Touring Mt. Emei in SiChuan Province China: Baoxian Stream: LeShan Giant Sleeping Buddha: Jingli Street: DuFu's Cottage.Rushing out from behind the rocks. the black and white streams meet at the foot of Niuxin Pavilion. Falling from the high hills. both streams are roaring to create a magnificent melody. Wannian Temple is also called Baishui where there is a pond by the name of Baishui Pool. In each autumn, leaves get red and fall down onto the pool. Wind sometimes blows red leaves to flutter on the surface of the pool, which turns out to be a tourist attraction.
This is just one of 7 photographic files at Kingscalendar in relation to my Summer Holiday in SiChuan in 2007. Additionally there are 3 photographic and text files in my column at Magic City Morning Star News in Maine USA.
This series of photographs takes us to the end of a two day tour of Mt.Emei, and from here we walked to the Wu Xian Gang Bus Station pick up point, where one can take an easy ride back into town. Links to other files is at the end of this file.
Between Mt. Emei Summit and BaoXian Stream.
When we left the Summit of Emei Shan, we took the tour bus to a bus station, and from there, we headed off to Wannian Temple. The rest of our tour group took the Jampans (sedan Chairs carried by 2 men - 40 RMB), but MingXing and I took the enclosed chair lift (40 rmb), and thereby effectively left our tour group. Once we alighted the chair lift, we made our way to Wannian Temple.
A Brief introduction to Baishui Qiufeng (Wannian Temple in Fall)
Wannian Temple is also called Baishui where there is a pond by the name of Baishui Pool. In each autumn, leaves get red and fall down onto the pool. Wind sometimes blows red leaves to flutter on the surface of the pool, which turns out to be a tourist attraction.
We had met this boy and his family the day before and we ran into them again at Wannian Temple. The boy really took a shine to Big Brother MingXing. His family, and that of Mark Halperin were the only people left in their tour group. As their guide had lost everyone else (good choice of words), and as we had left our tour group, the guide invited us to remain with these two families.
At Wannian Temple Mt.Emei
At Wannian Temple Mt.Emei
At Wannian Temple Mt.Emei
From Wannian Temple we proceeded to NiuXin Pavilion although we did not actually go in.
From NiuXin Pavilion, we followed the Stream back to the bus station.
A Brief Introduction to Shuangqiao Qingyin (Melody of Twin Bridges)
Rushing out from behind the rocks. the black and white streams meet at the foot of Niuxin Pavilion. Falling from the high hills. both streams are roaring to create a magnificent melody.
A Pleasant Walk by BaoXian Stream
These photographs are presented because of the sheer beauty of this particular area, and the only things to spoil the splendor were the tourists and the ever present 'souvenir stalls'
The Photographs shown here are consecutive photographs. Just prior to where these photographs commence, we were at the Niu Xin Pavilion where "the Black and White streams meet" and where there is a sign advertising the Shuangqiao Qingyin (Melody of the Twin Bridges).
At this point on our journey we came across a sign which I have typed out.
A Brief Introduction to Dragon-fighting Riverside.
According to the local legend, a snake immortal named White Lady practiced in Bailong Cave and often enjoyed her spare time nearby the Baoxian Stream. A male green snake was attracted by her beauty, hoping to marry the white snake, who was unwilling and figured out a refusal means-fighting with her. If she failed, she agreed to marry him. So these two snakes resorted to violence on the riverside of Baoxian Stream, with the result that the white snake beat the green one into her maidservant named Litter Ching. The fighting spot was later called Dragon-fighting Riverside.
Men were carrying those stone slabs up the mountain - on their backs!
Souvenir stalls were restricted to just one spot along this trail. There were men there trying to get us to pay 40 rmb for them to carry us in Sedan Chairs. Not for me thanks!. But XiaoMei, [wife of Mark Halperin (Ph.D) of UC Davis University - California] and her daughter did take up their offer.
This Sign, located at this point in the trail had more than just the foreigners stumped!
From this point it was a short walk to the Wu Xian Gang bus station. From there we took a bus back down the mountain into town. And so ended our two day trip touring Mt. Emei in Sichuan Province China. With our final planned tour cancelled because of heavy rain, the final stage of our holiday was a return trip to Jingli Street in Chengdu.
R.P.BenDedek (pseudonym) is from Brisbane Australia and is the author of 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' at http://www.kingscalendar.com His academic articles set forth Apologetics for and results of his discovery of an "artificial chronological scheme" running through the Bible, Josephus, the Damascus Documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Seder Olam Rabbah.
He also writes photographic 'Stories from China' and social editorial commentaries, both at KingsCalendar, and as a contributing newspaper columnist at Magic City Morning Star News in Maine USA.
