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	Mount Emei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emei is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China, shared between Taoism and Chinese Buddhism.
		The patron bodhisattva of Emei is Samantabhadra, known in Chinese as Puxian.
		A large surrounding area of countryside is geologically known as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, a large igneous province that erupted during the Permian Period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Emei (207 words)

	Mount Putuo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Putuo (Chinese 普陀山; pinyin Pǔtúo Shān) is an island located to the south-east of Shanghai, in Zhoushan prefecture of Zhejiang province, China.
		Mount Putuo is one of the four sacred mountains in Buddhism, the others being Mount Wutai, Mount Jiuhua, and Mount Emei (Bodhimandalas for Manjushri, Ksitigarbha, and Samantabhadra, respectively).
		Mount Putuo probably derives from the name of the Potala Palace, the former residence of the Dalai Lamas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Putuo (200 words)

	Mount Emei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mount Emei, with its soaring ridge upon soaring ridge in a topographical turmoil, are so remarkable in outline, grand in dimension, yet so ethereally enchanting, as to vindicate the popular saying, "No place under heaven is as beautiful as Mount Emei." The Wanfoding, the main peak of Mount Emei, is 3099 meters above sea level.
		Mount Emei is nearly 1000 meters taller than Mount Huashan, the tallest of the Five Holy Mountains of China.
		Mount Emei is a classical product of both nature and Buddhist culture and a perfect example of the harmonious relationship between nature and man seeking to return to the embrace of nature.
	www.buddhistdoor.com /bdoor/0108/sources/fourmtn2.htm (1417 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Mount Emei Administration was duly established and has assumed governmental duties for the preservation and management of the area.
		Both Mount Emei and the Leshan Giant Buddha are places of historical importance, being one of the four holy lands of Chinese Buddhism.
		Mount Emei's history has been documented and recorded for over 2,000 years during which time a rich Buddhist cultural heritage has accumulated, including cultural relics, architectural heritage (including 30 temples), collected calligraphy, paintings, tablet inscriptions and earthenware.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/emei.htm (1681 words)

	AnywhereChina.com - Travel Page - Mount Emei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Emei is located in the Sichuan Basin in subtropical China, towering abruptly from the surrounding plain to a height of more than 10,000ft, overlooking a natural preserve of over 180 sq mi.
		Emei was first formed during the Yanshan Movement of the late Mesozoic Age of China, shaped later by the Himalayan Movement and the lift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
		Emei is generally cherished as one of Four Buddhist Sacred Mountains of China, the site where, as is said, Samantabhadra offered lectures on Buddhism, spreading the holy words of Buddha.
	www.anywherechina.com /travel/emei/emei.htm (548 words)

	Emei Mountain - Nine Dragon Baguazhang. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Emei Shan, (mountain) is one of the most renowned Buddhist and Daoist sanctuaries in China.
		Emei is famous in China for numerous rare and mysterious martial arts that developed there from the Gongfu (Hard work over time) of Daoist, Buddhist and also laymen.
		However, the Emei chivalry man is mysterious and is similar to the Chinese legendary Yuxia (Knight Errant) who like Chinese robin hoods performed only good deeds and keep their methods hidden from the eyes of the profane.
	www.ninedragonbaguazhang.com /emei.htm (1572 words)

	Holy Mount Emei by Amar Grover \| Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence
		Emei Shan, or Mt Emei, a 3099m-high peak near the heart of Sichuan Province is among the four holiest Buddhist mountains in China.
		Emei’s flora is renowned; sub-tropical ferns and strands of bamboo huddle amidst plane and fir trees.
		This, the oldest of Emei’s monasteries, was badly damaged by fire in 1945 yet its most prized treasure survived unscathed.
	www.travelintelligence.net /wsd/articles/art_1001034.html (1336 words)

	Mount Emei - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mount Emei (峨嵋山 Éméi-shān) is a sacred Buddhist mountain in the southern part of Sichuan, China.
		Emei stands at 3099 meters, and is associated with Puxian Bodhisattva (Samantabhadra) - a representation of 'Great Practice' and 'Great Virtue'.
		Emei is 150 kilometers south of Chengdu, 130 kilometers from the Shuangliu International Airport and 28 kilometers from Leshan city.
	wikitravel.org /en/Mount_Emei (493 words)

	Mount Emei: Where Earth Meets Heaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Over 100 Buddhist temples are hidden on Emei, one of the country's four famous Buddhist mountains - the others are Putuo in Zhejiang Province, Wutai in Shanxi Province and Jiuhua in Anhui Province.
		As a result, Mount Emei remained very much a place of pilgrimage for devout Buddhists, or those with a love of venturing into the great outdoors.
		On the minibus from the resort town at the foot of Mount Emei to the parking lot at Leidongping, I was told it would take three hours for the bus to complete the 50-kilometre climb.
	big5.china.com.cn /english/culture/129317.htm (1446 words)

