Leshan City Emei Mountain Scenic Area is located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province. It covers an area of 623 square kilometers with diverse landscapes and climates depending on altitude. Some of the main attractions include Wanfoding Peak, the Giant Buddha statue, Xianfeng Temple, Washing Pool, Qingyin Pavilion, and 99 turns path. The scenic area boasts rich plant and animal resources with over 5,000 plant species and 3,200 animal species. It is a top cultural and historical site for Buddhism in China.

1. Leshan City, Emei Mountain
Scenic Area
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Leshan City Emei Mountain Scenic Area is located in Leshan City,
Sichuan Province. The scenic area is 154 square kilometers, and the
highest peak Wanfoding is 3099 meters above sea level. It has the
characteristics of “male, beautiful, strange, dangerous and quiet”. It
is famous for its beautiful natural scenery, long-standing Buddhist
culture, rich flora and fauna resources and unique geological features.
It is known as “Xiangshan Buddhism”. “Plant Kingdom”, “Animal
Paradise”, “Geological Museum”.
Leshan City Emei Mountain Scenic Area was rated as a national key
cultural relics protection unit, a national key scenic spot, and a
national AAAAA level tourist attraction. Emei Mountain is one of the
four famous Buddhist mountains in China. It is the most beautiful
mountain in China and has been awarded the “Global Excellent Eco-
tourism Scenic Spot” by the United Nations.
Geographical environment
Geographic location
Leshan City Emei Mountain Scenic Area is located at E103°23′ east
longitude and N29°34′ north latitude. It is located in Emeishan City,

3. Leshan City, Sichuan Province. The scenic area is 623 square
kilometers and its core area is 154 square kilometers.
Topography
On the top of Mount Emei is a large basalt erupted from the Paleozoic.
The lower rock layer is protected to maintain its height. Because of
the “cutting and cutting strong” in the mountain, the “gorge peaks”
above 2000 meters are formed. The terrain along the mountaineering
is coexisting due to the formation of the strata: in the limestone
layer, there is a cave geomorphology such as the Jiujiong Cave;
through the granite and metamorphic rock areas, the deep gorge is
formed; and the solid basalt on the top of the mountain is A view of
the lava platform.
The Emeishan arched arch that spans the Yangzitai pleats in Mount
Emei and the Sichuan West Settlement in Taichung, Sichuan Province,
is a fault block mountain. The landscape features can be divided into
eroded landforms (Emei Mountain Area) and stacked landforms
(Emei Fan-like alluvial plains) according to the way of modeling
landforms; they can be divided into tectonic geomorphology, flowing
water landforms, karst landforms and glacial landforms according to
their genesis.
The geological structure of the scenic spot is complex, the rainfall is
abundant, the river is vertical and horizontal, and the soil parent

4. material is varied. The development of the soil in the area also has
obvious characteristics of the vertical spectrum of the mountain.
There are six main types of soil: yellow soil, purple soil, lime soil,
yellow brown soil, dark brown soil and ash soil.
Climate characteristics
There are many clouds in the scenic area, less sunshine and abundant
rainfall. The plain part belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon
climate. The average temperature in January is about 6.9 degrees,
and the average temperature in July is 26.1 degrees. The altitude is
1500 meters to 2100 meters. It is a warm temperate climate. The
altitude is 2100 meters to 2500 meters. It is moderately temperate.
The altitude is more than 2500 meters. Cold climate.
The scenic spots have different climatic characteristics depending on
the altitude. Below the Qingyin Pavilion is a low mountainous area
with lush vegetation and cool springs. There is no big difference
between the temperature and the plain. The Qingyin Pavilion to the
Washing Pool is in the middle mountain area, and the temperature is
4°C to 5°C lower than the mountain plain. The wash basin to the
golden dome is a high mountain area, and the temperature is about 10
°C lower than that of the Shangxia Temple.

5. Natural resources
Animal resources
There are more than 3,200 kinds of wild animals in the Emei
Mountain Scenic Area of Leshan City. Among the vertebrates, there
are 7 orders, 23 families, 51 species and subspecies of the Mammalia.
The avian family is the largest one, with 16 orders, 43 families, 256
species and subspecies, of which 27 are Chinese specialties, 17 are
protected by the state, 7 are landform specimens; 2 are genus, 10 are
There are 34 species and subspecies; the amphibious class has 2
orders, 7 families, 33 species and subspecies, and its richness and
variety are rare in the country. Among the arthropods, the butterfly
of the genus Lepidoptera is the most famous, with about 268 species.
There are 29 species of key protected animals in the panoramic area,
accounting for 12.08% of the total number of protected animals in the
country, including 2 at the first level and 27 at the second level,
accounting for 2.2% and 18% respectively. There are 157 species of
rare and special products and Emerald Mountain.

