*Giant Buddha in Leshan, China <http://bit.ly/Pw38q>*
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The world's largest Buddha statue dwarfs a visitor to Leshan, China. The
231-foot-tall (83-meter-tall) Buddha was carved from a riverside cliff in
the 8th century to safeguard boaters on the treacherous waters
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The Leshan Giant Buddha (simplified Chinese: �山大佛; traditional
Chinese: 樂山大佛; pinyin: LèshÄ?n Dà fó) was built during the Tang
Dynasty (618-907). It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the
confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of
Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan. The stone sculpture
faces Mount Emei, with the rivers flowing below his feet. It is the largest
carved stone Buddha in the world.[1] <http://bit.ly/3kpgRw>
The Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area has
been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. It was not damaged
by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[2] <http://bit.ly/3kpgRw>
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Construction was started in AD 713, led by a Chinese monk named Haitong. He
hoped that the Buddha would calm the turbulent waters that plagued the
shipping vessels travelling down the river. When funding for the project was
threatened, he is said to have gouged out his own eyes to show his piety and
sincerity. After his death, however, the construction was stuck due to
insufficient funding. About 70 years later, a jiedushi decided to sponsor
the project and the construction was completed by Haitong's disciples in AD
803. <http://bit.ly/3kpgRw>
Apparently the massive construction resulted in so much stone being removed
from the cliff face and deposited into the river below that the currents
were indeed altered by the statue, making the waters safe for passing
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At 71 metres (233 feet) tall, the statue depicts a seated Maitreya Buddha
with his hands resting on his knees. His shoulders are twenty-eight metres
wide and his smallest toenail is large enough to easily accommodate a seated
person. There is a local saying: "The mountain is a Buddha and the Buddha is
a mountain". This is partially because the mountain range in which the
Leshan Giant Buddha is located is thought to be shaped like a slumbering
Buddha when seen from the river, with the Leshan Giant Buddha as its
heart.<http://bit.ly/3kpgRw>
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