Shanxi 山西

Shānxī 山西 Other names include: Jìn 晉 (abbreviation); Shan-hsi, Shansi (former romanizations)

Nearby Locations: Héběi 河北 province Hénán 河南 province Inner Mongolia 內蒙古 Shǎnxī 陝西 province

North China Region

Geography Portal

Shānxī 山西 is a province in north China.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Wǔtái Mountain 五台山, an important religious site associated with Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva 文殊師利

Other Notes

• Sections of the Qìshā Canon 磧砂藏 were discovered here in 1929