The legend of Mount Emei, simpler, the origin of Mount Emei

In the past, Mount Emei was just a boulder with a radius of more than 100 miles, gray and white in color, high and blue sky, and no grass grows. In order to build a beautiful home, a clever and capable stonemason and his wife, a skilled embroiderer, were determined to use their hands to hew the boulder into a green hill. The gods of heaven were touched by their determination and efforts.

With the help of the gods, stonemasons chiseled boulders into rolling hills and deep canyons; The embroidery girl threw the carefully embroidered cloth and colored handkerchief into the sky, and the colored handkerchief floated to the top of the mountain, turning into a colorful halo of incomparably gorgeous; Bupa fluttered on the rocky mountain, turning into green forests, floating clouds, waterfalls and flowing springs, blooming mountain flowers, singing birds, jumping monkeys, and wandering beasts. The green mountains danced, and the green waters sang. Because the eyebrows of this blue elephant embroidered girl are as beautiful, people call this green mountain Emei Mountain.

You can see the Buddha's light on Mount Emei, and there is a legend about the origin of the name Buddha's light. That was thousands of years ago. Once upon a time, there was a man named Pu Gong, who went up the mountain every day to collect medicine, boiled medicine for those who were sick and suffered, and let the Bodhisattva see it, and the Bodhisattva was deeply moved when he saw this scene, and gave her happiness, and in the future, people regarded seeing the Buddha's light as an auspicious symbol.

And gave it a name "Golden Dome Xiangguang".

The origin of the alder flower.

Legend has it that a long time ago, a wandering monk came to Mount Emei to worship the Buddha. After entering the temple, he only bowed, and did not burn a single pillar of incense, let alone donate merit money. After he went up the mountain, he stayed at each temple for a day or two, and he didn't say a word of thanks when he left.

One day, he walked to Lei Dongping in full dress, and the bowl he used was silver, as if he was a rich monk, but he didn't even burn a pillar of incense in front of the Bodhisattva. A monk in the temple said to him with a proud face: "Master, as far as the old man knows, all the monks who come to worship the Buddha in the mountains must make incense, and some even donate merit money, I wonder what the master has to donate?"

Monk Yunyou said: "I see that in this hall, there is nothing missing, if there is a bunch of flowers, it would be good to offer them in front of the Buddha." "What the master said is very true, but our Emei Mountain is full of forests, especially above the middle of the mountain, the weather is cold, and there are flowers and trees that can't be planted."

Monk. Monk Yunyou said: "This is easy to do, let's go to the forest to pick together."

At this time, it was late spring in March, and the spring was cold, and some canyons were covered with snow. The wandering monk came to the outside of the temple, his mouth kept moving, and after a while, a kind of tree grew in the forest, and the branches were full of flowers, colorful like a piece of clouds, decorating the mountain forest with grace and elegance. The wandering monk was gone, and no one in the temple noticed.

The next day, a monk went to fetch water, and saw that the mountain was full of flowers, so he picked a handful and offered it to the Buddha. Later, the monk learned that the wandering monk was an arhat. Flowers are offered in front of the Buddha, solemn and solemn, and people call it alder flowers.

The origin of Mount Emei is as follows:

According to the record of "Emei Mountain Chronicles", there is a Buddhist temple in Emei Mountain, which is actually the earliest Heishui Temple built by monks in the Wei and Jin dynasties. In the third year of Jin Longan (399), the monk Huizhi entered Shu from Lushan, and built the Fuxian Temple here to worship the Fuxian Bodhisattva. Legend has it that Mount Emei thus became the Bodhisattva Dojo of Fuxian.

Mount Emei

Mount Emei is one of the four famous mountains of Chinese Buddhism. It is located in the southwest of Emei City, Sichuan. "Emei County Chronicles" cloud:

The clouds are condensed and green, and the makeup is far away, it is really like the head of the moth eyebrows, thin and long, beautiful and glamorous, so it is called Emei Mountain. According to legend, it is the dojo of the Bodhisattva, and Buddhism believes that the Bodhisattva symbolizes virtue and virtue.

