In wuxia novels, the head of the Emei school is often a swordswoman.
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usage
The mountain is usually 峨眉山; 峨嵋 is an older way of writing it, still common in martial-arts fiction. The name is said to come from two peaks facing each other like a pair of fine eyebrows, 蛾眉.
culture
Emei is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism, the seat of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra, 普贤. In wuxia fiction the 峨眉派 is a school of mostly women fighters.
