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CHINA
Leshan

Giant Buddha

The Leshan

Giant Buddha,

Maitreya took

90 years to

complete

乐⼭弥勒⼤佛

Leshan Maitreya Buddha
Year of Inscription: 1996 (中国 China: 2003)

The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-metre tall stone statue

depicting Maitreya Buddha and was built between 713–

803 AD during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. It was

carved out of a cliff face that laid at the confluence of the

Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan

province in China, near the city of Leshan. It is the largest

and tallest stone statue of Buddha in the world.