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| Baogua Temple, Mount Emei | |
Mount Emei or Emeishan Mountain, is located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province. It is towering, beautiful, old and mysterious. It is like a huge green screen standing in the southwest of the Chengdu. It is also of great spiritual and cultural importance because of its role in the introduction of Buddhism into China. In the temple there are five halls: the Gate, the Maitreya Hall, the Mahavira hall, the Seven Buddhist Hall and the Samantabhadra Hall Stamp featuring Baogua Temple the largest Buddhist temple at Emei Mountain. The temple mainly enshrines Buddhist deities as well as deities of both Confucian and Taoism. |
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| Issued Country | China |
| Issued Year | 1984 |
| Category | Buddhist Architect World Heritage Buddhist Symbol Buddhist Landscape |
| Type | Commemorative/Special Stamps |