Your local tour guide will meet you in the lobby of your Taiyuan hotel or Taiyuan train station. Then you will take your private car directly to Mount Wutai, which takes about 3 hours. Your guide will explain relevant history and stories along the way.

Stopping place: Mount Wutai

Mount Wutai is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains in China and is the residence of Manjushri Bodhisattva. It has a unique environment and landform with numerous Buddhist temples surrounded by five peaks, representing the five wisdoms of Manjushri.

Mount Wutai is dotted with major attractions, and its temples combine traditions of Han Buddhism, Tibetan and Mongolian Lamaism, making the mountain one of the best places in China to see Buddhist architecture.

Duration: 3 hours

Stopping place: Bodhisattva Peak

Follow your guide as you climb the 108 steps to the temple and enjoy stunning views of the surrounding area. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, both Tibetan and Mongolian lamas lived here, and they believed that Manjushri Pusa once lived in the same place.

Explore Manjusri Pavilion, an interesting feature: water accumulates on the roof when it rains, and water drips from the roof when it's sunny.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stopping place: Tayuan Temple

Tayuan Temple is a 50m-tall Tibetan-style white pagoda designed by Nepalese in 1301. It has become a symbol of Mount Wutai.

If you have extra time, you can also visit Nanshan Tempe, where there are 18 Ming Dynasty Arhat statues.

After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Taiyuan.

Duration: 30 minutes