The mountain keeps its own weather
Emei rises from the basin to 3,099 metres. The climb passes through forest, cloud and a working Buddhist landscape.
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Leshan
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A Buddha cut into a cliff
The Leshan Buddha is 71 metres of red sandstone, carved over ninety years and protected by channels cut into its own hair.
The Buddha from the water
From a boat below Leshan the 71-metre Buddha stops being a wall of detail and becomes a proportion: head, shoulders, hands, river.