What is the material of the Giant Buddha of Mount Emei? What trees are there in the broad-leaved forest of Mount Emei?

What is the material of the Giant Buddha of Mount Emei? What trees are there in the broad-leaved forest of Mount Emei?

Mount Emei rises from the plains, majestic, beautiful, ancient and magical. It is famous for its beautiful natural scenery, long-standing Buddhist culture, rich animal and plant resources, and unique geological features. No wonder the great poet Li Bai praised Mount Emei so highly. If you have travel plans recently, you are welcome to visit and experience it!

Contents of this article

1. What is the material of the Giant Buddha of Mount Emei?

2. What trees are there in the broad-leaved forest of Mount Emei?

3. Which one is more worth visiting: Leshan or Mount Emei?

1

What is the material of the Emeishan Buddha?

Ten-Directions Samantabhadra Golden Buddha on the Golden Summit of Mount Emei: The Golden Buddha is a bronze-cast and gilded Buddha statue, 48 meters high and weighing 660 tons. It consists of a pedestal and a statue of Samantabhadra. The pedestal is 6 meters high, 27 meters long and wide, with the ten great vows of Samantabhadra engraved on all four sides. The exterior is decorated with granite reliefs. The statue of Samantabhadra is 42 meters high and weighs 350 tons.

2

What trees are there in the broad-leaved forest of Mount Emei?

Mount Emei belongs to the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest belt, including the evergreen broad-leaved forest belt, the evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest belt, and the coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest belt.

The broadleaf forest belt includes trees such as:

1. The main trees in the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest are camphor, nanmu, also known as spinulosa, camellia sinensis, castanopsis emeliana, Schima superba, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Lithops chinensis, Magnolia officinalis, Polygonum multiflorum, and Rhododendron longifolia.

2. The main trees in the mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests are Aesculus hippocastanum, Lithops chinensis, Cyclobalanopsis involucrata, Dovewood tree, Tetrapanax chinensis, Rhododendron amurense, and etc.

3. The main trees in the mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest are fir, hemlock, rhododendron, maple, birch, alpine willow, and Chinese maple poplar.

3

Which one is more worth visiting: Leshan or Mount Emei?

Leshan: Anciently known as Jiazhou, it is located in the southwest of the Sichuan Basin, at the confluence of the Minjiang River, Qingyi River and Dadu River. It borders Meishan in the north, Zigong and Yibin in the east, Liangshan in the south and Ya'an in the west. The central urban area is only 100 kilometers away from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. Historically, it belonged to the ancient Shu Kingdom and is known as the "Fragrant Begonia Country". Leshan is a national historical and cultural city, one of the first national open cities, a national model city for greening, an excellent tourist city in China, a national garden city, and a national sanitary city. Leshan is the only city in China with three world heritage sites.

Mount Emei: Located in Mount Emei, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, China, it is one of the "Four Famous Buddhist Mountains" in China. It has steep terrain and beautiful scenery. It is known as "the most beautiful mountain in the world". The highest peak on the mountain is Wanfoding, which is 3,099 meters above sea level, more than 2,700 meters higher than the Emei Plain. The "Emei County Chronicle" says: "The clouds are emerald green, and the black eyebrows are far away. They are really like the eyebrows of a cicada, thin and long, beautiful and gorgeous, so it is named Mount Emei."

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