We left Chengdu on a bus to Leshan, where we boarded a river boat to view the Giant Buddha from the Min river.
Me posing in front of the Giant Buddha.
The "Giant Buddha", work on the project in 713 and it was not completed until 90 years later. The statue is 71 meters tall (and that is seated) and is supposedly the biggest of its kind in the world. There is a walkway around the statue and in high season you have to wait for several hours to do the round trip. Quite impressive, but erosion is taking its toll all ready. Interesting that the statue originally was covered by a roof.
Small doors in China ..... I can not count anymore how many times I banged my head and almost knocked me unconscious.
Ma buddy the Buddha .....
Just in case you have not had enough of the Buddha statue ....
I do not know how they got a portrait of me into this temple .... just kidding, the fast in Thailand helped me to somehow stay in shape. According to the legend, this guy was once rich and beautiful with long curly hair. However because of that people always approached him and made it difficult to mediate and search for enlightenment. So he decided to get fat and cut his hair that the women would leave him alone .... so the story goes. I would love to give you more detail, but unfortunately Wikipedia is censored in China, so that has to wait.
I just love the "Chenglish" signs they have everywhere.
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