It took 90 years to carve this 233-foot-tall statue of Buddha from the rocks where three rivers meet. Begun in the year 713 by a monk who wished for Buddha to keep an eye on a particularly dangerous part of the river, where boat accidents and fatalities regularly occurred, this Giant Buddha was carved from rock and wood in hopes that the spirit of the god would calm the waters of the three rivers it watched over.
The sculpture is incredibly detailed, with over a thousand buns in Buddha’s hair and a drainage system inside the statue that displaces any rainwater that might otherwise damage the ancient piece of art.
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