Mount Emei

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Mount Emei

mountain, China

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…irrigation system but also the Mount Emei area and the Jiuzhai River valley. Mount Emei, in the south-central Daxiang Mountains, is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism; it reaches an elevation of 10,167 feet (3,099 metres) at Wanfo Summit. The mountain and the Leshan Giant Buddha (carved…
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…irrigation system but also the Mount Emei area and the Jiuzhai River valley. Mount Emei, in the south-central Daxiang Mountains, is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism; it reaches an elevation of 10,167 feet (3,099 metres) at Wanfo Summit. The mountain and the Leshan Giant Buddha (carved…
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