Baoguo Monastery

Baoguo Monastery was built in 1615,located beloe the Phoenix Terrace.The founder was a Daoist Priest called Ming Guang who vowed to build a monastery that would contain the figures of Confucians,Buddhism and Daoism.His purpose was to collect sufficient donations for the construction of monasteries.
One day ,while walking along a road,Ming Guangcame across Xu Liangyan, a top Sichuan official in charge of the army,goverment and criminal affairs. Xu made a substantial donation,and even made Emei county goveror supervise the monastery construction. The monstery was completed next year,and memorial tablets were placed in the hall for worship. These included Bodhisattva Puxian, Daoist Guang Chengzi and Confucian scholar Lu Tong .The mane of the monastery was Hui Zong Hall, with Hui Zong Memorial Archway set up in front the monastery.
 Later Ming Guang converted to Buddhism. During his lifetime he wrote and annotated over 200 scriptures.In 1702 Qing Emperor Kang Xi gave the monastery a new name“Baoguo Monastery”, Bao guo means “dedicating oneself to the service of one's country”. During the Anti_Japanese War(1937_1945) Feng Yuxiang , a well_known general wrote on a horizontal board an inscription beside the name of the Gateway to Mt.Emei. Below the Bell Tower in the monastery is a tablet dedicated to Honored Shang who obtained th title of Ganlin Minister in the Han dynasty.The original tablet is no longer in existence ,but the present tablet has been engraved in accordance with the rubbing from the inscription. However,it still remains as a unique example of tablet engraving in the country.