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Citations:Mount Emei

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English citations of Mount Emei

  • [1917, E. I. Hart, “The Chinese Tartarus”, in Virgil C. Hart: Missionary, Statesman, Founder of the American and Canadian Missions in Central and West China[1], New York: Hodder & Stoughton; George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 163:
    WHERE the Upper Yangtse widens, and the perilous rapids are past, and the mountains begin to recede from the shore, is situated one of China's most interesting cities—the City of Fungteu, a place of great historical romance. The picturesque little mount just outside the city walls is literally covered with large and venerable temples, and next to Mount Omei in central Szechwan, is perhaps the greatest religious retreat in the land.]
  • [1982, Dryden Linsley Phelps, “Foreword”, in Pilgrimage in Poetry to Mount Omei[2], Hong Kong: Cosmos Books Ltd., →OCLC, page V:
    Mount Omei has for centuries been one of nine Chinese Buddhist shrines. It rises in majesty not far from the Sichuan -Tibetan boundary.From its summit on aclear day, the snowy Himalayas may be seen in the distance.]
  • 1992 May 15, Holland Cotter, “Review/Art; Restating and Adapting Images of China's Past”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Arts‎[4]:
    As his most significant contribution to the vast body of art he emulated, Chang effected a synthesis of two historical modes, the austere tonal ink style of the scholar-artist painter and the brightly colored, vibrantly detailed style of the court artist. The two are joined in his depiction of Mount Emei, a Buddhist pilgrimage site that Chang visited many times.
  • 1993, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, The Quest for the Rose[5], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52:
    The journey from Chengdu to Mount Emei takes five hours but with quite long stops on the way.
  • 2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze[6], London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 202:
    “Also, that American on Mount Emei was very white,” he said. “His skin was so white and bad-looking! But you're actually a little yellow—you look more Chinese. Your skin is much better than his!”
  • 2007 July 13, “China farmers protest toxic gas leak-report”, in Reuters (Latest Crisis)‎[7], archived from the original on 10 September 2022[8]:
    Farmers near Mount Emei in Sichuan province blocked a highway to protest against an aluminium company they said was responsible for the leak that contaminated grapes and other crops, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said in a fax.