Day 1 — Chengdu → Leshan → Mt. Emei

Altitude: Chengdu approx. 500 m → Mt. Emei foothills
Stay: Yixi Qingyin

Leave Chengdu for the Leshan Giant Buddha before continuing into Mt. Emei, the mountain landscape at the heart of the journey ahead.

Settle near Qingyin Pavilion and ease into the surroundings with Emei tea and a gentle evening walk among forests and streams.

Highlights: Leshan Giant Buddha · Mt. Emei · Qingyin Pavilion · Emei Tea

Day 2 — Experience Mt. Emei → Golden Summit

Altitude: Golden Summit 3,077 m
Challenging Option: Approx. 10–12 hrs hiking
Relaxed Option: Light walking · Sightseeing bus · Cable car

Spend the day discovering the mountain environment surrounding Emei’s living traditions.

Choose a challenging ascent through forest paths, temples and changing elevations, or take the gentler route combining scenic transport with light walking.

Both routes eventually lead to the 3,077 m Golden Summit, revealing the scale and landscape of one of China’s most famous sacred mountains.

Highlights: Mt. Emei · Forest Paths · Mountain Temples · Golden Summit

Day 3 — From the Mountain into Emei Kung Fu

Route: Qingyin Pavilion → One-Line Sky → Ecological Monkey Zone → Luomu Ancient Town
Driving: Approx. 30 mins
Stay: Muran · Luomu Ancient Town

Spend a gentler morning exploring Qingyin Pavilion, One-Line Sky and Emei’s Ecological Monkey Zone before continuing to Luomu Ancient Town.

In the afternoon, meet your Emei Kung Fu master and begin stepping inside the tradition. Learn about its cultural background, experience the customs surrounding apprenticeship and begin with fundamental movements.

Highlights: Emei Nature · Meet Your Master · Apprenticeship Experience · Introduction to Emei Kung Fu

Day 4 — Train with an Emei Kung Fu Inheritor

Activity: Full-day Emei Kung Fu training
Stay: Muran · Luomu Ancient Town

Spend a full day training directly with your Emei Kung Fu master, moving beyond an introductory lesson into more systematic practice.

Work on fundamental stances, footwork, techniques and movement sequences while learning about the balance, control and discipline behind the tradition.

Between sessions, slow down in Luomu Ancient Town and experience the local environment surrounding this living martial arts culture.

Highlights: Master-Led Training · Emei Kung Fu · Luomu Ancient Town · Local Life

Day 5 — Kung Fu & Medicinal Herbs in the Mountains

Activity: Kung Fu training · Guided medicinal herb experience
Stay: Muran · Luomu Ancient Town

Continue your Emei Kung Fu practice before following your master into the surrounding mountains.

Learn to recognize medicinal plants including He Shou Wu, Huang Jing, Smilax and Mugwort growing naturally in the area. Discover their local names and traditional uses, and gather selected herbs when seasonal conditions allow.

This is where martial arts, mountain life and traditional plant knowledge come together as part of the same local cultural environment.

Highlights: Kung Fu Training · Medicinal Herb Identification · Seasonal Herb Gathering · Mountain Traditions

Day 6 — Final Practice → Chengdu

Driving: Approx. 2.5 hrs
Stay: —

Begin your final morning with one last training session, bringing together the movements and techniques introduced over the previous days.

Say goodbye to your master and Luomu Ancient Town before returning to Chengdu, bringing your time inside Emei’s living martial arts tradition to a close.

Highlights: Final Kung Fu Practice · Farewell to Your Master · Return to Chengdu