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The Fairy Cave (Chinese: 仙人洞), or Cave of the Immortals, [2] also known as Lushan Fairy Cave, [3] is a rock cave made of sand cliffs [4] anciently called "Buddha's Hand Rock", [5] located in Mount Lu, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. [6] It is a natural cave formed gradually by the continuous weathering of nature and the long-term washing ...
Constructing Buddha statues out of stone is widely practiced in Buddhist areas in Asia. These images can be divided into three broad types: Magaibutsu (磨崖仏), bas-relief images carved directly into a cliff face, movable independent stone Buddhas carved from cut stone, and cave Buddhas carved inside rock caves, The Takase images can be classed as Magaibutsu.
Constructing Buddha statues out of stone is widely practiced in Buddhist areas in Asia. These images can be divided into three broad types: Magaibutsu (磨崖仏), bas-relief images carved directly into a cliff face, movable independent stone Buddhas carved from cut stone, and cave Buddhas carved inside rock caves, The Ōita Motomachi images can be classed as Magaibutsu.
Constructing Buddha statues out of stone is widely practiced in Buddhist areas in Asia. These images can be divided into three broad types: Magaibutsu (磨崖仏), bas-relief images carved directly into a cliff face, movable independent stone Buddhas carved from cut stone, and cave Buddhas carved inside rock caves, The Inukai images can be classed as Magaibutsu.
Constructing Buddha statues out of stone is widely practiced in Buddhist areas in Asia. These images can be divided into three broad types: Magaibutsu (磨崖仏, literally "polished-cliff Buddha"), bas-relief images carved directly into a cliff face, movable independent stone Buddhas carved from cut stone, and Buddhas carved inside rock caves, The Usuki images can be classed as Magaibutsu.
A major tourist attraction is the Myriad Buddha Cave (Wanfo Dong) at the foot of the hill's northern slope. [6] Inside the more than 500 meter-long artificial cave, late-20th-century recreations of Buddhist statues from four famous Chinese grottoes ( Dunhuang and Maiji Shan in Gansu Province, Longmen in Henan Province, Yun Gang in Shanxi ...
Encircling the Thousand Buddha Hall is the Ten Thousand Buddha Corridor, a circular gallery with two levels. Each level consists of numerous walls with Thousand Buddha niches and various murals. The corridor’s design centers on the twelve zodiac signs and their associated guardian Buddhas, with each statue showcasing unique hand gestures. The ...
The Avukana statue is a standing statue of the Buddha near Kekirawa in North Central Sri Lanka. The statue, which has a height of more than 14 m (46 ft), depicts the Buddha with a hand raised in reassurance, a variation of the Abhaya mudra. The Avukana statue is one of the best examples of a standing statue built in Sri Lanka.