Of China's four great centers of Buddhist worship, Mt. Wutai in Shansi is dedicated to the cult of the Bodhisattva Manjusri and Mt. Omei in Szechwan to that of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra. Any reader of classical fiction will be familiar with these two great bodhisattvas, often pictured flanking Sakyamuni Buddha astride a lion and a white elephant.
在中國佛教四大道場中，山西五台山供奉的是文殊菩薩、四川峨嵋山則是普賢菩薩；而熟讀古典小說的人，對這兩位分別騎著獅子和白象，陪侍在佛祖釋迦牟尼兩側的大菩薩更不會陌生。