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Mount Emei (Chinese: 峨嵋山 ||pinyin]]: Éméi Shān ||Wade-Giles]]: O2-mei2 Shan1, literally towering Eyebrow Mountain) is a mountain in Sichuan province of Western China. Mount Emei is often written as 峨眉山 and occasionally 峩嵋山 or 峩眉山 but all three are translated as Mount Emei or Mount Emeishan. 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. Mt. Emei was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

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  • Mount Emei
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  • Mount Emei (Chinese: 峨嵋山 ||pinyin]]: Éméi Shān ||Wade-Giles]]: O2-mei2 Shan1, literally towering Eyebrow Mountain) is a mountain in Sichuan province of Western China. Mount Emei is often written as 峨眉山 and occasionally 峩嵋山 or 峩眉山 but all three are translated as Mount Emei or Mount Emeishan. 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. Mt. Emei was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
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Name
  • Mount Emei
Type
  • Cultural and Natural
Session
  • 20(xsd:integer)
State Party
  • 22(xsd:integer)
Region
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  • O2-mei2 Shan1
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  • Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
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  • 779(xsd:integer)
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  • Éméi Shān
Criteria
  • iv, vi, x
Year
  • 1996(xsd:integer)
Elevation
  • 3099.0
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  • 峨嵋山
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  • Mount Emei (Chinese: 峨嵋山 ||pinyin]]: Éméi Shān ||Wade-Giles]]: O2-mei2 Shan1, literally towering Eyebrow Mountain) is a mountain in Sichuan province of Western China. Mount Emei is often written as 峨眉山 and occasionally 峩嵋山 or 峩眉山 but all three are translated as Mount Emei or Mount Emeishan. At 3,099 m (10,167 ft), Mt. Emei is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. The patron bodhisattva of Emei is Samantabhadra, known in Chinese as Puxian (普贤菩萨). 16th and 17th century sources allude to the practice of martial arts in the monasteries of Mount Emei made the earliest extant reference to the Shaolin Monastery as Chinese boxing's place of origin. 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. Mt. Emei was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The Emei Shan Liocichla, a passerine bird is named after the site.
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