6. Plant resources
Leshan City, Emei Mountain Scenic Area is rich in plant resources and
has the reputation of “ancient plant kingdom”. There are nearly
5,000 species of plants in the panoramic area. Among them, there are
242 families of higher plants, more than 3,200 species, accounting for
1/10 of the total number of plant species in China. 107 species of
endemic plants, accounting for 11.56% of China’s endemic plants, are
among the first in the country. There are 31 species of plants that are
protected, accounting for 10% of the total number of protected plants
in the country. Among them, there are 8 species of Grade 1 protected
plants in the country, namely, pupa and phoenix. Emei Mountain is
also known as “Xianshan Medicine Garden”. It is rich in medicinal
plants. According to the survey at the end of 1984, only medicinal
plants have 212 families, 868 genera and 1,655 species, accounting for
33% of the total number of plants in the whole mountain. Rare
medicinal organisms are a major advantage and feature in the
ecological resources of Mount Emei. The forest coverage rate in the
panoramic area is 87%.

7. Main Attractions
Wanfoding
Wanfoding is the highest scenic spot and natural ecological protection
zone among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. It is also
the world’s highest natural and cultural heritage site in China. The
top of the temple is 3099 meters above sea level. The original temple
on the top is named Wenshu, also known as Qingliang, and the Lele
Hall. It was built in the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. It was
rebuilt in the eleventh year of Qing Guangxu, and the collection of the
scriptures and thousands of books. Wanfoding, Qianfoding, and
Jinding are arranged in three peaks. Looking up from the bottom of
the mountain, like a dagger, the saying of “the dagger” is derived
from this.
Golden dome
The Golden Buddha is a bronze statue of a bronze statue of Buddha. It
has a height of 48 meters and a total weight of 660 tons. It consists of
a pedestal and a ten-party Puxian image. Among them, the pedestal is
6 meters high, 27 meters long and wide, and there are ten kinds of

8. broad wishes of Puxian on all sides. The exterior is decorated with
granite embossing. The ten-party Puxian is 42 meters high and
weighs 350 tons. From the Buddhist scriptures, “Forty-eight
willingness to all beings” means the forty-eight wishes of Amitabha to
get rid of all sentient beings.
Access hall
The Song Dynasty Mingxin store is located at the top of the mountain,
with an altitude of 2,540 meters. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was
rebuilt as a pick-up, or Chaoyang Pavilion. Zhou has the victory of the
ancient eight scenes such as “dressing and staying in the moon”, “the
fairy bed lying in the cloud”, “the stage of the dawn” and “the god of
the sun”. The architectural layout of the temple is located in the east
and west, the layout of the courtyard, and the triple temple. It
consists of the front hall (Millet Hall), the nave (the Daxiong Hall),
and the apse (the Amitabha Hall). The main body of the building is a
full-frame cement brick antique structure, with a mountain-like roof,
glazed tile roof, plain stone masonry base, and multi-level steps,
sitting on a three-stage platform with a height difference of 25
meters.

9. Washing pool
One of the eight temples in Emei Mountain is located on the slope of
the Emei Mountain at an altitude of 2070 meters. It is only a pavilion
in the Ming Dynasty. It is called “Chuxi Pavilion” and was later
converted into a pipa. In the 38th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing
Dynasty (AD 1699), it was converted into a temple by the Master of
the Nine. In the early years of Emperor Qianlong (AD 1736), the monk
was rehabilitated in front of the temple and drilled in front of the
temple and the Luohanpo road in front of the temple. The small pool
in front of the temple was converted into a six-party, and a stone
statue was placed on the side of the pool to wash the elephant.
According to legend, when the Buddha statue was passed, the white
elephant once bathed in the pool, so it was renamed the Washing
Pool, also known as the Tianhua Temple. There are Maitreya Hall,
Daxiong Hall, Guanyin Temple and Tibetan Classical Building, and
guest houses.

10. Xianfeng Temple
One of the eight temples of Emei Mountain, located under the
Xianfeng Rock, formerly known as Ciyan Temple, at an altitude of
1725 meters, the door greets Huayan. The temple was first created in
the 18th year of the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1281) and was initially a small
group. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the temple was built
with a collection of Tibetan Buddhist scriptures dedicated to the Ming
Dynasty. In the 40th year of the Wanli (AD 1612), the Zen Master was
expanded into a large temple named “Xianfeng Zen Forest”. In the
16th year of Ming Chong’s frame (AD 1643), it was destroyed by fire.
In the 44th year of Qing Emperor Qianlong (AD 1779), Tai’an and
Yusheng monks rebuilt again, and the name “Xianfeng Temple” was
used up to now.

