Emei elephant City

Emei elephant City

Emei elephant city is located in the urban area of Mount Emei, which is the access to the Great Buddha Temple of Mount Emei. Emei elephant city covers an area of 67 mu, with a planned construction area of 26250 square meters. The architectural style of combining antique and classical gardens, intangible cultural heritage folk culture, Sichuan snacks and other characteristics make Emei elephant city a unique scenic spot of Mount Emei.

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Located at No.6 Guangming Avenue, Emei elephant city covers an area of 67 Mu and a construction area of 26250 square meters. It is a distinctive folk culture tourism street in Emeishan City.

Emei elephant city is composed of garden buildings. The overall architectural style is simple and magnificent. The main tourist landscapes include: memorial archway of pilgrimage starting point, 18 elephant landscapes, curtain of intangible cultural heritage sky, photo point of family marriage wall and old photo wall of time mark, elephant City Grand Theater, theater, courtyard, shops, etc. it integrates pilgrimage, sightseeing, leisure and entertainment services It is connected with the Great Buddha Temple, and together with the Great Buddha Temple, it forms the national AAAA level Emeishan Great Buddha Temple Buddhist cultural tourism area.

1. Landscape

The landscape of Emei elephant city mainly focuses on the display of elephant culture (Mount Emei is the ashram of Puxian Bodhisattva, and the elephant is the mount of Puxian Bodhisattva), integrating pilgrimage culture, folk culture, local culture and intangible cultural heritage culture.

Welcome elephant Tower: there are 6 elephants on the entrance welcome bridge, which are 3M, 6m and 9m respectively.

Xiangxiangruyi gourd waterscape: the total height of the main tower is 21.5 meters. The front gourd waterscape is a fountain waterscape composed of six elephants stepping on lotus, hunchback gourd, lotus seat and Ruyi. It is 6 meters high and the diameter of the pool is 13 meters. It means to absorb fortune.

The whole wall is 22 meters long, 2 meters wide and 10.55 meters high. Embedded in the 10 * 6 meter LED display, the six images represent six kinds of wisdom: giving, keeping precepts, enduring humiliation, diligence, meditation and boruo.

Pilgrimage starting point archway: white marble archway, built in 2009, with a total height of 12 meters. The shape of the archway is dignified and generous. Master Xingyun, the founder of Foguang mountain in Taiwan, inscribed "pilgrimage starting point" for Emei elephant city.

Pilgrimage to the elephant king: the elephant king is about 10 meters long, 7 meters high and 3 meters wide, 23 meters above the ground. The whole sculpture is majestic, solemn and solemn, 45 degrees toward the Golden Summit, with devout eyes.

Sky screen: the screen covers an area of about 1500 square meters. The themes are intangible cultural heritage culture (Emei martial arts, Jiajiang New Year pictures), traditional facial makeup culture and pilgrimage.

Auspicious elephant: a visual feast with Buddhist culture as the theme. Created by the famous domestic lighting show production eye team, the 18 minute show is divided into four chapters.

2. Entertainment

The performance venue of "holy elephant Emei" is located in the Emei elephant City Grand Theater, with a total construction area of more than 3000 square meters and 851 seats. Show content: Sichuan opera face changing, rubber band rolling lamp, spitting fire, Emei martial arts, Puxian Bodhisattva's wish, ten scenes of Emei, etc. it is an art performance party with rich Sichuan local characteristics.

Sanjiang Bazi stage: public welfare performance elaborately created by professional performance team

3. Culture

Wide intangible cultural heritage: intangible cultural heritage culture and folk products display: sugar blower, straw weaving, gourd painting, new year painting, dough maker, shadow puppet, sugar painting, four treasures of study, Western mirror, Emei cake, Haozi Ciba, etc.

4. Food

Narrow food: Xiangcheng food post station of Sichuan special snack market: old duck and vermicelli soup, roast hoof, pot chicken, Guokui, bone gnawing, laoma chaoshou, tofu brain, Malatang, Feichang powder, Xiba tofu, squid flavor, Qianwei pancake, tofu Kaka, Douhua rice, dry pot, etc. gather famous snacks from all over Sichuan to create Emei on the tip of the tongue.

5. Honor

Emei elephant city held two cultural festivals in 2014 and 2015 respectively, and won the title of "the most beautiful street in Sichuan" in 2014;

During the Spring Festival in 2018, the following activities were successfully held: grand temple fair, colorful lantern fair, auspicious elephant lantern show, Lantern Festival riddle guessing, etc;

In March 2018, the first "Xiangcheng Cup" square dance competition of CITIC Guoan was successfully held;

In April 2108, the first kite culture festival of "Emei elephant city" was successfully held.

Address: No.6, Daguang Road, Emeishan City, Leshan City (near the Great Buddha Temple)

Longitude: 103.49997939122

Latitude: 29.588723496738

Ticket information: no ticket required.