There are more than 100 large and small temples in Emei Mountain, after several rises and falls, the existing main temples have Wannian Temple, Baoguo Temple, Fuhu Temple, Shanjue Temple, Guangxiang Temple. Wannian Temple, founded in the 3rd year of Jin Longan (399), was founded by Huizhi, and was originally named Fuxian Temple. During the reign of Emperor Xi of the Tang Dynasty (887-888), Huitong Zen Master rebuilt and renamed Baishui Temple.

In the Song Dynasty, it was renamed Baishui Fuxian Temple.

In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1601), Emperor Shenzong congratulated the Queen Mother on her 70th birthday and gave it the name Shengshou Wannian Temple. In the Qing Dynasty, it was built again. Baoguo Temple, is the first temple in Mount Emei, was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1619), formerly known as Huizongtang, moved to build here in the early Qing Dynasty, rebuilt in the ninth year of Shunzhi.

Historical introduction: Mount Dae is the main peak of Mount Emei, with an altitude of 3099 meters, the peaks of the mountain range are undulating, the heavy rocks are stacked and green, the foothills are more than 50 kilometers to the peak, the stone path is circling, straight up to the sky. There is a large area of weather-resistant basalt covering Jinding, which forms a flat summit surface with an inclination angle of 10 to 15 degrees.

On the east side of Jinding, there are Paleozoic carbonate rocks, which are strongly dissolved along the anticline fissures by flowing water, forming steep cliffs (sheshen cliffs) and deep streams as high as 800 meters.

Mount Emei is one of the "Four Famous Buddhist Mountains" in China, with steep terrain and beautiful scenery, known as "Emei World Show", and is also one of China's tourism, recuperation and summer destinations.

There are many scenic spots that can be visited in the scenic area, among which the more famous ones are:

The golden top of Mount Emei.

The golden summit of Mount Emei is more distinctive.

The Golden Dome is located in the second highest peak of Mount Emei, adjacent to the Ten Thousand Buddha Peaks of Mount Emei, which is the place where the temples and scenic spots of Mount Emei are most concentrated, and is where the essence of Mount Emei is.

Standing on the mountain and looking into the distance, the Chengdu Plain is in full view, and you can see the Gongga Snow Mountain when the weather is good.

The scenery of the golden summit of Mount Emei is unique.

The four major landscapes of Emei, Buddha light, sunrise, sea of clouds, and holy lamps account for three kinds here, not only can enjoy the sunrise of the sea of clouds, but also worship the world's tallest golden Buddha - the statue of Puxian in all directions.

Fugen Pagoda Fugen Pagoda is a very sacred attraction.

The statue of Shifang Fuxian is a 48-meter-high, 660-ton bronze gilded Buddha statue, which is composed of a pedestal and a statue of Shifang Fuxian.

The ten avatars of Fugen are divided into three layers, representing the ten mentalities of the world. The inside of the statue is a 484-square-meter Buddha nave, which enshrines the bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha, and the Buddha statue is carved in white marble around it.

Its name also has a meaning.

"Ten directions" is a metaphor for the ten great wishes of Fuxian, and the other is a metaphor for the boundless wishes of the three Buddhas of the Ten Directions and all sentient beings.

The top of the mountain will be very cold even in July and August, and you need to bring a coat to go up the mountain, but you don't need to rent a military coat in July and August, so don't be deceived.

Natural Ecological Monkey Zone.

The natural ecological monkey area of Mount Emei is more distinctive.

The Emeishan Ecological Monkey Area is located near the "First Line of Sky" at the foot of Hongchunping and on the Qingyin Pavilion, and is currently the largest natural wild monkey area in China.

Immerse yourself in watching and amusing monkeys in the natural ecological monkey area.

Plank roads, pavilions and rope bridges are set up in the monkey area to facilitate visitors to watch and tease the monkeys. You can buy some monkey food in advance at the monkey food sales point in the monkey area at the bottom of the mountain.

Sometimes watch out for these mischievous monkeys too.

Most of the monkeys are not as friendly as they think, and will snatch food from visitors or rummage through bags, so don't leave the boardwalk or enter the park with food in your hands.