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Emei Shan

Mount Emei
Emei Shan
Mount Emei pic 1.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 3,099 m (10,167 ft)
Prominence 1,069 m (3,507 ft)
Coordinates 29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E / 29.51972°N 103.33250°E / 29.51972; 103.33250Coordinates: 29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E / 29.51972°N 103.33250°E / 29.51972; 103.33250
Geography
Mount Emei is located in Sichuan
Mount Emei
Mount Emei
Official name Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
Type Mixed
Criteria iv, vi, x
Designated 1996 (20th session)
Reference no. 779
State Party  People's Republic of China
Region Asia-Pacific
Mount Emei
Emei shan (Chinese characters).svg
"Mount Emei" in Chinese characters
Chinese 峨眉山

Mount Emei ([ɤ̌.měi]; Chinese: 峨眉山; pinyin: Éméi shān) 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. At 3,099 metres (10,167 ft), 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. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Mount Emei is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, and is traditionally regarded as the bodhimaṇḍa, or place of enlightenment, of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra. Samantabhadra is known in Mandarin as Pǔxián Púsà (普賢菩薩).


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