"Only Mount Emei", the reason to go to Emei again

  • Number of days: 3 days
  • Time: January
  • Average cost: 700 yuan
  • With whom: parent-child
  • Tour kinds: Free travel, weekend tours
  • The author went to these places: Mount Emei Golden Dome Mount Emei Hotel Baoguo Temple Leidongping Jieyin Hall Ten Directions Puxian Statue Huazang Temple
  • Updated: 2022.06.30

have been to Mount Emei more than once or twice,
because of "Only Mount Emei", I decided to go again, by the way, with my daughter.
This was a trip before the epidemic, and
when the news of the Wuhan lockdown came out, we were still in the Golden Peak.
When I went up the mountain, it seemed that nothing happened, and I couldn't buy masks anywhere when I went down.
It was really a very memorable trip ......


> itinerary recommendation

Mount Emei For me, I really don't need any strategy, As a national 5A-level scenic spot, it is really, very mature.
For friends who go to Mount Emei for the first time, they only need to plan their itinerary, and then book tickets, accommodation, and tickets on the Internet, and it is very convenient to eat along the way.
Let me share the itinerary if you are taking children or want to visit Mount Emei easily and quickly. (If you want to hike, please move)

D1 Chengdu - Stay in Mount Emei: Mount Emei Hotel (near Baoguo Temple)
at night Watch "Only Mount Emei"
Chengdu drives to Mount Emei Baoguo Temple, about 2 hours. The high-speed rail is also very convenient, there are many shifts, the fastest is a little more than 1 hour to Mount Emei, the Emei Mountain high-speed rail station is only a few kilometers away from Baoguo Temple, more than 10 yuan by taxi, and there are also buses.
On the first day, it is recommended to go to Mount Emei a little earlier in the afternoon, and you can go to the "Only Mount Emei" theater to watch the performance at 6 o'clock in the evening, which is not far from the hotel, and it takes 10 minutes by taxi.

D2 Baoguo Temple - Leidongping - Jinding Stay: Jinding Hotel
Get up the next day, you can walk from the hotel to Baoguo Temple, and then go to Baoguosi Station to buy a ticket directly to Leidongping, the drive is about 2 hours, the mountain road is rugged along the way, friends with motion sickness can take some motion sickness medicine in advance.
After arriving at Leidongping, you need to walk about 30 minutes to the Jieyin Hall to take the cable car to the Golden Dome, if you live in the Golden Dome, try not to bring suitcases, the suitcases can be stored in the hotel at the foot of the mountain, and you can go up the mountain with some life necessities. Because there are all stairs to the reception hall, the trolley box can only take the road, and you have to go around a little.
The Golden Dome Hotel is next to the Golden Peak Cableway Station, it is very convenient to see it when you get off the ropeway, the hotel facilities are good in the Golden Peak, don't rest when you put down your luggage when you arrive at the hotel, if the weather is good, go directly to the top, if you are lucky, the sea of clouds, Buddha's light, and sunset will be together.
Don't give up even if it's foggy, the weather in the mountains is changeable, especially in summer, and you will experience several weather a day.

D3 Golden Dome - Leidongping Ski Resort, Children's Playground - Baoguo Temple - Chengdu
On the third day, if the weather is good, you can get up early to watch the sunrise, the sunrise in Mount Emei is very lively, whether it is fog or rain, there are always a bunch of people guarding the eastern skyline under the eaves of the golden and silver roofs.
If you are lucky, the sunrise, the sea of clouds, and the Buddha's light will all come alive. There are also Dawa Mountain and Gongga Mountain in the west, which are unobstructed and beautiful viewing platforms.
After watching the sunrise, let's get ready to go down the mountain after playing for a while, when we went, it was still winter, Leidongping could still ski, this time it was to bring children to play in the snow, and Leidongping Ski Resort also specially created a "children's cute world", which is very suitable for children.
And there are more choices to eat in Leidongping, and there is a small hot pot in the ski resort, so if you are tired of playing, you can have lunch and continue to play. Then take a car directly from Leidongping to the high-speed rail station, or to the hotel parking lot, and then go home.

This itinerary is the most classic route of Mount Emei, the time is not long, and it can easily reach the Golden Peak, and you can see all the essence of Mount Emei.

