Mt Emei


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Mount Emei ([ɤ̌.měi]; Chinese: 峨眉山[1]; pinyin: Éméi shān) is a mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.  Mt. Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling.[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. At 3,099 metres (10,167 ft), Mt. Emei is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.[3]

Administratively, Mt. Emei is located near the county-level city of the same name (Emeishan City), which is in turn part of the prefecture-level city of Leshan. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.[4]

As a sacred mountain

Mount Emei is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, and is traditionally regarded as the bodhimaṇḍa, or place of enlightenment, of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra. Samantabhadra is known in Mandarin as Pǔxián Púsà (普賢菩薩).

Sources of the 16th and 17th centuries allude to the practice of martial arts in the monasteries of Mount Emei[5] made the earliest extant reference to the Shaolin Monastery as Chinese boxing's place of origin.[6]

Buddhist architecture on Emei

This is the location of the first Buddhist temple built in China in the 1st century CE.[4]The site has seventy-six Buddhist monasteries of the Ming and Qing dynasties, 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 were modified or ignored in order to make 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 footpath is 50 km (31 mi), taking several days to walk.[7]

Cable cars ease the ascent to the two temples at Jinding (3,077 m), an hour's hike from the mountain's peak.[3][8]

Climate

The summit of Mount Emei has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), with long, cold (but not severely so) winters, and short, cool summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −5.7 °C (21.7 °F) in January to 11.6 °C (52.9 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 3.07 °C (37.5 °F). Precipitation is common year-round (occurring on more than 250 days), but due to the influence of the monsoon, rainfall is especially heavy in summer, and more than 70% of the annual total occurs from June to September.

Climate data for Mount Emei (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.7
(62.1)
18.5
(65.3)
20.5
(68.9)
22.7
(72.9)
21.7
(71.1)
22.5
(72.5)
22.1
(71.8)
21.5
(70.7)
19.8
(67.6)
19.3
(66.7)
19.5
(67.1)
16.3
(61.3)
22.7
(72.9)
Average high °C (°F) −0.3
(31.5)
0.4
(32.7)
4.1
(39.4)
7.8
(46.0)
10.5
(50.9)
12.9
(55.2)
15.2
(59.4)
14.9
(58.8)
11.2
(52.2)
7.2
(45.0)
4.0
(39.2)
1.6
(34.9)
7.5
(45.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −5.7
(21.7)
−4.9
(23.2)
−1.3
(29.7)
2.9
(37.2)
6.3
(43.3)
9.3
(48.7)
11.6
(52.9)
11.2
(52.2)
7.7
(45.9)
3.5
(38.3)
−0.3
(31.5)
−3.5
(25.7)
3.1
(37.6)
Average low °C (°F) −9.2
(15.4)
−8.1
(17.4)
−4.8
(23.4)
−0.3
(31.5)
3.6
(38.5)
6.8
(44.2)
9.2
(48.6)
9.0
(48.2)
5.5
(41.9)
1.2
(34.2)
−3.2
(26.2)
−6.8
(19.8)
0.2
(32.4)
Record low °C (°F) −19.2
(−2.6)
−19.1
(−2.4)
−17.2
(1.0)
−9.8
(14.4)
−7.4
(18.7)
−0.2
(31.6)
2.1
(35.8)
2.8
(37.0)
−3.5
(25.7)
−11.1
(12.0)
−14.7
(5.5)
−19.7
(−3.5)
−19.7
(−3.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 15.4
(0.61)
23.8
(0.94)
50.3
(1.98)
112.1
(4.41)
161.6
(6.36)
220.1
(8.67)
366.5
(14.43)
428.4
(16.87)
210.8
(8.30)
101.4
(3.99)
42.8
(1.69)
16.0
(0.63)
1,749.2
(68.88)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 16.9 19.1 22.3 22.3 23.2 23.6 22.7 21.9 23.8 24.7 20.0 15.1 255.6
Source: Weather China

Indigenous animals

Visitors to Mount Emei will likely see dozens of Tibetan macaques who can often be viewed taking food from tourists. Local merchants sell nuts for tourists to feed the monkeys. Other featured animals includes Rana adenopleura, Vibrissaphora liui and Pheretima praepinguis

Flora

Mount Emei is known for its high level of endemism and approximately 200 plant species in various plant families have been described from this mountain.


Client’s Reviews

  • cakasana

    cakasana

    Reviewed 20thJuly2018

    Went here with a tour, we departed from Beijing at 8.00 and arrived there 3 hours later. We went up from the middle gate and then hiked to the east gate (the highest point, I believe it was five windowed tower). Took about 3 and...More

  • teargas

    teargas

    Reviewed 21stOctober2017

    We went in Feb and it was a bit chilli but there was literally no one there. Jinshanling is approximately 125km from Beijing or about 2 1/2 hours on the bus. The photos we got were of the wall only and not a heap of...More

  • LozArthur

    LozArthur

    Reviewed 21stOctober2016

    So we headed out this far on a tour of the great wall! Won't be recommending the tour but this section of the wall was great!! It took us about 2hrs to get there and we walked along for about 2-3hrs! Initially we were told...More

  • N5609PYdanh

    N5609PYdanh

    Reviewed 4thSeptember2018

    Absolutely amazing experience on the wall - limited other tourists, great weather, good walk. But lots of construction works at the bottom and some confusion over opening times. It continues to say that it should be opening at 6.30, it does not - it currently...More

  • Tahoe090

    Tahoe090

    Reviewed 9thApril2016

    The Great Wall with less crowds? Perfect experience. Did the Shalinglou Pass to the General Tower and back down. Great walk. Lots of uneven steps in great condition. Manageable for a semi fit person, just take your time. Even a short walk will offer amazing...More

  • Rynalau

    Rynalau

    Reviewed 19thJuly2017

    We've been to this section twice during the winter holiday and had it all to ourselves - except of few shop keepers at the entrance there were no more people visiting the place. It was a great experience - impressive section of the wall and...More

  • keithespo

    keithespo

    Reviewed 6thOctober2015

    Went on a misty September day right before the major October holiday and were delighted to find the area quiet, beautiful, and totally accessible. The biggest downside to this area is that it takes so much longer to get to then most other great wall...More

  • JessRoots

    JessRoots

    Reviewed 25thApril2016

    We visited the Great Wall in August 2015. We decided to join a one-day tour that we booked in a Beijing Tourism Infopoint just in front of our Hotel (Howard Johnson Beijing Railway Station). We spent almost 4 hours on the wall, walking by ourselves...More

  • PaKn

    PaKn

    Reviewed 1stMay2017

    We got up early to avoid traffic and went to a more remote part of the wall: Jinshanling. I have to say that it was kind of a disappointment because of the stories people tell of the Great Wall. I wanted to avoid the tourist...More

  • stav f

    stav f

    Reviewed 16thOctober2016

    It's a mystery how this section is so unknown to the Chinese tourist... But we were almost alone. Very beautiful. We stayed the night there, in a family guest house near the entrance, you can buy a two days' ticket for the same price.

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