Giant Sleeping Buddha

Giant Sleeping Buddha

The giant Sleeping Buddha is located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province. In the periphery of Leshan Giant Buddha, there is a "giant Sleeping Buddha" with a body length of more than 4000 meters and composed of several mountains. This Sleeping Buddha has complete limbs and clear outline. It is like falling into a deep sleep. It looks up to the sky and has a dignified posture. The famous Leshan Giant Buddha is just sitting in the heart of the Giant Buddha, forming a wonder of the world. The head, body and feet of the Giant Buddha are composed of three mountain lapels: Wuyou mountain, Lingyun mountain and Guicheng mountain.

Basic introduction

The head of the Buddha is composed of the whole Wuyou mountain. The stone, green bamboo, green shade, mountain path, pavilions and temples on the mountain are presented as the hair bun, eyelashes, bridge of nose, lips and mandible of the Giant Buddha respectively. The body of the Buddha is composed of Lingyun mountain. The nine peaks on the mountain are connected like the broad chest, round waist and strong legs of the Giant Buddha. The Buddha's feet with raised feet are part of Guicheng mountain. The whole posture of Buddha is very lifelike and natural, just like the creation of the heavenly palace, without any traces of artificial knives and axes.

Article records

"Giant Sleeping Buddha" is a wonder composed of Wuyou mountain, Lingyun mountain and Guicheng mountain. On May 11, 1989, pan Hongzhong, a farmer from Chonghe Township, Shunde County, Guangdong Province, visited Leshan and took a panoramic picture of Lingyun and Wuyou. After returning to his hometown, he suddenly found that the mountain in the photo was like a "healthy man lying on his back"; so he postscript the discovery of Giant Buddha in Leshan, which was first published in Sichuan Cultural Relics (issue 4, 1990).

In August, Leshan daily published the full text of discovery of Giant Buddha in Leshan. In September, the Sichuan Provincial Department of culture sent an investigation team to Leshan for a special investigation, which was affirmed. Geng Xu, Sichuan Daily, China culture daily, people's daily (Overseas Edition), Huasheng daily, China Tourism daily, tonight news, Xinhua news agency, CCTV and other news organizations competed to report, which produced unexpected repercussions at home and abroad. It can be said that "Giant Buddha" was born and caused a sensation. There is an endless stream of tourists from far and near.

Shape introduction

"Giant Buddha" head south foot North, lying in the East Bank of Mianjiang River, north-south linear distance of about 1300 meters. Wuyou mountain is "Buddha's head": the mouth of the mountain is "rouji", Jingyun Pavilion is like "eyelashes", and the crown of the tree on the top is "forehead, nose, lip and jaw", which is lifelike and full of charm; qiluan and Jifeng peaks of Lingyun mountain are "Buddha's chest", Lingbao peak is "abdomen and thigh", and jiuri peak is "calf"; the south slope of Guicheng mountain is "foot". Leshan Giant Buddha is located in the "shoulder" and "chest", implying the meaning of "heart is Buddha" and "there is Buddha in the heart", forming the wonder of Buddha in "Buddha".

Construction materials

Jufo mountain is a purple red brick red sandstone of Jiaguan formation of Upper Cretaceous, 120 million years ago. In the late Warring States period, Li Bing, the governor of Qin and Shu dynasties, chiseled away the pile, and the Wuyou mountain changed. In the Han Dynasty, the three mountains were cemeteries, and hundreds of cliff tombs were built. In the tomb of Mahao cliff between Lingyun and Wuyou, there is the earliest cliff Buddha in China. In the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished in Wuyu mountain and Lingyun mountain. Wuyu temple and Lingyun temple were built and Leshan Buddha was excavated. Lingbao pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty and has been maintained since the Song Dynasty. These related natural and cultural histories are wonderfully combined, and the "Giant Buddha" as a cultural phenomenon has been shown to people in the early 1990s. The fantastic landscape adds a new content to the famous city Leshan.

"Horizontal as the ridge side into a peak, far and near high and low are different.". "Giant Buddha" landscape is not everywhere, the best point to watch "Giant Buddha" is in the east of Leshan ancient city yingchunmen pier area. If you look south from here, you can see the "Giant Buddha" in spring or summer, morning or evening, sunny days or clouds. The huge figure, accompanied by the three rivers and the four seasons, seems to be hidden and present. It is integrated with the landscape of Jiazhou. It gives visitors a kind of enjoyment of beautiful scenery and a kind of wonderful and natural cultural edification.

Address: outside of Leshan Giant Buddha, Shizhong District, Leshan City

Longitude: 103.780543

Latitude: 29.560593

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area

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