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The Leshan Giant Buddha (Chinese: 樂山大佛) is a 71-metre (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty).It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China, near the city of Leshan. [1]
The Buddha is carved out of the cliff face of a stone hill that lies to the north east of Rongxian and the Rongxi River in the eastern part of Sichuan province in China. Standing 414 metres above sea level, the stone sculpture overlooks the town of Rongxian below its feet. After the Leshan Giant Buddha, it is the second tallest pre-modern ...
Renshou Giant Buddha (traditional Chinese: 仁壽大佛; simplified Chinese: 仁寿大佛; pinyin: Rénshòu Dàfó), also known as Niujiaozhai Giant Buddha (牛角寨大佛), is a large stone Buddha located within Renshou County, Sichuan. It is 60 kilometers south of Chengdu. [1] The Buddha was carved in 707 during the Tang dynasty.
Mount Emei ([ɤ̌.měɪ]; Chinese: 峨眉山 [2]; pinyin: Éméi shān), alternatively Mount Omei, is a 3,099-metre-tall (10,167 ft) mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. [3] Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as ...
The Leshan Giant Buddha is a monumental 71-meter tall stone statue carved out of a cliff face during the 8th century, representing Maitreya Buddha. It is one of the largest and tallest stone Buddha statues in the world, notable for its intricate construction that included an internal drainage system to protect it from erosion.779
Thousand Buddha Rock (Chinese: 夾江千佛岩) is a rock in Renshou County, Sichuan.It has over 21 different Buddhist carvings. [1] Many of the carvings were first made around the year 881 during the Tang dynasty, [1] with work extending into the Qing dynasty. [2]
Guangyuan Thousand Buddha Rock Sculptures: Guangyuan Qianfoya moya zaoxiang 广元千佛崖摩崖造像: Guangyuan 广元市 1-44 Han Period Que in Qu County: Qu xian Han que 渠县汉阙: Qu County 渠县 1-51 Que in Pingyang Prefecture: Pingyangfu jun que 平阳府君阙: Mianyang 绵阳市 1-52 Que and Stone Carvings at the Grave Site of Gao Yi
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