiences I have yet had in China. Walking down the wet road between the rolling valley walls sweltering green in their perspirated state lightning ripping through the grey sky thunder rumbling I make my way to my exitI am leaving the Holy Buddhist Center that ring of high flat templeladen spiritfilled mountains cal http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/blog-286736.html The Hanging Temple and Monastery in Shanxi Province was both remarkable in its construction and aweinspiring in its location. It is literally built into the side of a cliff. The monks chose the site and the elevation to protect the temple from floods. Our bus was caught in a traffic jam of coal trucks so our guide asked if we minded walking down a dry riverbed for a mile or so to come to the http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/blog-183023.html We kwamen te Wutaishan binnen vanuit Yingxian. De weg was nogal hobbelig en liep door 2 gebergteketens. Onderweg betaal je 90Y 45Y voor 65plussers inkom voor Wutaishan Scenic Area. We verbleven te Taihuai het toeristische en historische centrum van de Wutaishan. Het ligt op 1700m in een dal tussen de 5 bergtoppen. Het was er begin oktober nogal fris rsquos morgens en rsquos avonds 8 13 http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/blog-140545.html Precioso pueblo budista situado en unas montanas dificilmente accesibles un viaje en caminoetafurgoneta que nunca olvidare... donde se encuentra un conjunto de templos budistas. Lugar espiritual a la vez que bastante turistico y con mucho frio nevo un poco con algunos templos muy bonitos como el de la gran pagoda de piedra blanca. English Beautiful budist village located on some hardly acces http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/blog-102080.html Woensdag 11 oktober.Taihuai is een dorp nabij n van de 4 heilige bergen Wutaishan en het centrum van boeddhisme van China.Nu zijn er in de omgeving nog 47 kloosters waar monniken en lamarsquos leven. Bij ontbijt op de kamer van Luc wordt beslist de voornaamste tempels van het dorp Taihuai zelf te bezoeken.Omstreeks 9 uur nemen we de kabelbaan naar Dailuo. Hier komt men bidden voor rijkdom en http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanxi/Wutaishan/blog-96847.html