	Mount Jiuhua, Mt Jiuhuashan, China Travel and Tour to Anhui Province
		Mount Jiuhua Ksitigarbha / Dizang (the Bodhisattva of Salvation) is enshrined on Mount Jiuhua.
		Mount Jiuhua in Anhui Province, is one of the four Buddhist shrines, the other three are Mount Wutai in Shanxi Province, Mount Emei in Sichuan Province, and Mount Putuo in Zhejiang Province in China.
		It is said that Mount Jiuhua ranks first among all the four Buddhist shrines in China, in terms of the concentration of Buddhist monasteries, the furnishings in them and the perfection of the Buddhist images preserved.
	www.greatwalltour.com /greatwall_pages/provinces/anhui/huangshan/jiuhuashan.htm (1449 words)

	Mount Emei -- Sea of Clouds - China Travel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mount Emei rises 3,099 meters above sea level in Emei County, 160 kilometers southwest of Chengdu.
		Mount Emei is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains in China.
		The summit of Mount Emei commands a grand view of rolling mountain peaks, sometimes visible, sometimes emerging from the clouds like small islands in an enormous ocean.
	www.uvista.com /en/sichuan/mount-emei.htm (589 words)

	China Travel & Tibet Travel
		Mount Emei, located at Emeishan City, Sichuan Province, is a natural scenic mountain with Buddhism playing its part.
		The Tiger-Taming Temple, the largest temple in Mount Emei, is surrounded with ancient nanmu.
		Mount Emei is highly valuable in the study of history, aesthetics, in scientific researches and the popularization of science.
	www.abacustour.com /leshan.htm (380 words)

	Four Mountains Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mount Emei of Sichuan Province is the domain of Samantabhadra, or Bodhisattva of Universal Benevolence (Universal Worthy Great Conduct Bodhisattva).
		Mount Wutai is a cluster of five flat-topped peaks (Wutai means Five Terraces, the Wanhai Peak (the Eastern Terrace), the Guayue Peak (the Western Terrace), the Jingxiu Peak (the Southern Terrace), the Yedou Peak (the Northern Terrace) and the Guayue Peak (the Central Terrace).
		Mount Wutai is often known as the roof of North China.
	www.buddhistdoor.com /bdoor/0106/sources/fourmtn1.htm (1415 words)

	Emei Mountain Daoism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Emei Mountain, located in the modern-day Sichuan province, is one of many mountains in the western region of China associated with Daoism.
		Emei is one of them that was said to have deities pass on Daoist secrets to mere mortals.
		A majority of Emei's Daoist temples and monasteries were lost to the Buddhist faith and eventually, Mount Emei developed to become one of China's four holy mountains of the Buddhist faith.
	home.comcast.net /~o.tsun/ThreeDragon/tao_emei.htm (440 words)

	China Province - Region, Regional
		Among its wellknown attractions are the world's largest statue of the Buddha, Mount Emei, the ancient temple at Wuyou, and the Thousand-Buddha Cliff.
		Standing at the toot of Mount Lingyun to the east of Leshan, the incredible Leshan Buddha is the largest.lone image of the Buddha in the world.
		Mount Emei is within the boundaries of Emeishan City, some 140 kilometers to the southwest of Chengdu and 33 kilometers to the east of Leshan.
	www.cntravel.biz /china_columns/provinces/sichuan/sch_lesh.shtml (374 words)

	SUNY Press :: Stairway to Heaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A consideration of China’s Mount Emei, long important in Chinese culture and history and of particular significance to Buddhists.
		Located in a remote area of modern Sichuan province, Mount Emei is one of China’s most famous mountains and has long been important to Buddhists.
		Fan’s diary and verse accounts of his climb to the summit of Mount Emei in 1177 are still among the most informative accounts of the mountain ever written.
	www.sunypress.edu /details.asp?id=61225 (358 words)

	ARC - ARC Projects - Sacred Mountain of Emei Shan
		Emei Shan is a classic example of a sacred mountain whose natural environment is being destroyed by development.
		The monasteries have effectively become tourist centres, and religious life on the mountain is constrained by the demands of the tourism board and by the sheer numbers of visitors.
		ARC seeks to advise UNESCO on management issues for Emei Shan, and with the Chinese Buddhist Association to develop a joint proposal to strengthen the position of the Buddhist authorities on the mountain.
	www.arcworld.org /projects.asp?projectID=111 (345 words)

