Emei Shan
| Mount Emei | |
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| Emei Shan | |
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| 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°ECoordinates: 29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E / 29.51972°N 103.33250°E |
| Geography | |
 Mount Emei
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| 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
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| Region | Asia-Pacific |
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"Mount Emei" in Chinese characters
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Éméi shān |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Ermei shan |
| Wade–Giles | E2-mei2 shan1 |
| IPA | [ɤ̌.měi ʂán] |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Ngu去 me去 sae平 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Ngòh-mèih sāan |
| Jyutping | Ngo4-mei4 saan1 |
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| Hokkien POJ | Ngô-ba̍k-soaⁿ |
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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