In the primitive forest in the alpine region above Xixiangchi, there are over 150 days from late autumn to early spring when rain droplets and fog form into ice, like towering jade trees and blooming jade flowers. This phenomenon is called hard rime in meteorology.

Pavilion of Tablet with Ryokan’s Poems: Situated beside Qingyin Bridge, it is a Japanese style pavilion, with a 5 m high 5-column and 5-angle pavilion which looks like a thatched cottage as the main building. The pavilion is a testimony of friendship between Chinese and Japanese people from generation to generation as well as an argument against war.

It is the first gateway of Mt. Emei. The front-- “World Famous Mountain” were written by the famous literati Guo Moruo in 1959; and the back--“Buddhist Sacred Land” were written by Zhao Puchu, the former president of the Buddhist Association of China. The simple and elegant memorial archway, 17.8 m high and 22.2 m wide with four columns and three spans, and decorated with cornices and upswept angl