The 21st son of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in Ming Dynasty called Zhu Mo sincerely believed in Buddhism,and he awarded 150kg of gold to build Golden Hall of Da'e Mountain in the highest point of Mt.Emei. Therefore,the tiles,pillars,doors and window lattices of Golden Hall are
all made of copper and gold. Under the bright sunshine ,the hall looks like splendid in green and gold,hence comes the name “Golden Summit”. The peak also called Golden Summit on this account.
The Golden Summit Scenic Area is 16 square kilometers, and its yearly average temperature is 3 C. Golden Summit is 3,079m and the Wanfo (Ten Thousand Buddha) Summit, known as the highest peak on the mountain, is 3,099 m above sea level. The most wondrous sight-seeing platform and the biggest pilgrimage centre of Chinese Buddhism, it is crowned as a scenic masterpiece in the Chinese World.
Words cannot describe the feeling one has on the summit, of being "in the clouds and above everything else in the world". It really is a spectacular place to visit. As the clouds would roll in and out, whole buildings would disappear from view, and at one point, we were walking along a path beside the cliff, and the clouds simply caused the whole world to disappear from view. It was magical.
