“The autumn moon rises about Mt. Emei, casting an eclipsed shadow onto the Pingqiang River. Embarking on a boat journey tonight to Qingxi ("Clear Creek") and then the Three Gorges, I am heading for Yuzhou full of endless thought about you." (“峨眉山月半轮秋， 影入平羌江水流。 夜发清溪向三峡， 思君不见下渝州。”) -- Li Bai [李白](701-762).
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| Self-sacrifice Cliff [舍身崖], 3077m. | Summit of Ten-thousand Buddhas [万佛顶], the highest peak, 3099m. | ||||||
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| before sunrise, 3077m. | sunrise | Mt. Gongga [贡嘎山]， alt. 7556m， to the west -- King of Sichuan Mountains. | snow-capped Mt. Gongga from the distance. | ||||
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| enlightened on a cliff | Two Bridges, Crispy Splashes [双桥清音] | Bull-heart-shaped Stone [牛心石] at the confluence of the White Dragon Creek [白龙江] (left) and the Black Dragon Creek [黑龙江] (right). | |||||
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| ten-headed bodhisattva Samantabhadra [十方普贤] riding four elephants. | ht. 48m, wgt. 660 tons. alt. 3077m. Mt. Gongga in the background. | on the Golden Summit [金顶] | Huazang Monastery [华藏寺], aka the Bronze Temple [铜殿]. | Golden Temple [金殿] | Silver Temple [银殿] | Wannian ("Ten-thousand-year") Monastery [万年寺] first built in 400 A.D. alt. 1020m. | |
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| Tibetan-style temple architecture inside Wannian Monastery. | bronze bodhisattva Samantabhadra, wgt. 62 tons, made in 980 AD. | Yu attempting a buddhist prayer. | Baoguo ("Devoting to the Country") Monastery [报国寺] at the foot of Mt. Emei. alt. 550m. | ||||
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| lazy cat | tortoises | Emei Dinasaur [峨嵋龙] (center) | leaf-shaped butterflies! [枯叶蝶] | ||||
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