11. Ninety-nine turn
Ninety-nine turns turn to the famous dangerous slope of Mount Emei,
starting from Lingying Pavilion and ending at Shouxing Bridge. One
turn and one turn, one slope and one slope, look at the slope to the
head, and suddenly the peak circuit turns, it is a slope. Legend has it
that when Puxian came to the Emei Mountain to build a dojo, when
passing through this place, I saw that the mountain was steep, the
slope was steep and slippery, and the people were in danger, and the
three-thousand-thousands of the ancestors of the ancestors were
instructed to perform at the same time. The three thousand stone
grades are instantly formed. When the spirit ancestors were
inspected, the number of stone steps was ninety-nine turns. This
slope was named after it.
Wannian Temple
Wannian Temple is located in Mount Emei. The foothills of the
Baoguo Temple are about 15 kilometers down the Lion Ridge. The
temple was originally built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, formerly
known as Puxian Temple; Tang Yizong Hui Hui Zen master rebuilt,
renamed Baishui Temple; Song Dynasty was renamed Baishui Puxian
Temple. In the twenty-ninth year of Ming Wanli (AD 1601), Emperor

12. Shenzong congratulated the Empress of the 70th birthday and gave it
the name of Shengshou Wannian Temple. On the back side of the
Liangliang Brick Temple, there is the famous “Daying Building”,
which is dedicated to the Three Treasures of Wannian Temple,
Buddha Tooth, Bayeux and Yuyin. Wannian Temple has Daxiong Hall,
Dian Dian, Xingyue Building, Zhaitang, Maitreya Temple, Pilu Temple,
and Prajna Hall.
Qingyin Pavilion
Qingyin Pavilion, also known as Woyun Temple, is one of the eight
major temples in Emei Mountain. It was built by Huitong Zen Master
during the Tang Emperor Sect. It is a statue of the masters of
Sakyamuni, Manjusri and Puxian. Built in the fourth year of Emperor
Tangzong (877), in the early Ming Dynasty, the Guangji monk took
the Jin people’s left-handed “Zhiyin poems”, “He Bisi and Zhu, the
landscape has a clear voice”, and changed its name to Qingyin
Pavilion. The pavilion was built on the mountain ridge between
Heilongjiang and Bailongjiang, and the situation was steep. On the
side of the pavilion, the forest was dense.

13. Pure Yang Temple
Formerly known as Luxianxing Cave, Chunyang Temple is located
under the Chicheng Peak and was built during the Ming Dynasty. The
existing temple was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong
and Jiaqing years. There are two halls in the Pure Yang Temple. The
first temple is the pharmacist’s hall. It is used by the pharmacist
Buddha. The left and right are the sun and the moonlight bodhisattva.
They are all bronze ornaments and gold ornaments for the Qing
Dynasty. The second hall is the Daxiong Hall for Shakyamuni Buddha.
There are eighteen Arhats on both sides, and there are two different
sides for the Puxian, Dizang, Guanyin, Manjusri, and one Wei. In the
grass behind the temple, there are still two stone monuments, and the
text is clearly identifiable, reflecting the fact that Emei Mountain was
originally a Buddhist and a Buddhist road, and then the Buddha’s
Changlong, the history of the feathers.

14. Leiyin Temple
During the Jiajing and Longqing years of the Ming Dynasty (circa
1522~1572), it was Guanyintang with an altitude of 733 meters.
During the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty (about 1573 AD), the
innocent Zen masters were in this. Legend has it that the innocent
monk took the heart and retired the bear, and decided to go to the
tiger. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, he was renamed as a
liberation. In the 10th year of Guangxu (AD 1884), he was rebuilt and
renamed Leiyin.
Baoguo Temple
Located in the foothills of Mount Emei, at 551 meters above sea level,
Baoguo Temple is the first temple in Mount Emei and the center of
the Emeishan Buddhist Association and the center of Buddhist
activities in Mount Emei. On the mountain gate, the “Baoguo Temple”
is a sacred sect of the Emperor of the Qing Emperor Kangxi, a
handwritten book of Yuxi, and the main hall is suspended with “the
treasure of the solemnity”. On the two sides of the mountain gate, the
pair of couplets “Phoenix is spreading toward the golden phoenix, and
the bells are often heard of the jade steps.” Yokohama “Pu Zhao Chan

