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What does Wuxi Lingshan Buddha want?
Lingshan Giant Buddha is located in Xiaoling Mountain area on the south side of Lvqin Peak in Mashan, Wuxi. It used to be the former site of Xiangfu Temple, a famous temple in Tang and Song Dynasties. In order to preserve historical sites, carry forward culture and implement religious policies, the Preparatory Committee for the Construction of Xiangfu Temple Giant Buddha plans to restore it. At the same time, an 88-meter-high open-air bronze statue of Sakyamuni Buddha was built. The location of the Giant Buddha is the Xiaoling Mountain named after Tang Xuanzang. Therefore, Master Xuanzang of Tang Dynasty first passed through Wuxi Mashan from Tianzhu, and saw the beautiful mountain shape, which was very similar to the "spiritual Jiu Feng" in ancient Indian Buddhism, so it was named Xiaolingshan. Later, the great disciple Kui Ji established the Xiaolingshan Temple here. 1997, in order to meet the needs of tourism development, and at that time, Mr. Zhao Puchu proposed the pattern of five directions and five buddhas, so the Lingshan Giant Buddha was established in Mashan, Wuxi (the former site of Xiaoling Mountain). This is the origin of Lingshan Buddha.