Mount Emei

alternative Mount Omei

1. A mountain in Emeishan, Leshan, Sichuan, China.

   The journey from Chengdu to Mount Emei takes five hours but with quite long stops on the way.

   1993, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, The Quest for the Rose, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52

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   As his most significant contribution to the vast body of art he emulated, Chang effected a synthesis of two historical modes, the austere tonal ink style of the scholar-artist painter and the brightly colored, vibrantly detailed style of the court artist. The two are joined in his depiction of Mount Emei, a Buddhist pilgrimage site that Chang visited many times.

   1992 May 15, Holland Cotter, “Review/Art; Restating and Adapting Images of China's Past”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Arts

   “Also, that American on Mount Emei was very white,” he said. “His skin was so white and bad-looking! But you're actually a little yellow—you look more Chinese. Your skin is much better than his!”

   2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 202

   Farmers near Mount Emei in Sichuan province blocked a highway to protest against an aluminium company they said was responsible for the leak that contaminated grapes and other crops, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said in a fax.

   2007 July 13, “China farmers protest toxic gas leak-report”, in Reuters (Latest Crisis), archived from the original on 10 Sep 2022