摘要
MountWutai(FiveTerraces)liesinthenortheasternpartofWutaiCounty,Shanxi.AmountainchainoftheTaihangMountains,itoverlooksTaiyuanoffthesouth,isseparatedfromtheHengshanMountainstothenorth,andconnectswiththeYonmenPassatitsnorthwestend.Withacircumferenceofsome250kilometers,coveringanareaof376squarekilometers,MountWutaiisactuallyadusteroffiveflat-toppedpeaks——thenorthern,southern,eastern,western,andmiddlepeaks——standinginacircle.Thetopsofthesefivetoweringpeaksaresolargethateachofthemmeasuresfrom6to7hectares.SincetheSouthernandNortherndynasties(420-589),greatnumbersoftempleshadbeenbuiltoverthemountainsuntilitbecameamountainparticularlyfamousforitsoldbuildingssurvivinginChina.Accordingtoa1956census,therewereinMountWutaiatotalof122temples,with47well-preservedandthreelistedasnationalprotectionstatus.
出版日期
2004年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)