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Mount Emei is called the “mountain of brightness” in Buddhism. The legend goes that the Guangxiang Temple on the mountain top was where the goddess of benevolence performed Buddhist rituals, thus making it one of the four famous sacred mountains of Buddhism in China. There used to be over 100 temples and halls on the mountain, but only some 20 still stand. The Baoguo Temple situated at the foot of the mountain is the largest temple on Mount Emei, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The red copper Huayan Pagoda inside the temple is an important relic for studying Chinese Buddhism. The 14-storyed pagoda is seven meters high and its walls are engraved with more than 4,700 images of Buddha and the full text of the Buddhist Sutra of the Huayan Sect.
Unique geographical and climatical conditions endow Mt.Emei with countless plants. In the Mt. Emei range are undulating hills and mountains, running brooks and waterfalls, singing birds and blooming flowers, evergreen trees, it looks like a Chinese painting, In the silver world, those green in snow show a life-force of plants. This point is different with the snow scenery of northern China. Visitors throw snow ball with each other, and make the snow children and take pictures. Let you enjoy yourself in the nature and get some idea how splendid is the celestial mountain.Besides, you have more chance to have sightseeing, such as the Sun Rise, Sea at Clouds, Buddhist Aurole, Divine Light, the snow-clad Mt. Gongga and Mt. Wawu.
The snow scenery of Mt.Emei is a most attractive sliver pearl in the southern China. The beautiful scenery shall make you enjoy yourself so much as to forger to go home.