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Mount Wutai
Mount Wutai, with its five flat-topped peaks, is a sacred mountain for Buddhism. Its cultural attractions include 41 temples, including the East Hall of Foguang Temple, the tallest surviving Tang Dynasty wooden structure, which contains life-size clay sculptures. It also features the Ming Dynasty Shuxiang Temple, which contains 500 statues that weave Buddhist stories into a three-dimensional picture of mountains and rivers. Overall, the architecture on Mount Wutai records the development of Buddhist architecture over more than a thousand years and its influence on Chinese palace architecture. Mount Wutai, which literally means "Five Terraces", is the highest mountain in northern China and is striking for its rugged terrain and five empty, treeless peaks. Temples were built here from the 1st century AD to the early 20th century.
Chengde Pule Temple
Pule Temple is located in Chengde City, Hebei Province. It was built in the 31st year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1766 AD). The temple is a combination of Han and Tibetan architecture. The western part is composed of the mountain gate, Heavenly King Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, side halls, and main hall in accordance with the style of Han temples. The eastern part is a Tibetan city building. The main building is Xuguang Pavilion, with a double-eaved dome, similar to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. There is a circular caisson on the top of the pavilion with dragon and phoenix patterns. The center of the dragon and phoenix caisson is carved with a golden dragon playing with a pearl. The caisson adopts the technique of three-layer heavy-tilted and heavy-raised nine-step brackets with layers of contraction. The carving is fine and golden, with extremely high artistic value.