Standing southwest of Emeishan City, Sichuan Province, Mt Emei, an elevation of 3,099m, has been reputed as “Emei’s being elegant under heaven”. Said to be the site of Bodhisattva of Universal Benevolence to expound the texts of Buddhism, the place saw Buddhism flourishing with each passing day in the period of Tang and Song, with Buddhist monasteries and palaces covering every mountain here; there are over a hundred Buddhist niches and 40 caves, and moreover there are Wannian (Myriad Year) Temple, Baoguo (Serving the Country Worthily) Temple, Hongchun Plateau Qianfo (Thousand Buddha) Buddhist Monastery, Elephant Washing Pond, Gold Summit Huacang (Lotus Flower Sutra) Temple and other historic interest sites. Seated against riverside cliff of Qiluan (Phoenix Birching) Peak of Lingyun (Soaring to the Clouds) Mountain southeast of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, the Leshan Giant Buddha was completed from the first year of the Kaiyuan Period (713) to the nineteenth year of the Zhenyuan Period (803) of the Tang Dynasty, and has its head on a level with the mountain summit and its feet stepping on the river in a total height of 71m and shoulder width of 24m, hence its another name of Lingyun (Soaring to the Clouds) Giant Buddha, being the largest stone Buddha statue in the world. In 1996, it was inscribed in the “World Cultural and Natural Heritage List”.