The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-metre (233 ft) tall stone statue, built during the Tang Dynasty. It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan. The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei, with the rivers flowing below his feet. It is the largest stone Buddha in the world and it is by far the tallest pre-modern statue in the world.

The Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.

Orographically, Mt. Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling.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. At 3,099 metres (10,167 ft), Mt. Emei is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.

Administratively, Mt. Emei is located near the county-level city of the same name (Emeishan City), which is in turn part of the prefecture-level city of Leshan. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Attractions:1.As one of the Four Well-Known Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.

                    2.Buddhist architecture on Emei.

                    3.Sunrise and clouds sea.

                    4.Climate.

                    5.Plenty of monkeys.

Altitude: 3077.96m 

on the Golden Summit ,there are four wonders： the sunrise .sea of clouds. the Glory of the Buddha. The sanctuary lamp 

for the sunrise, you'd better stay one night on the top at the Golend Summit or stay the night in Leidongping. in the morning 

Ten surface Quartet Samantabhadra bronze: 48 meters hight stands for 48 wishes of Puxian .

when the weather is good, under sunshine, the statue is shining .

I' m sure there must be a big marketing team for Mt.Emei since the mountain is run by a listed company,and became a

huge money making machine . I have seen so much exaggerated advertisement about Emei.

Unfortunately my personal opinion about Emei is rather negative,and have stopped offering tour to this mountain since September 2012.

Emei Shan or Mountain Emei,located in the western of Sichuan Basin and 160 kilometers away from Chengdu, said to be one of the 4 most sacred Buddhist Mountains in China(not many people in China are real Buddhist or know what Buddhism is) . It was listed as the World Culture and Nature Heritage by UNESCO in 1996.

1.The entrance tickets is very expensive,CNY185/PP,plus CNY90/PP for the mountain bus,plus CNY100/PP for its 5 minutes

cable car ride.

2. Extremely  touristy and crowded, each day ten thousands of domestic tourists visiting this mountain in the name of  pilgrimage,but I find few of them are real Buddhists, Chinese People are definitely not Buddhist, they are much more Confucius or Taoists.

3.The main scenery there are forest and Buddhist Monasteries,which were rebuilt in the past 30 years,the old ones were destroyed during the Culture Revolution.And I personally just think they were over built,too much monasteries,get bored to see so much because they are mostly the same. I think a real Buddhist should learn from the Buddha's philosophy and act following his good teaching.I'm sad to see Buddha's teaching is completely distorted.

4.The weather in the mountain are always wet,cold,foggy and cloudy,don't expect to see the scenery as you see in the the pictures,you might notsee anything in a whole day tour in the mountain except for some temples or monkeys(some of them are very aggressive,be caution).

The positive points of this mountain is that thesummit of the mountain is covered by heavy snow during December until middle  March of the next year. For the people(mostly are people from south China or South Asia) who want to see snow ,it's might be a place to go.

The Emei has became a famous mountain since 1980s is mainly because of  Jin Yong's Kongfu novels/movies, for his fans,they just want to say I have been to Emeishan.

So whether it's worth going to this mountain,really depends on what you expect there. Do get a overall information before going,

for most European or American tourists,China is so far away and costly,you might only travel to China once in a life time.

Wannian Temple is the oldest temple on Emeishan Mountain. It was first built in the year of 401, Dongjin Danysty.Ming Wanli twenty-eight years (1600) when the restoration time, the emperer renamed it " sheng shou Wannian Temple".a lot of tourists to the Wannian temple as a bottom-up official climbing starting point; some will take it as the final destination. there is cable car from Wannian park to Wannian Temple.

Emeishan Baoguo Temple is located in the foothills of Mount Emei, it is the first temple, the Buddhist Association of Mount Emei is right in Baoguo Temple, so Baoguo Temple is the Mount Emei Buddhist activities center.Baoguo temple is into the portal, the starting point of Mount Emei.it is the first Temple of Emei Mountain.