The Mountain was originally called Mountain Meicun, for a man named Meifu in the Han Dynasty had once lived here. Legend has it that a Japanese monk came to China to seek divine guidance. The monk had planned to carry a Guanyin sculpture obtained from Mountain Wutai back to Japan. However a storm interrupted his journey. He believed that this was a sign from Guanyin that she did not want to leave, so he stayed and built the “Unwilling to Leave Nunnery” to host the sculpture. Since then, large numbers of pilgrims have visited this site..
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