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Carving Buddha

Where is there a large statue of buddha carved into the rocks along the bank of a river?

I have this picture, of a large buddhist statue, at least 200 feet tall, carved into solid rock. The rock is reddish brown in color. On either side there is a smaller statue recessed into the rock. The smaller ones are maybe 50 feet high. In the foreground there is a rushing river.

If the statue is in a sitting position, then you are looking at the Leshan Giant Buddha in China.

The remarkable statue, on the east bank Minjiang River in Leshan City of Sichuan province, was carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three rivers the Minjiang, Qingyi and Dadu and at its back is the western slope of Lingyun Mountain. It is the largest siiting Buddha in the world. Top at 232 feet with shoulders 79 feet wide it is an impressive sight. A water drainage system reduces erosion by rain and slows weathering.

The statue was begun in 713 A.D.and completed in 803 A.D., the 19th year of the reign of the Tang Emperor Dezhong. To the right of the statue a plank road with turns was built and it is now famous as the nine-turn plank road; it goes from bottom to the top.

It is Included in the UNESCO world heritage list in 1996.

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