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An inventory of 16 Buddhist statues in China

1、 Lingshan Giant Buddha

Lingshan Giant Buddha in eastern Jiangsu Province, standing statue of Sakyamuni, made of bronze, with a height of 88 meters and a weight of 700 tons, was built in 1997. Lingshan Giant Buddha is located in xiaolingshan area, south of qinlvfeng, Mashan, Wuxi. The location of the Great Buddha is xiaolingshan named by Xuanzang of Tang Dynasty, so it is named Lingshan Giant Buddha. Lingshan Giant Buddha is 88 meters high, 79 meters in body and 9 meters in lotus petals. Buddha's benevolent smile, wide view of all living beings, "fearless seal" on the right hand is to eliminate pain, and "and wish seal" on the left hand is to give happiness, all of which are signs of blessing.

2、 The temple of heaven Buddha

The statue of Sakyamuni, a giant Buddha in the temple of heaven in southern Hong Kong, is made of tin bronze. It is 26.4 meters high and weighs 220 tons. It was built in 1993. Located in Ngong Ping, 520 meters above sea level, the temple of heaven Buddha is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Hong Kong. It is the largest bronze seated Buddha in the world. The statue of Buddha sits on the 268 stone steps. The statue is solemn and solemn. It gives people a sense of peace and tranquility no matter from far or near. National Geographic Traveler, an authoritative U.S. Geographic magazine, strongly recommends the temple of heaven as a scenic spot.

3、 Leshan Giant Buddha

Leshan Giant Buddha, Maitreya statue, stone, 71 meters high, built in 803 ad. Located in Leshan City, 31 kilometers east of Emei, it is carved from the cliff of Qixia peak in Lingyun mountain, also known as Lingyun Giant Buddha. It was excavated in the first year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign in the Tang Dynasty (AD 713). It took 90 years to complete. The Buddha is 71 meters high, with a head length of 14.7 meters, a head width of 10 meters, a shoulder width of 24 meters, and an ear length of 7 meters. Two people can stand in the ear, and the instep of the foot is 8.5 meters. It can seat more than 100 people. It is known as "the Buddha is a mountain, and the mountain is a Buddha".

4、 Jinding Buddha

The sitting statue of Jinding Giant Buddha in northern Jilin Province is located at the top of Zhengjue temple, Liuding mountain, Dunhua City, Jilin Province. It is made of bronze material. The total height of the statue is 48 meters, the diameter of lotus flower is 32 meters, the height of lotus seat is 9.6 meters, and the body of Buddha is 38.4 meters. It is the largest sitting statue of Sakyamuni Buddha in the world. In the base of the Buddha, there are the "ten thousand Buddha Hall" where the real Buddha incarnates, the "five hundred arhat hall" for living and protecting Dharma, and the "Hall of rebirth" which is ultimately blissful.

5、 Longmen Giant Buddha in Central Plains

The main god of the Giant Buddha in Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang is Lushena Buddha. The meaning of "Lushena" is that the wisdom is vast and the light is shining. In addition, there are also two Lieshi Bodhisattvas, two Buddha disciples, two King Kong and two divine kings. The height of the Buddha is gradually reduced, resulting in the effect of stars holding the moon.

The whole image niche is 38.7 meters deep from east to west and 33.5 meters wide from south to north. It was built under the leadership of Zen master Shandao in Xijing Shiji temple. The main statue of Lushena Buddha is 17.14 meters high and its head is 4 meters high. Its hair is wavy. Its face is plump and round. Its eyebrows are like a crescent moon. Its eyes are half open and half closed. It looks down at the people under his feet. His mouth is slightly smiling, showing his inner peace and tranquility. His expression is implicit and mysterious, serious with kindness, kindness with dignity, dignity with a kind of holiness and majesty, is a perfect combination of divinity and human nature. The Buddha sits on the lotus seat with octagonal girdle waist, and is covered with cassock. The clothing pattern is simple, clear and smooth. The backlight is gorgeous and decorative, which reflects the integrity and roundness of the main image. The Giant Buddha sits on the mountain and sits on the top of the mountain, so that people who come to visit can only see the Buddha half way up the mountain, which adds to people's sense of reverence. The upper body of Lushena Buddha is still well preserved. Although the lower part of the Buddha is somewhat broken, the overall display of the superb skills of Buddha carving at that time is still impressive.

