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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 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
Leshan, formerly known as Jiading [a] and Jiazhou, is a prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers, on the southwestern fringe of the Sichuan Basin in southern Sichuan, about 120 km (75 mi) from the provincial capital of Chengdu. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,160,168, of whom 1,236,188 lived in the ...
Oriental Buddha Park is a cultural theme park in Leshan, China featuring reproductions of Buddhist statues and Buddhist themed carvings made from stone, rock, and other materials. [ 1 ] The park is adjacent to the Leshan Giant Buddha , a tall Buddha statue listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
Leshan Giant Buddha: Leshan Dafo 乐山大佛: Leshan 乐山市 2-13 Dujiangyan: Dujiangyan 都江堰: Dujiangyan City: 2-36 Former Residence of Zhu De: Zhu De guju 朱德故居: Yilong County 仪陇县 3-12 Monument to the Martyrs of the Railway Protection Movement
Some 140 bird species also inhabit the valley, as well as a number of endangered plant and animal species, including the giant panda and the Sichuan takin. [85] Sichuan: Leshan: Leshan Giant Buddha: 2011 The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three rivers.
The Leshan Giant Buddha, built during the latter half of the Tang dynasty (618–907). Sichuan came under the firm control of a Chinese central government during the Sui dynasty , but it was during the subsequent Tang dynasty that Sichuan regained its previous political and cultural prominence for which it was known during the Han.
Category: Buddhist buildings in Sichuan. ... Leshan Giant Buddha; R. Renshou Giant Buddha This page was last edited on 25 March 2023, at 22:14 (UTC). ...