Mt. Emei Museum

Located beside Fenghuang Lake in Baoguo Temple Scenic Area, it is a top ranking modern local chronicles style museum in China which fully demonstrates the connotation of Mt. Emei, the world cultural and natural heritage. It ranked first in “Ten Best Exhibits among Museums in China” in 2003. Covering an area of over 20,000 m2and a construction floor area of 6700 m2, the museum was built with an investment of 20 million RMB. The exhibition hall, occuping 4000 m2is imposing, quaint and decent. It combines the cultural landscape with natural landscape and highlights the extensive and profound cultural and natural heritage. The exhibition hall consists of six halls, namely, Movie and Video Hall, Geology Hall, Organisms Hall, Ancient State of Shu and Mt. Emei Culture Hall, Taoism Art Hall, Calligraphy and Chinese Painting Hall, Buddhism Art Hall. With abundant exhibitions, Mt. Emei Museum as a good place for sightseeing, scientific research and education, has become another fine cultural spot in Mt. Emei.