峨眉山简介

峨眉山简介

峨眉山位于中国四川峨眉山市境内，景区面积154平方公里，最高峰万佛顶海拔3099米。地势陡峭，风景秀丽，有“秀甲天下”之美誉。气候多样，植被丰富，共有3000多种植物，其中包括世界上稀有的树种。山路沿途有较多猴群，常结队向游人讨食，胜为峨眉一大特色。它是中国四大佛教名山之一，有寺庙约26座，重要的有八大寺庙，佛事频繁。1996年12月6日，峨眉山乐山大佛作为文化与自然双重遗产被联合国教科文组织列入世界遗产名录。

峨眉山层峦叠嶂、山势雄伟，景色秀丽，气象万千，素有“一山有四季，十里不同天”之妙喻。清代诗人谭钟岳将峨眉山佳景概括为十种：“金顶祥光”、“象池月夜”、“九老仙府”、“洪椿晓雨”、“白水秋风”、“双桥清音”、“大坪霁雪”、“灵岩叠翠”、“罗峰晴云”、“圣积晚钟”。现在人们又不断发现和创造了许多新景观，如红珠拥翠、虎溪听泉、龙江栈道、龙门飞瀑、雷洞烟云、接引飞虹、卧云浮舟、冷杉幽林等。峨眉新十景为：金顶金佛、万佛朝宗、小平情缘、清音平湖、幽谷灵猴、第一山亭、摩崖石刻、秀甲瀑布、迎宾滩、名山起点。无不引人入胜。进入山中，重峦叠嶂，古木参天；峰回路转，云断桥连；涧深谷幽，天光一线；万壑飞流，水声潺潺；仙雀鸣唱，彩蝶翩翩；灵猴嬉戏，琴蛙奏弹；奇花铺径，别有洞天。春季万物萌动，郁郁葱葱；夏季百花争艳，姹紫嫣红；秋季红叶满山，五彩缤纷；冬季银装素裹，白雪皑皑。登临金顶极目远望，视野宽阔无比，景色十分壮丽。观日出、云海、佛光、晚霞，令人心旷神怡；西眺皑皑雪峰、贡嘎山、瓦屋山，山连天际；南望万佛顶，云涛滚滚，气势恢弘；北瞰百里平川，如铺锦绣，大渡河、青衣江尽收眼底。置身峨眉之巅，真有“一览众山小”之感叹。峨眉山主峰万佛顶海拔3099米。全山形势巍峨雄壮，草木植被浓郁葱茏，故有“雄秀”美称。

因为高度可观、面积庞大，登山路线几近百里，对普通攀登者形成有力挑战。近年来建成了登山索道，游人已可轻松登临，去极顶俯瞰万里云海，在金顶可欣赏“日出”、“云海”、“佛光”和“圣灯”四大绝景。佛光是峨眉山最壮美的奇观。峨眉山上共有佛寺数十处，寺内珍藏有许多精美的佛教瑰宝。许多笃信佛教的老人不辞艰苦，一步一歇，历经十数日始上山顶。无数慕名猎奇的游客远涉重洋，几经周折，始满数载愿惬意离山。峨眉山优美的自然景观、良好的生态环境使它成为人们探奇揽胜、求仙修道的理想处所。

1982年，峨眉山以峨眉山风景名胜区的名义，被国务院批准列入第一批国家级风景名胜区名单。1996年，峨眉山与乐山大佛共同被列入《世界自然与文化遗产名录》，成为全人类自然和文化双重遗产。2007年，峨眉山景区被国家旅游局首批正式批准为国家5A 级旅游风景区。

英文简介

Mt. Emeishan, seven kilometers southwest of Emeishan City, 160 kilometers southwest of Chengdu, is like a huge green screen standing in the southwest of the Chengdu Plain. The mountain stretches more than 200 kilometers from south to north. Its main peak, Wanfo Top, is 3,099 meters above sea level. Its charming scenery has won it the name of "Mt. Emeishan, the Greatest Beauty under Heaven."

The name "Emeishan" Emeishan literally means "Delicate Eyebrow Mountain" - it derives its name from two peaks which face each other and look like the delicate eyebrows of a Chinese classic beauty.

What to enjoy here Mt. Emeishan is well-known for its enjoyable natural scenery, extensive Buddhist culture, abundant range of species and unique landform. Thus it gets such titles as 'Kingdom of Plants', 'Geological Museum', 'Animals' Paradise' and 'Buddhist Celestial Mountain'.

