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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aragon" data-source="post: 5788948" data-attributes="member: 134516"> Largest Buddha Statue-Giant Buddha in Leshan, China <img src="http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1515022-Leshans_Giant_Buddha-Chengdu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/86255/budha_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i26.tinypic.com/2bpmia.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/drz3yi" target="_blank">Virtual Tour </a> 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 below. <img src="http://picturrs.com/files/funzug/imgs/travel/giant_buddha_leshan_02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Leshan Giant Buddhawas 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] 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 <img src="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/china/images/leshan/resized/view-cc-harlemdakota.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://picturrs.com/files/funzug/imgs/travel/giant_buddha_leshan_03.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 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. 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 ships. <img src="http://picturrs.com/files/funzug/imgs/travel/giant_buddha_leshan_04.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 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. <img src="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/china/images/leshan/resized/view-cc-harlemdakota.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://cache.virtualtourist.com/2873412-Leshans_Giant_Buddha-Chengdu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i26.tinypic.com/2bpmia.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/drz3yi" target="_blank">Virtual Tour </a> If you like my post, don't forget to use <img src="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/images/fun/buttons/reputation.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> or <img src="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/images/bluesaint/buttons/reputation.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />....Clicking it it's free...☻ </blockquote>

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