15. Lin” and “Pu Lan Guang Ming”. There is a link in the door: “Individual
thoughts, sit and talk.”
Fuhu Temple
One of the eight major temples in Emeishan. It was built in the Tang
Dynasty and was rebuilt in Shaoxing during the Southern Song
Dynasty. During the reign of the Qing Dynasty, the monk was rebuilt
and it was one of the largest temples in the whole mountain. Entering
the temple gate is the Maitreya Temple. The temple is filled with
statues of Maid, and the two statues of the four kings are molded on
both sides. After the Maitreya Temple is the Vedic Temple, which has
a Vedic image. There is a Huayan Tower Pavilion in the temple. It is a
copper sturdy tower built in the Ming Dynasty. The tower is 5.8
meters high and has 14 floors. The tower has more than 4,700 small
Buddha statues carved into the tower.

16. Big Buddha Temple
The Dafo Chan Temple is open to the east, and the ten halls are eleven
patios, from east to west. Daguangminglou Pharmacist Hall sits south
facing north, facing the south of Foguang South Road, and is the
entrance to the Big Buddha Temple. The Ming and Qing style city
buildings are the north entrance of the Buddhist temple. The Zen
Garden covers an area of more than 400 acres and has a construction
area of 56,000 square meters. It is the first gateway to the Emei
Mountain and one of the largest ten-party jungles in Asia. The
Buddhism Temple sits west to east, and the overall layout is divided
into three functional areas: the north (proximity) is the Buddhist
worship area, that is, the religious ceremony space, the middle is the
Buddhist garden culture sharing area, and the south is the Buddhist
college education area, namely the Sichuan Buddha. College.
Development and construction
At the beginning of the first century AD, Buddhist temples were
created on Mount Emei. The Eastern Han Dynasty’s private house was
a Buddhist temple, and the first two temples were built on the

17. mountain. One named Puguang Temple was later expanded into
Guangxiang Temple. It was renamed Yongming Huazang Temple in
the Ming Dynasty. The other is called the First Hall. Still on
Luofengling.
The construction project of Huangwan Reception Service Area of Emei
Mountain Scenic Area is located in Huangwan Village, Huangwan
Township, Emei Mountain Scenic Area. The total planned area of the
project is about 43.75 hectares (656.25 mu). The construction content
of the project is mainly for 10 plazas (including parking lots), street
green spaces (water-bearing construction) and infrastructure
construction (mainly including roads, water supply and drainage,
street lamps, ecological greening and even surrounding building
facade control).
Leshan City is built around the Leshan Giant Buddha, Emeishan World
Natural and Cultural Heritage Scenic Spot, Wawushan and Zhougong
Mountain to create three ring road tourism routes. Focusing on the
characteristics of market demand, we will focus on the development
of tourism products such as the World Natural and Cultural Heritage
Sightseeing, Landscape Ecology Vacation, etc., and actively develop
special tourism products such as self-driving tour, camping, hot
springs, sports, low-altitude tourism, festival awards, and scientific
research.

18. Humanity history
Martial arts culture
“Emei martial arts” originated from Emei Mountain, and Shaolin and
Wudang are also known as the three major Chinese martial arts.
According to historical records, “Emei martial arts” originated from
Yin Shangcheng in the Southern Song Dynasty and has a long history.
After the integration, infiltration and struggle of the religious culture
and martial arts culture of Emei Mountain, Confucianism, Buddhism,
etc., the two martial arts of Buddhism and Taoism were gathered. Zen
work also includes Taoist Qigong. “Emei martial arts” advocates the
use of kicks, close to the elbow method, close to the body with a fall,
sticky hands to take, there are “foot like drunkard, hands like
electricity, head like waves, like a Liu”.
Buddhist culture
According to legend, Buddhism was introduced to Mount Emei in the
1st century AD, and Buddhist temples were established here in the
late Han Dynasty. They used Mount Emei as the dojo of the
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. They mainly worshiped the Puxian
Daoshi, and believed that Emei was the place where the
Samantabhadra appeared and the scriptures were spoken. According

