Mount Emei is located in Leshan City of Sichuan Province. It is one of the four Buddhist holy mountains in China, as the other three are the Wutai Mountain in Jiangxi Province, Mount Putuo in Zhejiang Province and Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province. Because the shape of the mountain is like the eyebrow of a beautiful girl, the mountain is called Emei. The rich Buddhist culture connotation and the unique natural scenery make the mountain enlisted in the world heritage by the UNESCO in 1996.

Mount Emei covers an area of 154 square kilometers. The main peak, namely, Wanfo Peak, is 3079.3 meters above sea level, 2500 to 2600 meters towering above the Chengdu plain. The mountain is lofty and high, covered with luxurious vegetations, which makes the mountain elegant at the same time. In the early years, climbing the Mount Emei is a challenge for the common climbers. However the cable car constructed in the recent years makes climbing an easy thing. You can enjoy the unique scene of sunrise, the Cloud Sea, Buddha light and Holy Light.

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. The Clouds Sea includes several cloud phenomena, e.g. clouds appearing in the sky above, in addition to the regular clouds beneath.

Standing on the Duguang Flat of Golden Summit, when the sunshine shining on the tiled clouds, you can see the bright ring with seven colors, which is called Buddha Light. It is said that you will get good luck if your shadow is in the light. At night, you can see the mysterious light in the deep valley, which is called Holy Light.

On the Golden Summit, there is a gold-plating bronze statue of Samantabhadra, which is 48 meters high and 660 tons. It is the highest gold Buddha statue in the world. The statue if decorated with granite relief on the base, which makes it delicate.

Due to the superior environment on Mount Emei, you will likely see dozens of monkeys who can often be viewed taking food from tourists. Local merchants sell nuts for tourists to feed the monkeys. The monkeys are not scared when they see people, but play with tourists, which bring much fun to the tourists.

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