6、 Yantai Nanshan Giant Buddha

The statue of Sakyamuni, made of tin bronze, is located in Nanshan tourist area, Longkou City, Yantai City, Shandong Province. It was built in April 2004. With a height of 38.66 meters and a weight of 380 tons, it is composed of 232 Buddha bodies, 108 lotus petals, 302 hair bun and 642 tin bronze castings, which can be called the world's first bronze seated Buddha. Nanshan Buddha integrates at all times and in all countries the essence of the art of casting Buddha, making the ancient bronze casting art and modern scientific and technological achievements in one, showing the perfect combination of Buddhist culture and modern civilization.

7、 South China Sea Guanyin statue in Sanya, Hainan

The statue is 108 meters high, 15 meters higher than the statue of liberty. Reinforced concrete materials. The Kaiguang ceremony was held on April 24, 2005. The statue is an integrated three statues of zhengguanyin. The statue is solemn, with 108 petals of lotus. Under the lotus seat is the Vajra platform. Inside the Vajra platform is a round hall with an area of 15000 square meters. Nanhai Guanyin made full use of high-tech techniques, combined with sound, light and electricity technology to demonstrate large-scale lighting night scene, fully demonstrating the "Buddha's light". -

8、 Taiyuan Mengshan Giant Buddha

The statue of Sakyamuni, stone, is located in the northwest of Sidi village, Jinsheng Township, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. It is the earliest open-air cliff carving Buddha in China. It is 10 meters higher than the bombed out Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan, which is recognized as the "world's largest Buddha" in the west, and 162 years earlier than the famous Leshan Buddha in Sichuan Province. In 551 ad, Emperor Gaoyang expanded dazhuangyan Temple of Eastern Wei Dynasty into Kaihua temple, and built a 200 foot cliff Buddha, known as Xishan Giant Buddha. As a miracle in the history of Buddhist architecture and sculpture in Shanxi and even in the world, Mengshan Giant Buddha in Taiyuan has attracted the attention of relevant academic circles at home and abroad.

9、 Lushan Giant Buddha

Lushan Giant Buddha in Henan Province of Central Plains, bronze material, Lushena Buddha, with a height of 168 meters, is equivalent to a 50 storey building and weighs 6400 tons. It was built in 2005. Located in foquan temple, Shangtang Zhao village, Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, with a total height of 168 meters (the Giant Buddha is 108 meters tall, the lotus throne is 20 meters high, the Vajra seat is 25 meters high, and Xumi seat is 15 meters high). It is the largest Buddha statue in the world, known as "Foshan Golden Buddha". It is solemn, elegant and unique in style, which is really "astonishing to the world". The bronze "Foshan Golden Buddha" with complete shape and clear statement of handprint came into being and became a new Chinese Buddha.

10、 Ten golden statues of sages on the Jinding of Mount Emei, Sichuan

It is the highest Golden Buddha in the world, and also the first art form of ten wise sages. The Golden Buddha is a statue of Buddha made of copper casting and gold plating. The 48 meter high Golden Buddha represents the 48 wishes of Amitabha. "Ten directions" is one of the ten vows of universal wisdom, and the other is the symbol of ten directions in Buddhism. If the 7.85-meter-high bronze statue of Pu Xian, which was installed in Wannian temple in 980 A.D., serves as the treasure of Mount Emei for thousands of years, and adds glory to this famous Buddhist mountain for thousands of years, then the ten sided golden statues with a height of 48 meters are even more of a masterpiece. The project was completed at the end of 2005 and the opening ceremony was held on June 18, 2006. -

11、 An open-air bronze statue of Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui Province

Located in the Xiake village scenic area of Jiuhua Mountain in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, it is a Picchu with a tin stick in the right hand and a tuomani pearl in the left hand. It has a serene and graceful appearance. The bronze statue of the Bodhisattva in the open air is magnificent, with a height of 99 meters, which is consistent with the meaning of the ninety-nine peaks of Jiuhua Mountain and the age of ninety-nine years of jindizang. The bronze statue was cast with imitation gold copper. It was started on November 13, 2003. By March 2009, the main structure of the statue had been completed, and the copper wall panel of Buddha body was being installed. It is expected that the bronze statue project will be completed by the end of the year, and will be opened to tourists in 2010.

