The holy lamp of Emei

The holy lamp of Emei

Emei holy lamp, also known as Buddha lamp, often appears floating green light mass under the sacrificial rock in the moonless night of Jinding. It forms tens of millions of points from one point or two points. It is like stars flashing and jumping in the dark valley. In ancient times, it was praised as "ten thousand bright lamps to the sages". The phenomenon of the holy lamp is extremely rare. It is said that only people with Buddhist affinity can see it. The conditions for its appearance are also extremely harsh. It is a wonder of Mount Emei.

The phenomenon of the holy lamp is extremely rare. It is said that only people with Buddhist affinity can see it. The conditions for its appearance are also extremely harsh. It is a wonder of Mount Emei.

There are three ways of saying one is formed

One is put forward by the monks in the temple. Because many people jumped from the Shesheng cliff, it was said that it was the phosphorous fire from the corpse, or the light from fireflies.

Recently, through research and investigation, it is more scientific to say that there is a kind of dense ring bacteria on some trees. When the humidity in the air reaches 95%, it will rot and emit light. The conditions for its formation are extremely harsh: 1. On the night of the day when it clears up after rain (the air will be moist, and clearing up is beneficial for fungi to absorb light).

2. The air humidity is above 95% (fungi rot).

3. There was no wind or moon that night.

In addition, Professor Qiu of China University of Geosciences explained in CCTV's "beautiful mountains and rivers" program that the luminous intensity of fungi is too weak to form a holy lamp. After investigation and study, the holy lamp phenomenon is due to the blue-green light of spontaneous combustion of some phosphorite powder due to the exposure of phosphorite at the waist of Mount Emei to humid air

1. There are abundant phosphorite sources near sheshenyan, Emeishan;

2. Phosphorite powder may volatilize in the air, and the spontaneous combustion point is very low;

3. In recent 30 years, the phenomenon of holy lamp no longer appears, mainly because the vegetation in Emei Mountain is rich in recent years, which covers the exposed phosphorite source.

Address: near Jinding, the top of Mount Emei Scenic Spot, Mount Emei, Leshan

Longitude: 103.33446788788

Latitude: 29.534066346022

Tel: Emeishan scenic area Tel: 400-8196-333

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Mount Emei Scenic Spot

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