Mount Emei, Emeishan National Park

Name: Mount Emei
Address: Emeishan National Park, China

#4 among attractions in Emeishan National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Unesco, Mountain

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Mount Emei, alternately Mount Omei, is a 3,099-meter-tall mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling. 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. ()

Local name: 峨眉山 Unesco: from 1996Elevation: 10167 ftProminence: 3507 ftCoordinates: 29°30'37"N, 103°19'55"E

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Mount Emei – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jinding, Wannian Temple, Xixiang Chi.

1.1 miN
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Jinding, Emeishan National Park
29 min walk • The Jinding, elevation 3,077 metres, is the main peak of Mount Emei, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sichuan, China. It is also a common name for the Buddhist Huazang Temple built on the summit. Jinding is the highest Buddhist temple in traditionally Han areas of China.
6.2 miNE
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Wannian Temple, Emeishan National Park
159 min walk • Wannian Temple is a Buddhist temple located at the foot of Camel Mountain Range of Mount Emei, in Emeishan City, Sichuan, China. It is one of the six earliest Buddhist temples on Mount Emei. The temple is situated at the foot of Camel Mountain Range, facing the Daping Temple, Niuxin Temple, Shisun Summit and Bomeng Summit in the front.
3.1 miN
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Xixiang Chi, Emeishan National Park
79 min walk • Xixiang Chi, also known as Tianhua Chanyuan, is one of the most important Buddhist temples on Mount Emei in Emeishan City, Sichuan, China. The temple is located more than 2,000 metres above sea level.

Mount Emei, Emeishan National Park

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Mount Emei – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Jinding, Emeishan National Park

Wannian Temple, Emeishan National Park

Xixiang Chi, Emeishan National Park