Mount Emei in winter

the sea of golden-topped clouds on Mount Emei


"Only Mount Emei", the

hottest performance in Sichuan in 2019 is the Only Mount Emei".
I have been to many places in China for so many years, and I have seen a lot of performances, but Sichuan has always lacked a performance of its own.
This time I finally waited for "only Mount Emei", of course I can't miss it.

"Only Mount Emei" is a drama fantasy city created by the famous director Wang Chaoge, and 819 million yuan has created 6 unique drama spaces that combine virtual and real, a wonderland on earth and the largest real-life village in the country. They are "above the clouds", "in the clouds" and "under the clouds".
The performance time of "Above the Clouds" is 19:00-20:40,
the performance time of "In the Clouds" is 18:30-18:45 (free), and
the performance time of "Under the Clouds" is 20:00-21:20

In the clouds,
"In the Clouds" is the only garden landscape theater among the three plays that is open to tourists for free, and is open to tourists for free at 18:00 every night.
It is like being in the sea of clouds of Mount Emei.

8,000 square meters of cloud and fog landscape, 30 performance points are scattered and implanted, 360-degree immersive experience.

"Nostalgia" is one of the theme keywords of "Only Mount Emei", into "Only Mount Emei", into the psychedelic fog forest of "In the Clouds",
someone will ask you some questions - What is your last name? Where did it come from? Why are you here again?

In "Only Mount Emei", we bid farewell to traditional nostalgia and look at nostalgia from the perspective that belongs to this era.


Above the cloud,
the "Above the Cloud" theater is a modern indoor theater, which requires security checks and ticket inspection like traditional theaters.
The difference is that this theater has 6 major performance spaces, and the audience sits and watches first, and then walks to watch it, which is a bit similar to the classic play "Goodbye Pingyao" in Pingyao, Shanxi.
However, the stage, lighting, and scenes are all of international leading standards, and they tell the story of Mount Emei for a thousand years.


I was thinking about why this drama is called "Only Mount Emei" above the clouds?
It turned out that the whole drama was about the people of Mount Emei who lived under the influence of the thousand-year-old Buddhist culture under the sea of clouds in Mount Emei
, and they saw through the changes in this thousand years.

The stage was also built in the shape of the "swastika" character, which can be said to be a stroke of genius.
("Swastika" is a symbol, an auspicious symbol passed down in Buddhism, from Sanskrit, which means the collection of auspicious virtues.) )

"The Sea of Clouds of Mount Emei" is magically personified, watching the life and reproduction of all living beings in Mount Emei from the perspective of God.
This setting makes people in a trance between the virtual and the real, the person watching the play is also the person being watched, and the person acting seems to be the person watching the play.
Under this setting, accompanied by the clear sound and wonderful painting, it is immersed in the play, as if dreaming back to the previous life.

Under the instructions of the sea of clouds,
we came to the next space......
Under the guidance of the subtitle language and the second ticking of the soundtrack, under the guidance of the staff in the venue,
we walked around the "swastika" stage to watch the performance.

The story of the second space is a little girl who is oppressed by reality and is unable to breathe and commits suicide, and is rescued by an aunt on the way to seek the end of the Emei Golden Peak.
This aunt told the little girl about her life, marrying into Sichuan from other places, and her fate was ill-fated, but because of her good attitude, she turned this seemingly uncontrollable and upheaval life into a wonderful life experience story, and summed up that "you can only live in one corner by living yourself, and only by living others can you live the whole world!" ”

In the blink of an eye, we came to the third scene:
a square projection space, with huge walls nearly 9 meters high and 20 meters long on all sides becoming a natural projection giant screen.
about 16 actors suspended by Weiya wires fly and spin and jump in colorful ballet costumes, expressing the dreams of girls in small villages;

Fourth scene:
Coming to a large patio space, with the sound of accompaniment music, the fog forest began to spray thin, instantly returning the scene to the clouds
The anthropomorphic sea of clouds becomes an actor, dancing in front of the audience, as if expressing the feeling of the sea of clouds surging.

