Statue of Leshan Giant Buddha is located at the confluence of three rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province, near the city of Leshan in China. This statue was built during the reign of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) m. The statue is the largest Buddha statue carved into the mountains in the world. Includes a giant statue of the region as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1990. The monument was not damaged in the earthquake that struck China in 2008.
They began to carve the statue in 713 under the leadership of a Buddhist monk under the name "Tong is" in the hope that Buddha calm waters of the river blow cargo ships passing in the river. After the death of a monk, to stop construction of the monument due to lack of funding. After nearly 70 years, he decided that the military governor of the region to adopt the project and its financing. Followers of the Buddhist monk "is a Tun" to complete the process of sculpting in the 803. It seems that a large number of stones placed in the river during the excision of the statue led to calm the waters of the river. Court permission to pass.
Length of 71 meters, and the display between the shoulders of about 28 meters, the height of the ears is about 7 meters, the height of the head 14.7 meters was built in 90 years.
Signature of the statue of the Buddha of Leshan - how many archaeological sites of China - a victim of pollution resulting from indiscriminate development in the region. And suffers from spots on the face of a statue of Swade, turning his nose up in black as a result of environmental pollution. Local government closed the factories and power plants around the site of the statue, the Chinese government has promised to develop Bagraeamilit archaeological site.
