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China: Mural in the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, depicting the Buddhist pilgrimage site at Mount Wutai, Shanxi. 10th century CE.

Mount Wutai (Chinese: Wǔtái Shān; literally 'Five Plateau Mountai'), also known as Wutai Mountain or Qingliang Shan, located in Shanxi, China, is one of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism. The mountain is home to many of China's most important monasteries and temples. Mount Wutai's cultural heritage consist of 53 sacred monasteries, and they were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. Each of the Four Sacred Mountains are viewed as the abode or place of practice of one of the four great bodhisattvas. Wutai is the home of the Bodhisattva of wisdom, Manjusri or Wenshu in Chinese. Mount Wutai also has an enduring relationship with Tibetan Buddhism.