The flooding was also threatening the Leshan Giant Buddha, a 1,200-year-old UNESCO world heritage site. The 233-foot-tall stone statue is carved into a cliff in Leshan Mountain, overlooking three ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flooding Endangers World’s Largest Buddha Statue Rising waters in China dampened the toes of the Leshan Giant Buddha for the first time since 1949 Claire Bugos - Correspondent August 24, 2020 ...

Leshan Giant Buddha gets its feet wet Soldiers, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-meter (233-foot) high, 1,200-year-old Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage site ...