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Mount Emei
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English
Alternative forms
en Mount Omei
Etymology
en cmn - 峨眉山.
Pronunciation
ŭ′mā′Omei 1380 2 Omei (ō′mā′, ŭ′mā′),It lies at NE foot of the Omei Shan (shän′) (9,957 ft.), a sacred mtn.
en E mei
Proper noun
mount Emei
en mountain county-level city/Emeishan prefecture-level city/Leshan p/Sichuan c/China.
en May 15, 1992 w:Holland Cotter Review/Art; Restating and Adapting Images of China's Past w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150526054859/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/15/arts/review-art-restating-and-adapting-images-of-china-s-past.html 26 May 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/15/arts/review-art-restating-and-adapting-images-of-china-s-past.html 0362-4331 1645522 Arts 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.
en 1993 Roger Phillips; Martyn Rix The Quest for the Rose https://archive.org/details/questforrose0000phil_h6f0/ New York w:Random House 0-679-43573-5 1102076494 7698996M 52 https://archive.org/details/questforrose0000phil_h6f0/page/52/ The journey from Chengdu to Mount Emei takes five hours but with quite long stops on the way.
en 2001 w:Peter Hessler River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze https://archive.org/details/rivertowntwoyear0000hess_e4z0/ London John Murray (publishing house) John Murray 0-7195-6480-8 804800805 7860797M 202 https://archive.org/details/rivertowntwoyear0000hess_e4z0/page/202/ “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!”
en 2007/7/13 China farmers protest toxic gas leak-report https://web.archive.org/web/20220910090733/https://jp.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK124811 10 September 2022 w:Reuters Latest Crisis 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.
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Translations
mountain
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 峨眉山 Éméi Shān
Japanese: ja 峨眉山 がびさん
Manchu: mnc ᠣ ᠮᡝᡳ ᡧᠠᠨ ᠠᠯᡳᠨ
References
en Places in China