Florid Natural Scenery Going into the mountain, you can see continuous ranges of peaks and tall trees covering on them. Water flows swiftly as if it were flying. Birds are singing and pretty butterflies are dancing. In spring, all the creatures are burgeoning and the whole mountain is in a fresh green coat; in summer , beautiful flowers are blooming one after another in a way of competition; in autumn, the entire Mt. Emeishan is decorated by the red leaves which make the mountain so amazing that it is far beyond your imagination; in winter, it is covered by snow like a pure bride with white wedding dress.

Profound Buddhist Culture Mt. Emeishan is one of the four celebrated Buddhist Mountains in China. It is said that Buddhism was brought to Mt. Emeishan in the first century BC. After nearly 2,000 years of development, Mt. Emeishan has become a place rich in Buddhist heritage, which has made it an influential sacred place in China and even in the whole world. There are vivid and exquisite statues of Buddha made of clay, wood, jade, bronze and porcelain. As one of the three genres of Chinese martial art in China, Mt. Emeishan has gained its reputation both at home and abroad.

Abundant Resources of Species

Mt. Emeishan is covered with green vegetation all the year round. Its plentiful rainfall, peculiar landform, varied climate and complicated structures of the soil provide a perfect environment for a great number of species' growth and propagation. Among the plants, here you can have the chance to admire the rare trees, many different flowers and herbs. These plants not only endow the mountain with beauty but also create a natural fairyland for the animals here. Among all the animals there are many rare species.

Mysterious Geological Museum The splendid Mt. Emeishan was created by the Himalayan mountain-building movement and the later

uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It contains geological features of all the periods following the Cambrian period. The special geological feature is the precondition of the growth of various species and beautiful sceneries.

Spectacles

Sunrise

In Golden Summit, the sky before the dawn is amazing. The ground and the sky are in the same dark purple. Then gradually wisps of rosy clouds appear above the horizon indicating the coming of a pleasant day. Under the pink clouds, all of a sudden, a small mauve point comes out and rises slowly, and then little by little it becomes an arc and then a semicircle. The color turns from mauve to jacinth and then golden red. At last the semicircle makes an elegant jump thus the sun appears in the east sky. After the sunrise, millions of sun rays shoot onto the ground. At this time the Mt. Emeishan is gold in color , from the head to the feet, showing all her glamour to the visitors.

Clouds Sea When the sky is clearly blue, white clouds rise slowly among the mountains. Just in a moment, vast clouds sea appears above the horizon like a snowy white woolen blanket, smooth, clean and thick. When wind comes, the clouds sea is wafted to all the directions and then mountains become small islands floating in an ocean; when the clouds sea gathers together, peaks are invisible again.

Buddha Rays In the afternoon, at the foot of the Sheshen Rock, every place is full of pure white clouds. Then an aura the color of red, orange, yellow, green, black blue, blue and purple extends within a radius of around one to two meters (about 3 to 7 feet). It looms and shines in the center like a mirror. Back against the sunlight from the west, sometimes you can find your own shadow in the aura. And your every action is followed by the figure in the aura, as if you were facing a bright mirror. To your most surprise, even if millions of people were viewing at it or two persons hugging each other were enjoying it, they could only see themselves. And this is the magic Buddha rays, which are rare in other places but appear in Mt. Emeishan frequently.

Saint Lamps In the dark nights of Golden Summit, occasionally, you can see a point of fluorescence flowing between the valleys, then changing into several and step by step into numerous. This is the famous scenery saint lamps in Mt. Emeishan.

The saint lamps can be seen under four conditions: firstly, the weather must be fine right after the rain; secondly, there is no moon in the sky; thirdly, there are no clouds layers at the foot of the mountain; fourthly, there are no heavy wind and rain on top of the mountain. As for the conditions, it is clear that the saint lamps are really hard to be observed.

Getting around the must-sees There were once more than a hundred temples and monasteries on the mountain, but only about twenty remain today, including the following better-known ones: Devotion to the Country Temple (Baoguosi), Ten-Thousand-Year Temple (Wanniansi), and Immortal Peak Temple (Xianfengsi), and the of Mt.Emeishan

temple at Elephant Bath Pond (Xixiangchi).

