Wu Tai Shan (五台山)

October 22, 2009

Posted in: China, Vacation

After Da Tong, the next stop was Wu Tai Shan.  Time for some mountain climbing!  I was still sick when I was here, and yet I was able to climb on the mountains.

Before arriving here, we came across this temple that was built alongside of a mountain.  I forgot the name.

The sky is so blue in this area.

You would assume that this small town is peaceful and quiet, but it is still a ruckus.  There will still be cars and buses honking at every little thing.

You will find many monks and temples in this area.

Real fur.

I jumped ahead, but while walking up to this mountain, there were A LOT of horse poop on the trail.

After that long hike up, there was the only thing to see up here.  I was quite disappointed.

Now, on to the next day.  There are 5 main mountains, hence the name 五台山, with temples on the top.  I only visited 1 as we didn’t have enough time.  I would also assume every temple looked the same.

There was a spiral path to walk up to the top of the mountain.  Instead, I just walked/climbed straight up.

Along the side of the path, you can find many stones that are stacked upon each other.  I made this one.

Upon arriving near the top, you can see many monks.   The monks stop and pray after a couple steps.

Symbols of the First Sermon.

I was told that Wu Tai Shan was extremely cold, but it wasn’t that cold at all.   Perhaps the whole day went into hiking, so it didn’t feel cold.