Mount Emei or Emeishan area including the Leshan Giant Buddha is another world heritage site for its exceptional cultural significance and natural beauty into which the human element has been integrated with skill and care to produce a cultural landscape of outstanding quality. There is also a wide variety of flora and fauna endemic to the area.
The physical landscape includes undulating hills, valleys, deep gullies and high peaks. This is also the place where famous artists and poets used to shower praises on its beauty since ancient times. |