文档介绍：四川峨眉山英文导游词
峨眉山位于中国四川省乐山市峨眉山市境内，是中国四大佛教名山之一，地势陡峭，风景秀丽，素有峨眉天下秀之称，山上的万佛顶最高，海拔3099米，高出峨眉平原2700多米。《峨眉郡志》云：云鬘凝翠，鬒黛遥妆，真如螓首蛾眉，细而长，美而艳也，故名峨眉山。下面是由xx为大家带来的关于，希望能够帮到您!
is one of the four famous mountainsin China. It lies about 168km from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. Before the tour of the holy mountain, it is important to obtain some inforation about the spread of Buddhism in China, Buddhism in Mt. Emei and its hiking routes.
The Spread of the Buddhism
Buddhism was founded in India around the 16th century BC. It is said that the founder was Sakyamuni. Sskyua was the name of the clan to which his family belonged. Sakyamuni was a prince and was brought up in luxury. In his 20s, he became discontented with the world. Every day he had to face with sights of sickness, death and old age since the body was inescapably involved with disease, decrepitude and death. Around the age of 30 he made his break from the material world and plunged off in search of enlightenment.
Sakyamuni began by studying Hindu philosophy and Yoga. Then he joined a band of ascetics and tried to break the power of his body by inflicting severe austerities on himself. However, no matter how he held his breath until his head burst and starved his body until his ribs jutted out, he failed to enlighten himself. Finally Sakyamuni followed the principle of the middle way in which he would live b