Leshan Buddha
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Jump to navigationJump to searchConstruction began in A.D. 713, near the Chinese city of Leshan, at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers. The statue is 71 metres tall and represents a seated Maitreya Buddha; it was begun by a monk named Haitong during the Tang Dynasty.
Image courtesy of Patrick Rioux (© 2006), used with permission.
