Mount Emei
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| Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| State Party |  China |
| Type | Cultural and Natural (Mixed) |
| Criteria | iv, vi, x |
| Reference | 779 |
| Region** | Asia-Pacific |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. ** Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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| Mount Emei | |
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| Elevation | 3,099 metres (10,167 feet) |
| Location | Sichuan, China |
| Coordinates | 29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E / 29.51972°N 103.3325°E |
Mount Emei (Chinese: 峨嵋山; pinyin: Éméi Shān; Wade-Giles: O2-mei2 Shan1, literally towering Eyebrow Mountain) is a mountain in Sichuan province of Western China. Mount Emei is often written as 峨眉山 and occasionally 峩嵋山 or 峩眉山 but all three are translated as Mount Emei or Mount Emeishan.
Mt. Emei is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. The patron bodhisattva of Emei is Samantabhadra, known in Chinese as Puxian (普贤菩萨). 16th and 17th century sources allude to the practice of martial arts in the monasteries of Mount Emei[1] made the earliest extant reference to the Shaolin Monastery as Chinese boxing's place of origin.[2]
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 was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.[3]
The Emei Shan Liocichla, a passerine bird is named after the site.
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[edit] Sunrise and Clouds sea
Great spectacles of Mount Emei include the sunrise and Clouds Sea seen from the Golden Summit of the mountain.
The sunrise is very varied, but optimally begins with the ground and sky being in the same dark purple, soon showing rosy clouds, followed by a bright purple arc and then a semicircle where the sun is coming up. [4]
The Clouds Sea includes several cloud phenomena, e.g. clouds appearing in the sky above, in addition to the regular clouds beneath. [4]
[edit] Architecture
This is the location of the first Buddhist temple built in China in the 1st century CE.[3] The site has approximately seventy Buddhist monasteries of the Ming and Qing period, most of them located near the mountain top. The monasteries demonstrate a flexible architectural style that adapts to the landscape. Some, such as the halls of Baoguosi, are built on terraces of varying levels, while others, including the structures of Leiyinsi, are on raised stilts. Here the fixed plans of Buddhist monasteries of earlier periods are modified or ignored in order to made full use of the natural scenery. The buildings of Qingyinge are laid out in an irregular plot on the narrow piece of land between the Black Dragon River and the White Dragon River. The site is large and the winding foot path is 50 km, taking several days to walk.[5] There are cable cars to top level of the mountain.
[edit] Images of Mount Emei
 Baoguosi- a buddhist temple |
 A wooden bridgewalk over the Crystal Stream, western slopes |
 Macaque indigenous to the region |
 baby macaque |
Coordinates: 29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E / 29.51972°N 103.3325°E
[edit] References
- ^ Zhāng Kǒngzhāo 張孔昭 (in Chinese). Boxing Classic: Essential Boxing Methods 拳經拳法備要 Quánjīng Quánfǎ Bèiyào.
- ^ Henning, Stanley E. (Fall 1999a). "Academia Encounters the Chinese Martial Arts". China Review International 6 (2): 319–332. doi:. ISSN 1069-5834..
- ^ a b "Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area". UNESCO. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/779. Retrieved on 2007-09-06.
- ^ a b Dreams Travel - Four Great Spectacles of Mt. Emei Retrieved on April 12, 2009
- ^ Dazhang, Sun (2002). Chinese Architecture -- The Qing Dynasty (English ed.). Yale University Press. pp. 328–329. ISBN 0-300-09559-7.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mount Emei |
- Mount Emei travel guide from Wikitravel
- Religion and the environment in China, 中国的宗教与环境 - chinadialogue article
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha, Scenic Area: official Unesco site
- Tours and Travel to total Solar Eclipse 2009 to China on Mt. Emei Shan
- Mount Emei Photos
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