E'mei Mountain [Leshan]

"One of Top Ten Most Beautiful Mountains in China"
Ranked by China National Geography Magazine

E'mei Mountain in Emei city, Leshan City of Sichuan Province
"The rise from a basin to the Heaven" , cited by China National Geography Magazine

E'mei Mountain Scenic Area is famous for the characters of grandness, elegance, wonder and fantasticality with the reputation of "Beauty Under Heaven". In the scenery region, Jebeles are lofty and majestic, ranges stand layer upon layer, valleys, gullies are deep, dark, green trees are dense and flourishing, clouds, and mists are wreathing. Every range has its own distinctive scenery, and there is difference in weather within 5 km. It is winding as "a cicada-like insect starts from E'mei, and looks slim and beautiful", and its name is based on it. The mountain extends more than 200 kilometers and the epic reaches 3099 meters above the sea level. For tourists they can reach 3077m above the sea level. It was said that there is and old man called Old Pu in the 6th Wing Ping year of the King Ming in East Han Dynasty. One day, he saw a magic deer so he followed it to the Golden Top. The deer disappeared suddenly. Old Pu asked BaoZhang, a monk, all about it. The monk told him that Puxian Buddha has changed into a deer. Since then, Old Pu became a monk and worshipped Bodhisattva.

E'mei Mountain lies in E'meishan City of southwest Sichuan Basin. The mountain stretches 23 km from south to north with an area about 115 sq m. Hillsides are always gentle in the west and steep in the east. The eastern slopes are converse with some fault cliffs, and they are rugged and steep. Its main peak, Wanfo Top, is 3,099 m above sea level, and it is 2,600 m higher comparing with E'mei Plain on its eastern piedmont. There are many kinds of plants and animals in E'mei Mountain, and more than 3,000 kinds of superior plants and over 2,000 kinds of animals are existed up to now. Most of them are rare species. Some animals like butterfly like a withered leaf, phoenix butterfly, and the frog sound like playing piano, tree frog and big earthworm are animals only can be found in E'mei Mountain. Moreover, giant panda, Tibetan macaque and other 29 species are major animals under state protection. As to plants, Gong Tung and Gingko is the living fossil of tertiary. 107 categories plants are unique of E'mei Mountain, and more than 30 varieties are major plants under state protection.

E'mei Mountain can be considered as a huge natural arboretum and the kingdom of wild animals. E'mei Mountain has a humid sub-tropical monsoonal climate, with much cloud and mist in the whole mountain region, plentiful rainfall and less sunshine. The climate feature of it is "four seasons occur in the mountain and difference weather within 10 mile". The natural views in the region are gorgeous and colorful, and it seems that clouds are always floating and mountain is moving unpredictable and majestic. It is not a wonder to climb up a mountain and experience the sunrise as visitors can view it everywhere. However, experiencing the process of sunrise on the top of E'mei Mountain has its distinctive feature. As it is 3,000 m above the sea level standing at the edge of western Sichuan Basin, visitors can stand on a higher watching place to have a wide field of vision, and look down to "Tianfu Plain" extending over thousands of meters. Comparing with viewing a red sun rising up from the horizon with East Sea billows sound, the rising sun viewing from E'mei is held out by clouds stealthily. Rains always fall at night and stop at dawn. Glittering beads in fog and dew show luxuriant color phases in the sunlight incisively and vividly. Experiencing the process of sunrise on the top of E'mei Mountain can widen people's field of vision, wash away annoyances, inspire enthusiasm and experience close relationship between human beings and nature.

Best time to go
Spring and Autumn
An average annual temperature is from 57.2F to 66.2F.

Ticket
Mt E'mei: RMB 120/person, Baoguo Temple: RMB 8/person, Wannian Temple: RMB 10/person, Cable to Wannian Temple: RMB 60/person(round), Cable to Golden Summit: RMB 70/person(round), Sightseeing bus (round): RMB 60/person, Fuhu Temple: RMB 10/person, Huazang Temple on Golden Summit: RMB 10/person, Giant Stone Buddha RMB 70/person, the fee of boat: RMB 30/person.

Around Landscape
Heizhu Valley, Thousand Buddhist Rock, Dafengding Nature Reserve, Wutongqiao Scenic Area, Jianzhou Three Gorges, Luocheng Old Town, Buddhist Halos Lake, etc.

Local Snacks and Specialties
E'mei orchid, E'mei tea, Bean-card, Soft lotus, E'mei medicinal materials and Xuemoyu, etc.

Travel Tips
Watching the four great spectacles of Mt E'mei:
Sunrise is amazing on Golden Summit. Cloud sea will rise slowly among the mountain when the sky is clearly blue. Buddhist halos with the color of red, orange, yellow, green, black blue, blue and purple extends a radius of around one to two meters at the foot of Sheshen Rock in the afternoon. Saint Lamp is the famous scenery in Mt Emei.
Please take sunbonnet, sunglass, and suntan oil, raincoat.
Some road is slippery and dangerous, so take in sport shoes and be careful of your step.

Distance
Beijing (2042 km) Chengdu (169 km) Mt E'mei (34 km by shuttle bus) Mt Le