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 ...

The 233-foot Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan, China, is the world's tallest Buddha statue, built in 713 B.C.E. to calm dangerous rivers.

The giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province reopened to tourists Friday after undergoing a six-month examination as part of research for its repair plan.

The Leshan Giant Buddha, an important Buddhist pilgrimage destination that is part of a Unesco World Heritage Site, towers over the water near the confluence of the Minjiang, Qingyi and Dadu Rivers.

The Leshan Giant Buddha, or Lingyun Giant Buddha, is the sculpture of a seated Maitreya Buddha located at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in southern Sichuan Province, close ...

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.

The Leshan Giant Buddha in the province of Sichuan — the largest Buddha statue in the world — was partly submerged by ongoing floods in Southern China last week, reports Smithsonian Magazine.

CHENGDU, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- 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 ...

Washing Buddha's feet The flooding was also threatening the Leshan Giant Buddha, a 1,200-year-old UNESCO world heritage site.

A Management Committee of the Mount Emei-Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area with 27 sectors has been established in order to protect and manage the site. The Revised Master Plan for the Mount Emei Scenic ...