News | March 01, 2014 01:16 AM EST
35 Photos of Serene Mount Emei in Sichuan, China
Mount Emei is a mountain in Sichuan province, China. It's a beautiful, scenic mountain area houses important Buddhist temples. . The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three rivers. At 71 m high, it is the largest Buddha in the world. Mount Emei is also notable for its exceptionally diverse vegetation, ranging from subtropical to subalpine pine forests. Some of the trees there are more than 1,000 years old.
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