Tāizhōu

Taizhou was a mountain district of northern Shanxi, named for the five broad summits of Mount Wutai. Its county and the sacred mountain shared a long association with Buddhist temples and pilgrims. The early Ming reduced the Yuan department to Wutai County in 1369 and placed it under Daizhou in 1375. Under the Qing, imperial patronage strengthened Tibetan Buddhist institutions on the mountain; in 1659 Awang Lozang became the first jasagh grand lama of Pusading.