mount emei

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2\|Mount Emei
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Elevation:	3,099 metres (10,167 ft)
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Latitude:	29° 32′ N
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Longitude:	103° 21′ E
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Location:	Sichuan, China
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|First ascent:	???
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Easiest route:	???

Mount Emei (峨嵋山, 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. Emei was made a World Heritage Site in 1996.

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