Leshan Giant Buddha was excavated in the first year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (7 13) and completed in the 19th year of Zhenyuan (803), which lasted about 90 years.
The Giant Buddha is composed of Leshan Giant Buddha, Lingyun Mountain, Una, reclining Buddha and other scenic spots. It belongs to the national 5A-level tourist scenic spot and is a part of Emei Mountain-Leshan Giant Buddha, a world cultural and natural heritage.
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Structure of Leshan Giant Buddha;
1, basic appearance
The head of Leshan Giant Buddha is flush with the mountain, stepping on the river, touching his knees with his hands, and the Buddha's posture is symmetrical and solemn, sitting on the river near the mountain. The giant Buddha is 7 1m high, 14.7m high, 10m wide,102/bun, 7m long ears, 5.6m long nose, 5.6m long eyebrows, 3.3m long mouth and eyes, 3m high neck and 23m wide shoulders.
2, the stone curls
There are 105 1 snail on the top of the giant Buddha, which was counted with chalk by 1962 during maintenance. From a distance, the bun is integrated with the head, but in fact it is embedded with stones one by one. The exposed part of the root of a single bun has obvious splicing cracks and no mortar bonding. The surface of the bun is plastered with two layers, the inner layer is lime, and the thickness of each layer is 5-15 mm.
3. Wooden ears
There is a hole about 25 cm deep inside the root of the earlobe of the right ear of the giant Buddha. Maintenance workers take out many broken objects from the hole and carefully examine the decaying wood mud.
4. Drainage system
Leshan Giant Buddha has a very ingenious drainage system. There is a cleverly designed and concealed drainage system behind the ear and head of Leshan Giant Buddha, which plays an important role in protecting the Buddha. So that the Buddha statue will not be eroded by rain.
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