LESHAN Giant Great BUDDHA @ Mount Emei Scenic Area , an UNESCO World Heritage Site !

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May 1, 2015

Leshan Giant BUDDHA @Mount Emei Scenic Area is a collosal Buddha Statue carved into a cliff , standing @ 233 foot tall stone statue built during the Tang Dynasty. It is the largest BUDDHA in the world and by far the tallest pre-modern statue in the World ! Including Mt.Emei this area has been listed as an UNESCO World Heritage site since 1996 ! KennieGOctober/November 2016 China Travel.

A Collosal Buddha Statue Carved into a Cliff – Mount Emei Scenic Area . The Leshan Giant Buddha (simplified Chinese: 乐山大佛; traditional Chinese: 樂山大佛; pinyin: Lèshān Dàfó) is a 233-foot tall stone statue, built during the Tang Dynasty. 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 stone Buddha in the world and it is by far the tallest pre-modern statue in the world. 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.

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