Mengshan Giant Buddha
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Sidi Village, Luocheng, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province.
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The Mengshan Giant Buddha is a giant cliff Buddha located in the northwest of Sidi Village, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Taiyuan City. The Mengshan Giant Buddha was excavated during the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
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The Mengshan Giant Buddha is a giant cliff Buddha located in the northwest of Sidi Village, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Taiyuan City. The Mengshan Giant Buddha was excavated during the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was originally a cliff Buddha statue behind the Kaihua Temple in Mengshan. Tang Emperor Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Queen Wu Zetian, Emperor Wu of the later Tang Dynasty Li Keyong, and Emperor Liu Zhiyuan of the Later Han Dynasty all came here to worship Buddha. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mengshan Buddha was destroyed. During the census of place names in Taiyuan City in 1980, the Mengshan Giant Buddha was rediscovered. When it was discovered, the Buddha's head had disappeared, and the Buddha's body was buried in the earth and rocks and was severely weathered. Ancient books record that the Mengshan Giant Buddha is 59 meters high. According to actual measurements, the height from the bottom of the legs to the neck of the Mengshan Giant Buddha is about 30 meters. Proportionately, it is estimated that the original Buddha head is about 10 meters high, plus the height of the base built during later reconstructions. 6 meters. The original height of Mengshan Buddha was about 46 meters. Since 2007, Taiyuan City has protected and developed the Mengshan Giant Buddha, strengthened the Buddha's body, and built a new 12-meter-high Buddha head with reference to the Northern Qi Buddha head unearthed in Taiyuan. In October 2008, the Mengshan Giant Buddha was opened to the public.
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