Leshan Giant Buddha

The statue of Maitreya Buddha in Leshan is one of the tallest statues of Buddha on Earth, for more than a millennium, the highest sculptural work in the world. 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, the province in China, near the city of Leshan.

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