How tall is the Lushan Giant Buddha? To be more specific, this is the largest Buddha in the world.
The Lushan Giant Buddha in Henan Province can be called "the best Buddha in the world".
In 2002, a standing committee of the Central Committee commissioned Mr. Li from Tianrui Group in Ruzhou City, Henan Province to invest 280 million yuan. It took nearly 5 years to build and was completed in 2007. The Buddhist temple is located in a geomantic treasure land, surrounded by green mountains and green water. The Buddha statues are solemn, peaceful and magnificent, unprecedented. According to data, the scenic area covers an area of 11,700 acres. The Buddha statue is 108 meters tall, the lotus throne is 20 meters high, the Vajra Seat is 25 meters high, and the Xumi Seat is 15 meters high, for a total height of 168 meters. The Vajra Seat is divided into three floors, each floor has nine exhibition halls and three worshiping platforms, each of which is 300 square meters. The upper part of the outer layer is in the shape of a flying sky, the middle part is a niche for ten thousand Buddhas, and the lower part has three giant gates to the south. Below it is the Xumizuo, covering an area of 6680 square meters. The Buddha's body is made of 2,700 tons of brass, copper, and 100 kilograms of gold. It is supported by 3,700 tons of internal steel for earthquake resistance, windproof, and disaster prevention. It has a solemn shape and unique momentum. Surrounding the Golden Buddha, in accordance with the cultural concept of Lushena Buddha, in a space of nearly 10,000 square meters on the Vajra Throne and Lotus Throne, the magnificent scene of the "Five Buddhas in the Five Directions" including tens of thousands of Dharma Protector Bodhisattvas, Vajras, Arhats, and Goddess is displayed. Statues The number and exquisiteness are the best in the world today.
The Lushan Giant Buddha is located in Lushan Tang. National Highway 311 runs through the entire Lushan Mountain and passes smoothly in front of the Giant Buddha. 40 kilometers to the west of the Giant Buddha Scenic Area is the famous national 4A-level Shiren Mountain Scenic Area, 10 kilometers to the east is the rippling Zhaoping Lake Water Park, and 10 kilometers to the south is the mysterious Lin Biao Command Post.
At the end of 2007, the "Zhengshi Expressway" from Lushan to Zhengzhou was completed, with the heel of the Buddha as the end point, making the transportation very convenient.
The Tai'ao Expressway is an important part of the national expressway network construction, and the Lushan exit is close to the Giant Buddha. It is currently under intense construction and is expected to be completed and open to traffic in June 2008. By then, it will be very convenient to reach Nanyang, Xiangfan, Jingzhou, Changde, Shaoguan, Guangzhou, Macao in the south and Changzhi, Taiyuan, Datong, Inner Mongolia and other places in the north.
In the 1980s, after the movie "The Mysterious Giant Buddha" was released, the Leshan Giant Buddha was 71 meters high and became a sensation among the people. It was known as the tallest in the world. Unfortunately, in 1997, the Wuxi Lingshan Giant Buddha was completed and replaced with a height of 101.5 meters. Today, the Lushan Giant Buddha surpasses the Lingshan Giant Buddha and becomes the tallest in the world with a height of 153 meters. Therefore, the Buddhist Association of India, the birthplace of Buddha, was very dissatisfied and blamed the Chinese Buddhist Association!