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 ...

Leshan’s Giant Buddha, a 233 foot (71 meters) sitting buddha carved out of a hillside around 1,200 years ago, is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in China’s Sichuan province.

The Leshan statue—considered to be the largest stone Buddha in the world—is by far the tallest surviving pre-modern statue. Measuring a towering 233 feet, ...

The first Buddhist temple in China was built here in Sichuan Province in the 1st century A.D. in the beautiful surroundings of the summit Mount Emei. The addition of other temples turned the site into ...

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