Mount Emei

Mount Emei
Emei Shan
Highest point
Elevation	3,099 m (10,167 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 Emeishan City, Sichuan
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
"Mount Emei" in Chinese characters
Chinese	峨眉山
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Éméi shān Gwoyeu Romatzyh Ermei shan Wade–Giles E2-mei2 shan1 IPA [ɤ̌.měi̯ ʂán] Wu Romanization Ngu去 me去 sae平 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Ngòh-mèih sāan Jyutping Ngo4-mei4 saan1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ngô-ba̍k-soaⁿ

Mount Emei ([ɤ̌.měi̯]; 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).