12、 Open air Maitreya Buddha in Xuedou mountain, Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang Province

Completed in 2008, it is a typical Chinese Maitreya Buddha. Buddha has a bhiku phase, arhat body, Bodhisattva meaning, bag shape, Buddha image. The Buddha is made of more than 500 tons of tin bronze. The statue is 33 meters high, which means Maitreya lives in 33 layers. The lotus seat is 9 meters high, and the base is 14.74 meters, which is 56.74 meters. It is the most bronze statue in the world. Fenghua is the hometown of the Buddhists, the incarnation of Maitreya. There are many cultural relics of the Buddhists. -

13、 South China Sea Guanyin in Putuo Mountain

"The South China sea goddess of mercy is a thousand, and Putuo's new scenery shines for thousands of years." The South China Sea Guanyin of Putuo Mountain is located on the Guanyin Tiaoshan at the southern end of Shuangfeng Mountain. Here the potential with the peak, Xiulin lush, Qi smooth pulse, rippling. The standing pedestal has three floors, with a total height of 33 meters, including 18 meters of Buddha statue, 2 meters of lotus platform and 13 meters of platform base, with an area of 5500 square meters. On top of the statue is the Buddha, holding a wheel of Dharma in his left hand and a fearless seal on his right hand, which shows the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara's Dharma body, which is as deep as the sea. The Buddha statue is made of new type imitation gold copper. The huge project of Avalokitesvara statue is an unprecedented event since the founding of Putuo Mountain. Zhao Puchu, President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, wrote an inscription on "Guanyin in the South China Sea", adding a new cultural landscape to Putuo Mountain and becoming a symbol of the Buddha Kingdom on the sea and sky. Guanyin, a great master of Buddhism in the world, is the core of Buddhist believers in the world.

14、 Yishan Giant Buddha

It is made of forged copper. It is said by Sakyamuni that sitting statue is kind and comfortable. It has good eyes and eyebrows. Lotus eyes always look at us. The whole statue of Buddha is made of more than 70 tons of copper. The net height of the statue is nearly 33 meters (meaning 33 heavy days), and the altitude is 66 meters. It is consistent with the "six degrees and Six Harmonies" of Buddhism. It can be described as the "six degrees and Six Harmonies" of Buddhism. Yishan Buddha is the Buddha of Sakyamuni. It is the highest bronze statue in Asia. Yishan Giant Buddha was built on August 28, 2007, dome on May 12, 2008 and opened on August 28, 2009.

15、 Xinchang Dafo Temple

Xinchang Dafo temple is located in Nanming mountain, xisanli, Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province. With beautiful mountains and clear waters, rugged rocks, ancient trees, magnificent waterfalls, winding streams and deep caves, it is a scenic resort. Dafosi Temple scenic area covers a total area of 25.5 square kilometers, which is composed of Dafo Temple scenic area, Shili Qianxi scenic area and Nanyan Temple scenic area.

16、 Rongxian Giant Buddha

Located in the eastern suburb of Rongxian County, Sichuan Province, it is carved in the Tang Dynasty. The statue sits in the South and North. It is a cliff carved statue of Maitreya in Buddhist costume. The body height of the Buddha is 36.67 meters, the head length is 8.76 meters, the shoulder width is 12.67 meters, the knee height is 12 meters, and the foot width is 3.5 meters. Rongxian Giant Buddha and Leshan Giant Buddha are less than 100 Li apart, each has its own characteristics, set off the interesting, since ancient times, "Jiazhou Giant Buddha, Rongzhou Giant Buddha beauty!" It's a good reputation.

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