Mount Emei
| Mount Emei | |
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| Elevation | 3,099 metres (10,167 feet) |
| Location | Sichuan, China |
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. Often written as 峨眉山 and occasionally 峩嵋山 or 峩眉山, pronunciation doesn't alter.
Mt. Emei is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. The patron bodhisattva of Emei is Samantabhadra, known in Chinese as Puxian.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 that erupted during the Permian Period.
Mt. Emei was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
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Images of Mount Emei
 A wooden bridgewalk over the Crystal Stream, western slopes |  Macaque indigenous to the region |  The Elephant Bathing Pool |
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See also
Building Complex in Wudang Mountains | Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom | Classical Gardens of Suzhou | Dazu Rock Carvings | Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa | Great Wall | Huanglong | Imperial Palaces in Beijing and Shenyang | Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties | Jiuzhaigou Valley | Lijiang | Longmen Grottoes | Lushan National Park | Historic Centre of Macau | Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor | Mogao Caves | Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha | Mount Huangshan | Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan Irrigation System | Mount Taishan | Mount Wuyi | Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde | Peking Man Site, Zhoukoudian | Ping Yao | Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries | Summer Palace | Temple & Cemetery of Confucius and Kong Family Mansion, Qufu | Temple of Heaven | Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas | Villages in Southern Anhui: Xidi and Hongcun | Wulingyuan | Yinxu | Yungang Grottoes
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Categories
World Heritage Sites in China | Chinese Buddhist Grottoes | Mountains of China | Large igneous provinces | Sacred mountains