Emeishan with Clouds
After wanting to return since my first visit (when Doug & I didn't make it to the summit due to lack of time), I finally made it back 18 months later.
Emeishan is one of the four most important Buddhist mountains in China. Jinding is the highest point at Emeishan at around 3,000 meters (over 10,000 feet) in elevation.
Atop Jinding are the Golden Temple, Silver Temple, and Samantabhadra (Ten-Faced Buddha statue), along with views of nearby Wanfo Summit and Wanfo Pagoda. The area is also called the "Sea of Clouds" because, a good deal of the time, the cloud cover is actually below the peaks. This would be an ideal place to be for sunrise or sunset.
This particular trip happened to be on a national holiday, so it was a little crowded, but not too bad. As it was early April, there were still traces of snow to be found at the upper elevations. The lower elevations were showing spring greens.
The pictures in this particular series are exclusively of the peak, though. I wouldn't consider these to be perfect conditions for shooting the Sea of Clouds, though some of these turned out fairly well.
Additionally, the Golden Temple was quite photogenic.
The only downsideto Emeishan is, like almost all national parks in China, the entrance fee is a bit steeper than I'm used to. (To get to the summit, you have to pay a 185 RMB admission fee, a 90 RMB round-trip bus ticket -- recommended, as it's 50 km & 2 hours from base to peak, and then a 120 RMB round-trip cable car...for which the wait was over an hour.) All told, it came to over $60 USD just to get to the peak. That being said, the views are wonderful up there.
As always, thanks for visiting my page & please feel free to leave any questions or comments. I'll try to answer any questions when I can.
Emeishan with Clouds
After wanting to return since my first visit (when Doug & I didn't make it to the summit due to lack of time), I finally made it back 18 months later.
Emeishan is one of the four most important Buddhist mountains in China. Jinding is the highest point at Emeishan at around 3,000 meters (over 10,000 feet) in elevation.
Atop Jinding are the Golden Temple, Silver Temple, and Samantabhadra (Ten-Faced Buddha statue), along with views of nearby Wanfo Summit and Wanfo Pagoda. The area is also called the "Sea of Clouds" because, a good deal of the time, the cloud cover is actually below the peaks. This would be an ideal place to be for sunrise or sunset.
This particular trip happened to be on a national holiday, so it was a little crowded, but not too bad. As it was early April, there were still traces of snow to be found at the upper elevations. The lower elevations were showing spring greens.
The pictures in this particular series are exclusively of the peak, though. I wouldn't consider these to be perfect conditions for shooting the Sea of Clouds, though some of these turned out fairly well.
Additionally, the Golden Temple was quite photogenic.
The only downsideto Emeishan is, like almost all national parks in China, the entrance fee is a bit steeper than I'm used to. (To get to the summit, you have to pay a 185 RMB admission fee, a 90 RMB round-trip bus ticket -- recommended, as it's 50 km & 2 hours from base to peak, and then a 120 RMB round-trip cable car...for which the wait was over an hour.) All told, it came to over $60 USD just to get to the peak. That being said, the views are wonderful up there.
As always, thanks for visiting my page & please feel free to leave any questions or comments. I'll try to answer any questions when I can.