Mount Emei

Mount Emei
Elevation:	3,099 metres (10,167 ft)
Coordinates:	29°32′N 103°21′E
Location:	Sichuan, China
First ascent:	???
Easiest route:	???

A wooden bridgewalk over the Crystal Stream, western slopes.

Macaque indigenous to the region.

Mount Emei (峨眉山, pinyin Éméi Shān, Wade-Giles O²-mei² Shan¹, literally Delicate Eyebrow Mountain) is a mountain in Sichuan province of Western China.

Mt. Emei is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China, shared between Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. The patron bodhisattva of Emei is Samantabhadra, known in Chinese as Puxian. Some of the Buddhist and Taoist monasteries associated with the mountain were also known for the training of traditional Chinese martial arts.

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.

See also

• Sacred Mountains of China