Fifth scene: The story of the bearer of Mount Emei
A porter actually lived for more than two thousand years, and the characters included some celebrities related to Mount Emei, such as Li Bai, Monk Taiquan, Chiang Kai-shek, etc.,

As a family member, you carry the responsibility of the whole family's reproduction, as an employee,
you carry the pressure of performance requirements, and as descendants of China,
we bear the great mission of reviving the famous family......

The sixth scene:
A village with a very old sense should be a small village under Mount Emei.
In this scene, the actors only have characters, no established plot, and what they play is also an overall emotional catharsis.
——Nostalgia. The combination of laser lights and smoke cut off the two worlds of the upper and lower worlds, and the actors' upward exploration posture also tightened the hearts of the audience. It's really my damn thing, nowhere to put it, nostalgia~

After a performance, the actors shuttled and interacted with the audience, telling their own stories with simple words and guiding the audience to tell their own stories - the exchanges overlapped, We all share the identities of actors and audiences - isn't it just like life?

Throughout the show, you will feel like you are in a dream, both the protagonist and the spectator.

the scenery of Mount

Emei, everyone goes to shoot has everyone's style,
I prefer Emei in winter, Snow-white Emei...
This season, perhaps not the most suitable season for traveling.
There are many guides about Mount Emei on the Internet, and they will not define winter as the best tourist season for Mount Emei.
The best season in the general sense should be May to see rhododendrons. June ~ August to escape the heat 10~November to see the autumn leaves.
If you want to avoid the crowds and enjoy the scenery quietly, you must come in winter.

The gold-topped golden Buddha system bronze cast gilded craft Buddha statue statue, with a total height of 48 meters and a total weight of 660 tons, consists of a pedestal and a statue of the Ten Directions Puxian Bodhisattva. The golden statue is 48 meters high and symbolizes Amitabha's forty-eight great vows. Among them, the pedestal is 6 meters high, 27 meters long and wide, and is engraved with ten vast vows of Puxian Bodhisattva on all sides. The exterior is decorated with granite relief, the statue of the Ten Directions is 42 meters high and weighs 350 tons, and the whole golden statue is perfectly designed and exquisitely crafted, which can be called a masterpiece of copper casting giant sculpture, with extremely high cultural value and ornamental aesthetic value, and is the crystallization of the wisdom of artists on both sides of the strait.

The earliest building of the golden dome is said to be the Puguang Hall in the Eastern Han Dynasty, changed to Guangxiang Temple in the Tang and Song dynasties, and rebuilt by Monk Baotan during the Ming Hongwu period as an iron tile hall. The two halls of tin tiles and copper tiles were built by monks from the Ming Dynasty. The Golden Dome Golden Hall is a copper hall founded by Zen Master Miaofeng during the Ming Wanli period, and the Wanli Emperor Zhu Xugou is inscribed "Yongming Huazang Temple". The name of the golden dome comes from the "golden hall".

The biggest benefit of mature scenic spots is "commercialization".
You can also buy grilled sausages to eat.

sea of clouds on Mount Emei in the evening

Dawa Mountain and Wawu Mountain above the sea of clouds, as if they were a small island.

> commemorates Zhang Xiaomeng's first trip to Mount Emei (2020, a memorable year).

The weather at the Golden Peak on the second day of Leidongping Ice and Snow World was

not very good,
so we took the ropeway directly down to Leidongping
Leidongping and Jinding are completely two worlds, Jinding is still in a fog
, and Leidongping is completely a world of ice and snow.

Walking down the snowy stairs with children is too difficult
for us to take the road down the mountain, in fact, the scenery along the way is still very beautiful,
I remember one 4 years ago" Pretend to be in Hokkaido" was taken on this road.

In the ice and snow entertainment area of Leidongping, in addition to skiing, there are also many projects for children to play.
Every year, there is a special "Children's World", which is specially tailored for children.

Zhang Xiaomeng also had a lot of fun here,
but she was very enthusiastic about driving this scooter and refused to leave after playing for an hour.

Here are the fees for skiing.
Adults can go skiing in the ski area.


played until the afternoon and arrived near the high-speed rail station.
Before leaving, you must try the tofu brain and kama cake of Mount Emei.

tofu brain of Mount Emei

Every time you come to Leshan/Emei Mountain, you must not miss the food here.
Stomp beef, tofu brain, barbecue, spicy tang, sweet duck...... Too much, too much.
Write a ...... another day


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