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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 ...
Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra hand position Apart from the story of the Buddhist cosmology carved in stone, Borobudur has many statues of various Buddhas. The cross-legged statues are seated in a lotus position and distributed on the five square platforms (the Rupadhatu level), as well as on the top platform (the Arupadhatu level).
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 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. It is now a popular tourist attraction.
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 ...
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.
Access to the outside of the Buddha is free of charge, but there is an admission fee to go inside the Buddha. Visitors can reach the site by bus or taxi, travelling first to Mui Wo (also known as "Silvermine Bay") via ferry from the Outlying Islands piers in Central (pier No. 6) or to Tung Chung station via the MTR, or cable car.
The most important places in Buddhism are located in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of southern Nepal and northern India.This is the area where Gautama Buddha was born, lived, and taught, and the main sites connected to his life are now important places of pilgrimage for both Buddhists and Hindus.