Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Mount Wutai' has mentioned 'Mountain' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Mount WutaiChinesexe4xbax94xe5x8fxb0xe5xb1xb1Literal meaning"Five-Terrace Mountain"TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinWxc7x94txc3xa1i shxc4x81nWadexe2x80x93GilesWu3-t'ai2 shan1IPA[uxccx80.txcaxb0axccx82ixc2xa0xcax82axccx81n]WuRomanizationNgxe4xb8x8a-dexe5x85xa5-sexe5xb9xb3Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationNgh-txc3xb2ih sxc4x81anJyutpingNg5-toi4 saan1IPA[xc5x8b.txcaxb0xc9x94xccx8fxcbx90yxc2xa0saxccx81xcbx90n]Southern MinHokkien POJxc5x83goxcdx98-txc3xa2i-soaxe2x81xbfTxc3xa2i-lxc3xb4Ngxc3xb3o-txc3xa2i suann | WIKI |
| Apparently the association of Maxc3xb1juxc5x9brxc4xab with Wutai (Wu-t'ai) Shan in north China was known in classical times in India itself, identified by Chinese scholars with the mountain in the 'north-east' (when seen from India or Central Asia) referred to as the abode of Maxc3xb1juxc5x9brxc4xab in the Avataxe1xb9x83saka Sxc5xabtra. | WIKI |
| In this chapter, Maxc3xb1juxc5x9brxc4xab is said to reside on a "clear cold mountain" in the northeast. | WIKI |
| This served as charter for the mountain's identity and its alternate name "Clear Cool Mountain" (xe6xb8x85xe6xb6xbcxe5xb1xb1; Qxc4xabnglixc3xa1ng Shxc4x81n). | WIKI |
| The bodhisattva is believed to frequently appear on the mountain, taking the form of ordinary pilgrims, monks, or most often unusual five-colored clouds. | WIKI |
| The temples are inseparable from their mountain landscape. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): The overall religious temple landscape of Mount Wutai, with its Buddhist architecture, statues and pagodas reflects a profound interchange of ideas, in terms of the way the mountain became a sacred Buddhist place, endowed with temples that reflected ideas from Nepal and Mongolia and which then influenced Buddhist temples across China. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The landscape and building ensemble of Mount Wutai as a whole illustrates the exceptional effect of imperial patronage over a 1,000 years in the way the mountain landscape was adorned with buildings, statuary, paintings and steles to celebrate its sanctity for Buddhists. | UNESCO |
| The mountain has had far-reaching influence: mountains similar to Wutai were named after it in Korea and Japan, and also in other parts of China such as Gansu, Shanxi, Hebei and Guandong provinces. | UNESCO |
| All the temples and landscape associated with the sacred Buddhist mountain are included in the nominated area. | UNESCO |
| For the landscape, the visual integrity relies on sustaining the beauty of the mountain and its forests so that the inseparability of the temples and the mountain can be appreciated together with their religious associations. | UNESCO |
| The attributes such as the assembly of temples, the specific buildings that reflect the interchange of cultures, the relationship of buildings to the mountain landscape, the beauty of the forested landscape to the northwest, the pilgrim routes and the masterpieces within the temples, could be said to clearly reflect the outstanding universal value of the property. | UNESCO |