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Emei Shan
China, an East Asian country is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It has a vast cultural history of more than five thousand years and an outstanding natural beauty. On the other hand, this country has remained a comparatively isolated and secluded one, and being a land of mystery, this country is not known to the western half of the world. However, China is rapidly developing and has grown in the phase of modernization, with an immense speed and is also welcoming the outer world to interact and do business with them.
Emei Shan is one of the 4 most sacred Buddhist mountains in China. The undulating peaks, covered with lush forests and green bamboo occupy an area of more than 300 sq km, square kilometers, in the southwest of Sichuan province about 150 kilometers from Chengdu. Emei Shan is the general name for 3 mountains, Da'e or Great E, Er'e or Second E and San'e or Third E. The mountains are majestic, quiet and serene and acclaimed in China as a Beauty under Heaven.
Visitors are drawn to Emei Shan either as a place of pilgrimage or simply to scale the magnificent heights. Most of the monasteries and temples at Emei Shan were built during the Eastern Han dynasty, who ruled China from 25 to 220 AD, Anno Domini, while others were added later. As a well-known Buddhist sanctuary of Samantabhadra, Emei Shan once had more than 100 monasteries.
The main temples and scenic areas are, the Baoguo Monastery, Wannian Monastery, Fuhu or Ambushing Tiger Monastery, Leiyin or Thunder Sound Monastery, Chunyang Hall, Qingyin or Pure Tone Tower, Heilongjiang plank road, Hongchun Ping, Xianfeng or Fairy Peak Monastery, Xixiang or Wash Elephant Pool, Golden Summit, Huayan Top, and White Dragon Cave.
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