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Emeishan's specialty products can be broadly categorized into five categories: tea, Chinese medicinal herbs, local specialties, Buddhist souvenirs, and handicrafts. Whether it's the natural and healthy local specialties or the handicrafts rich in cultural flavor, they're all must-sees when visiting Emeishan.
Emeishan tea has been renowned since the Jin Dynasty. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the monk Qingguan of Emeishan used fresh leaves from the renowned Longdong tea plantation and Hangzhou tea-making techniques to create the renowned "Erui" tea. This tea features tight, fine tea leaves with prominent white hairs, resembling a flower stamen, hence the name "Erui."
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Monk Juekong of Wannian Temple created a new variety of tea with the characteristics of "flat, smooth, straight and pointed". Marshal Chen Yi praised it highly after tasting it and named it "Bamboo Leaf Green" because its appearance resembled bamboo leaves.
You can buy it at the Tourist Products Exhibition and Sales Center (located along the main tourist route of Mount Emei), tea stalls in the scenic area, and various shopping malls and tea shops in the city. If you visit Mount Emei in the spring, you can catch the new tea, so don't miss it.
Mount Emei has been known as the "Fairy Mountain Medicine Garden" since ancient times. It has a wealth of medicinal plants and animals, many of which are rare and precious medicinal materials in the country.
Chinese medicinal materials are sold at various Chinese medicinal material stalls in the district and major pharmacies in the city. You can buy some to take home.
There are also many vendors along the mountain roads selling Chinese herbal medicines, primarily Gastrodia elata and Cynomorium songaricum. Those interested in buying should be careful to identify the authenticity and bargain carefully. For example, the price of wild Gastrodia elata differs significantly from that of cultivated Gastrodia elata. If you're not familiar with it, it's best not to buy here.
Local specialties are represented by bamboo shoots and snow konjac, which can be bought at the Emeishan Tourism Products Exhibition and Sales Center, shopping malls and grocery stores.
The consecrated souvenirs include the golden statue of Samantabhadra Buddha, the statue of Samantabhadra riding an elephant, Buddhist beads, amulets, amulet cards, jade pendants, etc.
In addition, craftsmen use the unique flora and fauna of Mount Emei as raw materials to create a variety of handicrafts with strong local characteristics, such as golden silk wood crafts, walking stick crafts, and monkey crafts. These are sold along the way up the mountain, so you can choose to take some back as souvenirs.