Leshan Giant Buddha
In the year 713, during China's Tang Dynasty (618 – 907A.D.), a monk named Hai Tong initiated an ambitious project to carve a giant statue of the Buddha overlooking a confluence of rivers in Sichuan province, so as to suppress a water spirit which was believed to be causing numerous boat accidents in the region. Upon completion of the project, well after Hai Tong's death, the massive Buddha sculpture stood…
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