Mount Emei:
Omei Shan redirects here, For the bird see Grey-faced Liocichla
Mount Emei (Chinese: 峨嵋山; pinyin: Éméi Shān; Wade-Giles: O2-mei2 Shan1, literally towering Eyebrow Mountain) is a mountain in Sichuan province of Western China. Mount Emei is often written as 峨眉山 and occasionally 峩嵋山 or 峩眉山 but all three are translated as Mount Emei or Mount Emeishan.
Mt. Emei is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. The patron bodhisattva of Emei is Samantabhadra, known in Chinese as Puxian (普贤菩萨). 16th and 17th century sources allude to the practice of martial arts in the monasteries of Mount Emei.[1] made the earliest extant reference to the Shaolin Monastery as Chinese boxing's place of origin.[2]
A large surrounding area of countryside is geologically known as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, a large igneous province generated by the Emeishan Traps volcanic eruptions during the Permian Period.
Mt. Emei was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.[3]
The Emei Shan Liocichla, a passerine bird is named after the site.
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This is the location of the first Buddhist temple built in China in the 1st century CE.[3] The site has approximately seventy Buddhist monasteries of the Ming and Qing period, most of them located near the mountain top. The monasteries demonstrate a flexible architectural style that adapts to the landscape. Some, such as the halls of Baoguosi, are built on terraces of varying levels, while others, including the structures of Leiyinsi, are on raised stilts. Here the fixed plans of Buddhist monasteries of earlier periods are modified or ignored in order to made full use of the natural scenery. The buildings of Qingyinge are laid out in an irregular plot on the narrow piece of land between the Black Dragon River and the White Dragon River. The site is large and the winding foot path is 50 km, taking several days to walk.[4] There are cable cars to top level of the mountain.
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Baoguosi- a buddhist temple
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A wooden bridgewalk over the Crystal Stream, western slopes
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The Elephant Bathing Pool
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Emei Shan summit elephants
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Golden statue of Puxian at Emei Shan summit, clouded in mist
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Buddha statue inside of giant golden statue of Puxian on elephants at Emei Shan summit
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Coordinates: 29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E / 29.51972, 103.3325
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