This video is a great introduction to the Emei style of martial arts. While it is not tai chi, it’s still fascinating for those of us who enjoy studying and practicing martial arts and learning about Chinese history and culture. The video opens nicely with a background shot of the golden statue of the Bodhisattva Pu Xian, located at the summit of Éméi shān (峨眉山, Mount Emei).

Éméi shān is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, along with Wutai Shan, Jiuhua Shan, and Putuo Shan.

If you want to learn more about Éméi shān, I recommend the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Emei

If you’re planning to travel to China and visit the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains, I highly recommend China CYTS Tours and their Mountains of Buddhism tour: https://cytstours.com/en/cf .

My daughter and I took the CYTS 14 day Buddhist Mountain tour in 2008 — we had a fantastic time and visited some truly breathtaking and unusual places that are off the normal beaten path for foreigners.

Below is a short video I took during that trip, along with a photo of the Pu Xian Bodhisattva statue.

I want to add that the reason you don’t see this picture crowded with tourists is because of the timing of our visit. We were there on June 12, 2008, just one month after the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck on May 12, about 140 miles north of Emei Shan. The disaster killed over 69,000 people, injured more than 374,000, and left millions homeless. As a result, nearly all tourist sites were deserted, and we were among the handful of visitors at the time. Under normal circumstances, this area would have been packed with tourists.