Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s3.t3.7

v1.c7.s3.t3.7

enough. Originally, Daoism was very popular here and during the period of Eastern Jin Dynasty, there were Daoists who came to Mount E'mei to practice Daoism. In Tang and Song Dynasty, Daoism and Buddhism began to co-exist in the mountain and from then on, Buddhism began to prevail over Daoism and became well-accepted. During Ming Dynasty, Buddhism was ever-popular and Daoism became gradually weaker and weaker and at this period, the number of Buddhists on Mount E'mei became more than 1,700 persons with nearly 100 temples of different sizes scattered all over from top to bottom. By the end of Qing Dynasty, the number of temples had increased to more than 150.