【峨眉山的英文介绍】
【General Introduction】
Mount Emei is a mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China。
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。[2]
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。
【As a sacred mountain】
Mount Emei is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, and is traditionally regarded as the bodhimaṇḍa, or place of enlightenment, of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra。
Samantabhadra is known in Mandarin as Pǔxián Púsà (普贤菩萨)。
16th and 17th century sources allude to the practice of martial arts in the monasteries of Mount Emei[4] made the earliest extant reference to the Shaolin Monastery as Chinese boxing's place of origin。
【Sunrise and clouds sea】
Great spectacles of Mount Emei include the sunrise and Clouds Sea seen from the Golden Summit of the mountain。
The sunrise is very varied, but optimally begins with the ground and sky being in the same dark purple, soon showing rosy clouds, followed by a bright purple arc and then a semicircle where the sun is coming up。
The Clouds Sea includes several cloud phenomena, e。g。 clouds appearing in the sky above, in addition to the regular clouds beneath。
【Indigenous animals】
Visitors to Mount Emei will likely see dozens of Tibetan Macaques who can often be viewed taking food from tourists。
Local merchants sell nuts for tourists to feed the monkeys。 Some monkeys may be seen eating human food such as potato chips and even drinking soda from discarded bottles。
The Emei Shan Liocichla, a passerine bird, as well as the Emei Music Frog, a vocal frog, are named after the site。
【Flora】
Mount Emei is known for its high level of endemism and approximately 200 plant species in various plant families have been described from this mountain。