Mount Emei
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| Mount Emei | |
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| Elevation: | 3,099 metres (10,167 ft) |
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| Location: | Sichuan, China |
| First ascent: | ??? |
| Easiest route: | ??? |
Mount Emei (峨眉山, pinyin Éméi Shān, Wade-Giles O2-mei2 Shan1, literally Delicate Eyebrow Mountain) is a mountain in Sichuan province of Western China.
Mt. Emei is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China, shared between Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. The patron bodhisattva of Emei is Samantabhadra, known in Chinese as Puxian. Some of the Buddhist and Taoist monasteries associated with the mountain were also known for the training of traditional Chinese martial arts.
A large surrounding area of countryside is geologically known as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, a large igneous province that erupted during the Permian Period.
Mt. Emei was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
Images of Mount Emei
See also
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