19. to legend, when the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoist temples were
already on the mountain. After Mount Emei was honored as the
Puxian Bodhisattva Dojo, the whole mountain was changed from
Buddha to Tao. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Gao Yihui and
Mingguo Zen Master successively went to live in the Emei Mountain.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the two religions coexisted, and
the temple view was greatly developed. In the Ming Dynasty, Taoism
declined, and Buddhism flourished. The monks once reached more
than 1,700 people, and there were nearly 100 large and small temples
in the whole mountain. There were more than 150 Buddhist temples
in the late Qing Dynasty. The development of Buddhism in the past
two thousand years has left a rich Buddhist cultural heritage to
Mount Emei, making Emei Mountain gradually become a Buddhist
holy place with far-reaching influence in China and the world.
Historical evolution
The history of Mount Emei has a long history. When Buddhism was
introduced in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it changed into a temple and
became the Buddhist Puppet Dojo.
The two emperors of the Sui Dynasty, namely Emperor Wendi and Sui
Emperor, were very concerned about Buddhism, abolishing the North
Zhou’s policy of prohibiting Buddha and promoting the development
of Emeishan Buddhism.
After the Tang and Song Dynasties, Buddhism flourished, temples

20. increased, and the scale gradually expanded.
During the heyday of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more
than 170 large and small temples in the whole mountain. There were
temples and gangs in Fengfeng.
In the Qing Dynasty, Japanese friends Song Tao and North Korean
Baoguang monks came to Emeishan to paint. In the 14th year of Qing
Jiaqing (1809), the southwestern county was set up to set up the
border hall in the west. With the development of society and the
promotion of “Bible of Humanity”, Mount Emei has further promoted
the fine tradition of equal emphasis on farming and meditation,
Buddhist studies, cultural exchanges and friendly exchanges. Through
mutual exchanges with domestic and overseas countries and
countries around the world, the temple has mutual understanding,
expanded its external influence, and promoted the history and culture
of Mount Emei.
At the beginning of the liberation, there were only 43 temples in the
whole mountain. After the issuance of Document No. 19 in Zhongfa in
1982, the religious policy was implemented conscientiously and the
temple was gradually restored and developed. Among them, there are
five temples approved by the State Council as the national key
temples, namely Baoguo Temple, Wannian Temple, Huazang Temple,
Xixiangchi and Hongyuping Temple. There are 12 Fuhu Temples listed
as Leshan City-level cultural relics protection units.
After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of
the Party, with the continuous implementation of the party’s religious
policies, the whole mountain and the majority of religious believers
enjoy the right to freedom of religious belief. The legitimate rights
and interests of monks and nuns are protected by law, and the
Emeishan Buddhists lived. Normal religious life.

21. Traffic
Aviation
Emei Mountain Scenic Area is close to the three major airports of
Chengdu, Chongqing and Mianyang. There are many domestic and
international flights every day. Chengdu Shuangliu International
Airport is about 120 kilometers away from Emei Mountain. You can
get off the train to take the Chengmian Intercity High Speed Rail and
go directly from the Shuangliu Airport Station to Emeishan Station.
Railway
Emei Station is the main site on the Chengkun Railway. Visitors can
take the K145, K113, K165 and other trains to get off at Emei Railway
Station. Emei Railway Station is located in the urban area of
Emeishan City, about 10 kilometers from the Emei Mountain Scenic
Area and about 15 minutes by car. The Chengdu-Kunming Railway
Double Line and the Chenggao High-speed Railway are scheduled to
be completed by 2020, and will also pass through Emei, making
transportation more convenient.
The Chengmian Railway Passenger Dedicated Line will operate
mainly between 7 am and 10 pm. During the running time, the
maximum speed of the direct trains of the Mianle Intercity Passenger
Dedicated Line is 250 km/h.

22. Self-driving
In the direction of Chengdu and Deyang (centered on Tianfu Square),
proceed from Tianfu Square, via Renmin South Road to Pulp Wash
Street, to Yongfeng Interchange on Chengya Expressway, Chengle
Expressway to Leshan, and then via Lefu Expressway to Emei
Mountain; From Renmin South Road to the Second Ring Road, to
Yongfeng Interchange, Chengya Expressway, Chengle Expressway to
Leshan, and the Lefu Expressway to Emei Mountain.
In the direction of Chongqing and Zhangzhou, the first is the Chengya
Expressway to Chengdu, the Chengya Expressway, the Chengle
Expressway to Leshan and Emei Mountain; the second is the Chengyu
Expressway to Neijiang, Zigong, Rongxian, Leshan and Emeishan.
Passenger liner
Emeishan City does not directly pass passenger liners, but it is only
30 kilometers away from Leshan City, which is connected to the
passenger ferry. Leshan is located at the intersection of Minjiang
River and Dadu River, and has passenger liners to Yibin, Zhangzhou
and Chongqing. It can take passengers to Leshan City and then
transfer. To Emeishan City.
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