Devotion to the Country Temple (Baoguosi) The Temple is the center of Buddhist activities in Mt. Emeishan. The climate here is mild and trees are verdant and serried. Visiting this temple, you can enjoy either the renowned ancient buildings and precious Buddhist cultural relics or peculiar natural attractions and rare animals and plants.

Facing the east, it awaits the arrival of the rising sun in the morning and sends off the setting sun in the dusk. In front of the temple gate there is a pair of stone lions carved in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). They are lively, grand and mighty, like door guards protecting the temple as well as the Mt. Emeishan. A large engraved stone slab hangs above the gate with the name of the temple on it which was written by the Emperor Kangxi (1654 - 1722) of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911).

Ten-Thousand-Year Temple (Wanniansi) The scenery in Ten-Thousand-Year Temple is pleasant all the year around but especially in autumn. In autumn there is heat of summer at the foot of the Mt. Emeishan even though snow has fallen on the top, but it is the best season to visit the Temple. Here red leaves are reflected in the water and when a breeze comes the leaves dance in the pond forming red waves glistening in the sunlight. So thrilling! Also in the temple scenic region, there are mountain villages creating a peaceful and intoxicating picture.

Looking around beside the White Water Pond, the wind touches the mountains, wobbling the trees making a howling sound; red leaves have a dance to the wind in the air; the ripple stream water goes rightly through the temple and is crooning and echoing the wind.

Immortal Peak Temple It was built 1,700 meters above sea level on the slope of Mt. Emeishan. Next to the temple is a big cave where, as the legend goes, the Yellow Emperor who was visiting the place met a white-haired old man who had a young face. The emperor asked him if he had any company, and the old man replied, yes, there are eight others in the cave. Since then, the cave has been called the Nine Elders Cave (Jiulaodong).

Qingyin Pavilion Qingyin Pavilion is in the middle part of Mt. Emeishan. It is no exaggeration to say that the whole area of the pavilion is a fine picture with green hills and blue water . At its high point there are towering exquisite and refined pavilions. Two gloriettes stand in the middle of the region of Qingyin Pavilion.

There is one stone bridge crossing on the Black Dragon River (The color of the water is dark green.) and the White Dragon River (The color of the water is ivory.) on each side of the gloriette. The two bridges are like a pair of wings, so a beautiful name was given to them: Double Flying Bridges. In the lower point, you can see the Black Dragon River on the right of the Cattle Heart Pavilion and White Dragon River on its left.

The billowing waves strike the huge stone in the green pond giving out the roaring sound time and again and echoing around the surrounding valleys and woods. The water splashing in all directions like broken pieces of crystal pearls and jade and forms a series of water drops flying in the air and then

drop into the pond. How amazing it is! In the night with full moon and soft wind, all is quiet and there is only the melodious sound of water resounding in the air. Listening to the clear sound, your heart will be in a state of quietness and you will forget the existence of yourself.

Golden Summit Golden Summit gets its name from a bronze house which was there. The weather here is cold in all year round but its natural scenery is wonderful. The four great spectacles of Golden Summit and also of Mt. Emeishan are sunrise, clouds sea, Buddha rays and saint lamps. They are the essence of the beauty and mysterious charm of the Mt. Emeishan. In the following paragraphs detailed descriptions of the four great spectacles will be given.

What

paths are slippery in the winter and spring.

What to eat The monasteries all offer delicious vegetarian fare. However, if you want a meat based Chinese meal, there are restaurants close to the tourist temples.

Getting there Mt. Emeishan lies 150 km away from Chengdu, 130 km from the Shuangliu International Airport and only 28 km from Leshan city. Access to the mountain is via Emeishan town, 7km from the base. Minibuses and public buses leave from Emeishan's main street depot to the trailhead at Baoguo.

On foot It is five kilometers to the top of Emeishan, much of it consisting of stone stairs. If you walk it all, plan for a full day up and a full day down (around 10 hours on foot). Monasteries along the way offer reasonably-priced lodging, and there are several comfortable lodges on the summit.

By minibus Minibuses and cable cars can take tourists most of the way up the mountain. Most opt for tours from Chengdu, about three hours to the mountain base, then another two hours to Jieyin Dien, where you already feel the air at 2,540 meters.

By cable-car

A Swiss-style cable car soars over pines to Jinding, and a final hike of about an hour , huffing and puffing in the high altitude, to the peak. Some spend the night to see the sunrise; others quickly turn around and head back. to buy Hawkers sell straw or bamboo poles and crampons to attach to boots, which will be necessary when