Aerial photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows the Leshan Giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Facing the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers which saw the decrease of ...

Floods in southern China have caused water from the Yangtze River to rise and reach the toes of a famous towering statue of the Buddha – reportedly for the first time in decades.

Flood water reaches Leshan Giant Buddha's foot platform on August 12, 2020 in Leshan, Sichuan Province of China. (Photo by Liu Zhongjun/China News Service via Getty Images) ...

An aerial photo shows the Leshan Giant Buddha surrounded by floodwaters following heavy rains in Leshan in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Wednesday.

A giant statue of Buddha in China has had its toes dampened by floodwater for the first time since the 1940s. The 71m-tall statue, a Unesco heritage site, was carved out of a rockface in Sichuan ...

The Giant Buddha of Leshan is carved on Lingyun Hill, east of Leshan City, which is not far away from Mount Emei. The solemn Buddha is 71 meters high and its head itself is 14.7 meters high. Its ...

The giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province will undergo a four-month examination as part of research for its repair plan. The statue, at 71 meters high and believed to be the world's ...

The giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province reopened to tourists Friday after a six-month examination as part of research for its repair plan. The statue, at 71 meters high and believed to ...