Which province and city is Mount Emei in?

Emei Mountain is in Leshan City, Sichuan Province.

Mount Emei is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China and the most beautiful mountain in China. Mount Emei Scenic Area in Leshan City is located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, with an area of 1.54 square kilometers, and the highest peak, Wanfo Peak, is 3099 meters above sea level. It has the characteristics of "male, beautiful, strange, dangerous and secluded", and is famous for its beautiful natural scenery, long Buddhist culture, rich animal and plant resources and unique geological landforms. Known as "Buddhist Kingdom of Fairy Mountain", "Kingdom of Plants", "Paradise of Animals" and "geological museum".

On the top of Mount Emei, there is basalt ejected in a large area in Paleozoic, which protects the underlying stratum to maintain its height. Because of the "strong waterfall cutting" in the mountain, a "canyon peak terrain" with a height of more than 2000 meters has been formed. Emei Mountain is a fault-block mountain, which spans the Emei fault arch in the Yangtze platform fold belt and the Chuanxi platform depression in the Sichuan platform depression.

The main attractions of Mount Emei

1, Buddha's top

Wan Fo Ding is the highest elevation scenic spot and natural ecological protection zone among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China, and it is also the highest elevation world natural and cultural heritage site in China. At an altitude of 3099 meters, the original temple on the top of the Wanfo Temple is called Manjusri Hall, also known as Liangqing Hall and Blissful Hall. It was built in the period of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the 11th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. It has a scripture-collecting building and a collection of thousands of classics. The arrangement of the three peaks, Ten Thousand Buddha Peak, Thousand Buddha Peak and Golden Peak, looks like a cicada's head from the foot of the mountain, so it is called "Emei with a cicada's head".

2. Golden Buddha

The Golden Buddha is a bronze-cast gilded Buddha statue, 48 meters high and weighing 660 tons. It consists of a pedestal and ten statues of Pu Xian. Among them, the pedestal is 6 meters high, 27 meters long and 27 meters wide, with ten wishes of Pu Xian engraved on all sides and decorated with granite relief. The square Pu Xian statue is 42 meters high and weighs 350 tons. The "forty-eight wishes of all beings" derived from Buddhist scriptures means the forty-eight wishes of Amitabha to all beings.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Emei Mountain Scenic Area in Leshan City.