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Emeishan Scenic And Historic Area
Emeishan may refer to: *Mount Emei, mountain in Sichuan, China *Emeishan (city), in Leshan, Sichuan, China *Emeishan Traps The Emeishan Traps constitute a flood basalt volcanic province, or large igneous province, in south-western China, centred in Sichuan province. It is sometimes referred to as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province or Emeishan Flood Basalts. Li ...
, flood basalt volcanic province in southwestern China, centered in Sichuan {{disambig ...
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Mount Emei
Mount Emei (; ), alternately Mount Omei, is a 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. 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 Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, and is traditionally regarded as the bodhimaṇḍa, or place of enlightenment, of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra. Samantabhadra is known in Mandarin as Pǔxián Púsà (). Sources of the 16th and 17th centuries all ...
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Emeishan (city)
Emeishan () is a county-level city in Sichuan 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 Emei railway station is a railway station in Suishan, Emeishan City, Leshan, Sichuan, China. It is cross-shaped, with the lower north–south platforms serving the Chengdu–Kunming railway and the upper east–west platforms serving the Cheng ... * Emeishan railway station References External links Emeishan City Website County-level cities in Sichuan Leshan {{Sichuan-geo-stub ...
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