Sunrise
In Golden Summit, the sky before the dawn is amazing. The ground
and the sky are in the same dark purple. Then gradually wisps of
rosy clouds appear above the horizon indicating the coming of a
pleasant day. Under the pink clouds on the royal purple velarium,
all of a sudden, a small mauve point comes out and rises slowly,
and then little by little it becomes an arc and then a semicircle.
The color turns from mauve to jacinth and then golden red. At last
the semicircle makes an elegant jump thus the sun appears in the
east sky.
Due to the different weather conditions and seasons, the sunrise
is varied. On a fine day you can enjoy the whole process of the
sunrise. If there is cloudy haze in the east sky, it is already
a red sun far above the horizon when you see the sunrise; if the
sky is covered with cloud, you can only see the sunglow and clouds
sea sometimes.
After the sunrise, millions of sun rays shoot onto the ground.
At this time the Mt. Emei is gold in color, from the head to the
feet, showing all her glamour to the visitors.
Clouds Sea
When the sky is clearly blue, white clouds rise slowly among the
mountains. Just in a moment, vast clouds sea appears above the
horizon like a snowy white woolen blanket, smooth, clean and thick.
Sometimes there are clouds either above the horizon or in the
sky, so people stand between two clouds layers, which make you
feel like a supernatural being. When wind comes, the clouds sea
is wafted to all the directions and then mountains become small
islands floating in an ocean; when the clouds sea gathers together,
peaks are invisible again; when wind gets strong, the clouds sea
sometimes moves at a full gallop like a horse; sometimes makes
a welter like a big wave of the sea; sometimes becomes elegant
and stretching like a fair lady. The most sublime scene is that
once in a while you have the chance to enjoy countless cloud columns
in the shape of mushroom. They fly up to the sky, and then sprinkle
gradually and then turn into filmy flowing clouds.
Buddha
Rays
In the afternoon, at the foot of the Sheshen Rock, every place
is full of pure white clouds. Then an aura the color of red, orange,
yellow, green, black blue, blue and purple extends within a radius
of around one to two meters (about 3 to 7 feet). It looms and
shines in the center like a mirror. Back against the sunlight
from the west, sometimes you can find your own shadow in the aura.
And your every action is followed by the figure in the aura, as
if you were facing a bright mirror. To your most surprise, even
if millions of people were viewing at it or two persons hugging
each other were enjoying it, they could only see themselves. And
this is the magic Buddha rays, which are rare in other places
but appear in Mt. Emei frequently.
Saint Lamps
In the dark nights of Golden Summit, occasionally, you can see
a point of fluorescence flowing between the valleys, then changing
into several and step by step into numerous. This is the famous
scenery saint lamps in Mt. Emei.
The saint lamps can be seen under four conditions: firstly, the
weather must be fine right after the rain; secondly, there is no
moon in the sky; thirdly, there are no clouds layers at the foot
of the mountain; fourthly, there are no heavy wind and rain on top
of the mountain. As for the conditions, it is clear that the saint
lamps are really hard to be observed.