Emei Mountains
Mount Emei (; ), Postal romanization, alternately Mount Omei, is a mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Sacred Mountains of China, 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, Permian Period. Administratively, Mount 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. As a sacred mountain Mount Emei is one of the Sacred Mountains of China#The Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, and is traditionally regarded as the bodhimaṇḍa, or place of enlightenment, of the Bodhisattv ...
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Emeishan City
Emeishan () is a county-level city in Sichuan province of China, province, China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city Leshan. Its population in 1990 stood at 396,445. It is named after Mount Emei, a famous mountain located within its administration. Climate Transport *Emei railway station *Emeishan railway station References External links Emeishan City Website
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