Emei Shan

Emei Shan (Emei Mountain), located in Sichuan Province, southwestern China, is "one of China's four sacred Buddhist mountains."


Emei Shan resident enjoying a bread snack.


Why walk when you can ride.




Waiting to carry some tired hikers.


Arduous work, both men and women carry heavy loads of cement up to the top of the mountain.


The heavy duty walking sticks are also used as seats for taking a rest.





At Emei Shan's Golden Summit, a 150-foot golden statue of Samantabhadra, representing "the absolute, naked, sky-like primordial purity of the nature of our mind"


Each day many many Buddhist pilgrims make their way to Emei Shan's sacred summit.
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Perched on the Golden Summit, Jinding Temple.