Emeishan

Emeishan, or Mount Emei, is a mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. Mt. Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling. 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 is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. Administratively, Mt. Emei is located near the county-level city of the same name (Emeishan City), which is in turn part of the prefecture-level city of Leshan.

Emeishan is the sacred mountain with long-lasting Buddhism tradition and history. It is regarded as the bodhima a, or place of enlightenment, of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra. Samantabhadra is known in Mandarin as Puxian Pusa. The most outstanding Buddhist building is the gilded statue of Samantabhadra on the Golden Summit which is 48 meters high. Emeishan is also famous for pretty landscape. From the foot of mountain to the top, you can see different kinds of natural views – rivers, la