	Tooth Relic of Buddha\|tibiet\|tibet travel\|china travel\|sichuan travel\|china travel service\|west china (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A young monk who had never been in Emei Mount and who liked the most to listen to their talking, admired this mountain in the bottom of his heart.
		Suddenly, he discovered a phrase carved on the wall: “Trials of long journey can not disturb the sincerity of going to Emei Mount.” the handwriting of which was very familiar to Yuan Ken, looked similar to that of his master father Sheng Ming’s.
		Just when Yun Ken was anxious about the schedule to Emei Mount, someone told the landlord that a person of Family Zhao Town had just brought two elephants from the border of Si Chuan, and suggested to persuade him selling one.
	www.china-panda.com /chinatravel/Html/200522805932-1.html (1369 words)

	Mount Emei: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mount Emei (峨嵋山, pinyin (pinyin: pinyin (, pnyn) literally means "join (together) sounds" (a less...
		Emei is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China, shared between Taoism (Taoism: Philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events) and Chinese Buddhism (Chinese Buddhism: more facts about this subject).
		Some of the Buddhist and Taoist monasteries associated with the mountain were also known for the training of traditional Chinese martial arts (Chinese martial arts: chinese martial arts, often abbreviated as cma, refers to the enormous variety of martial...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/mount_emei (408 words)

	The Triangle Jiulong Baguazhang Study Group
		Emei is famous in China for numerous rare and mysterious martial arts that developed there from the Gongfu (hard work) of Daoist, Buddhist and also laymen.
		Many but not all of the systems of Baguazhang practiced on Mount Emei and there are numerous forms of the art, appear to have stemmed from Yin Fu a famous disciple of Dong Hai-Chuan others using the name Baguazhang are quite different.
		This makes Jiulong Baguazhang no less an Emei martial art as it was taught in and around Emei Mountain and its principles are derived from the Yijing and reputedly the Daoist sect who allegedly either taught Dong, Hai-Chuan.
	www.trianglebagua.com /emei_mountain.html (1316 words)

	China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mount Qingcheng was the birthplace of Taoism, which is celebrated in a series of ancient temples.
		The sacred Mount Tai ('shan' means 'mountain') was the object of an imperial cult for nearly 2,000 years, and the artistic masterpieces found there are in perfect harmony with the natural landscape.
		Mount Wuyi is the most outstanding area for biodiversity conservation in south-east China and a refuge for a large number of ancient, relict species, many of them endemic to China.
	www.twobeds.com /nasa/herrminator/html/China.html (3335 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Travel \| Mount Wutai seeks world heritage listing
		Mount Wutai, located in north China's Shanxi Province, is home to 47 Buddhist temples and more than 3,000 Buddhist monks and nuns.
		Mount Wutai is located in Wutai County in Shanxi Province, about 120 kilometers north of the city of Taiyuan.
		On entering the town of Taihuai, one is struck by its Buddhist rituals: the burning of incense, the tolling of bells in the morning, and the beating of drums in the evening.
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=18,2127,0,0,1,0 (852 words)

	China - Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
		The first Buddhist temple in China was built here in Sichuan Province in the 1st century A.D. in the beautiful surroundings of the summit Mount Emei.
		Mount Emei is also notable for its exceptionally diverse vegetation, ranging from subtropical to subalpine pine forests.
		In Emei Shan, under good climatic conditions, it is possible sometimes to observe a remarkable phenomenon on the mountain peak at Jinding, at 3100 m altitude.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-ChinaMountEmei.htm (469 words)

	On Top of Mt Emei
		But on a trek to the top of Mt. Emei, highest of them all, one quickly finds that reaching the summit isn't what life's great climb is all about.
		An overnight hump up and down Mount Emei might seem something of sacrilege, especially since so many monks spent their entire lives on this sacred mountain.
		There are tacky attractions, too, from the constant chatter of annoying shills at the medicine stalls to the overbuilt landing areas, with the usual assortment of commercial diversions and trinket stands.
	www.gluckman.com /Emei.html (1271 words)

	Mount Emei: Leshan City Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Emei is like a huge green screen standing in the southwest of the Chengdu Plain.
		In 1996 Mt. Emei was enlisted in the world natural and cultural heritage by the UNESCO.
		The trees are verdant almost all the year round; the waterfalls are splendid; the whole scenery is beautiful and quiet.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/sichuan/leshan/mt_emei.htm (308 words)

	irish-guy.com - China 2004-2006
		Mount Emei Mountain - China - Day one100 viewsMt.Emei lies in the southern area of Sichuan basin in China.
		Emei is one of the four sacred Buddhist Mountains in China.
		Mount Emei Mountain - China - Day Two105 viewsAt 3077 meters, the magnificent Golden Summit Temple is as far as most hikers make it.
	www.irish-guy.com /gallery/thumbnails.php?album=15&page=3 (543 words)

	Mount Emei: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Emei was made a World Heritage Site[click link for more facts about this subject] in 1996.
		Mount Tai (Mount tai () is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of taian, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/mount_emei (893 words)

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