In 1601,by order of the emperor ,Monk Miao Feng (妙峰) convoyed Dazang Scripture(大藏经) to Mt.Jizu (鸡足山) in Yunnan. On his way back from Mt.Jizu, Miaofeng came to Mt.Emei for his Buddhist visit where he made a vow to cast Buddha figures to be placed in a copper hall.After he returned to the captial, Miao Feng collected tens of thousands of liang of gold from King Jin ,and he himself went to Jingzhou(荆州) in Huibei to supervise the casting project. Later the cast figures were transported to the summit of Mt.Emei for worship. Theses figures stayed od the summit of the towering mountain and shone so gloriously that it became known as the “golden summit”among the people. Later ,Miao Feng cast three copperhalls in Chang'an , and he believed Buddha figures to Mt.Wutai, Mt.Jiuhua and other places. When the copper hall
for Mt.Emei was completed ,Emperor Shengzong granted the hall his inscription for its horizontal board, read “Light Everlasting Huazang Monastery”.The emperor dowager donated 41sets of Buddhist scriptures and one eaglewood tower.

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